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On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 20:43:31 -0400, Frank KrygowskiWhile I agree that Mr Forester's work has little to no application or import for you, I think he has much valuable to offer for me, especially in 45 years of daily commuting in traffic.
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 6/22/2024 3:01 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:Of course I haven't read that book. Why would I? I have, however,On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 14:06:44 -0400, Frank Krygowski>
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>On 6/22/2024 1:45 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:>>
A quick look at Amazon's sample of Forester's book provides an idea of
what the pompous jackass had to say. He says some people just don't
know how to enjoy bicycling, but he's ready to help you with that.
They actually want $29 for that ridiculous book.
>
I say "Pfffft!"
I should perhaps add that it's very clear what Forester's big message
was. He, like you, insists that true bicycling enjoyment can only be
had by riding among vehicular traffic on streets and roads in the
course of one's usual transits.
Obviously, you haven't read the book. You're blathering out of ignorance.
read about Forester.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/04/23/death-of-a-dinosaur-anti-cycleway-campaigner-john-forester-dies-aged-90/
<LOL> I simply showed you what you asked for. Perhaps you should>:-) How's your self-publishing effort working out?>
I am reviewing a proof copy, and deciding what size the paperback
version should be. I'm not in a hurry to publish it. I do have other
interests.
Oh please! You bragged..
consider not asking to see things you don't want to see.
by showing a link to several books you claim to<EYEROLL> Books aren't taken off the market simply because they sold
have written and "self published" - books that sold too little to stay
on the market.
too little, Dumbass. There are books available on Amazon that haven't
sold a copy for years and years.
...but like I said, unlike you, I documented what I said I did.
Plenty have paid attention to Forester and his ideas....and?
His most famous...and yet I see the bike trails and bike lanes that he argued against
book went through seven editions, most of them published by MIT Press.
He was very influential, even though the dimmer idealists disagreed with
him.
all over the USA and other countries.
I think people saw John Forester as the oddity that he was. Don
Quixote on skinny wheels.
Nobody has paid attention to you.Yes. Unlike you, I don't seek attention.
Les messages affichés proviennent d'usenet.