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    From Spike@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 8 13:23:47 2024
    Camden Cyclists gets accused of “selfishness” and “entitlement” after picture shows cyclists sitting inside cafe, but bikes left around tables outside

    We all know that Twitter is a weird echo chamber and it doesn’t take too
    long for trolls and critics to pile up on something — anything.

    But there’s a fair share of negative reaction coming all the way of Camden Cyclists, who shared an image of cyclists presumably enjoying some cake and coffee as their bikes lay around the tables outside the cafe, with the
    caption “Regents Park socialising”.

    So a seat for the cyclists inside. And a seat for the cycles outside. But
    no seats left for anyone else,” wrote one Twitter user, while another said: “Why would you post an image which will piss off non-cyclists even more
    than you probably do already?”.

    There were heaps and piles of other people repeating the same thing,
    showing concern for all the other customers (not pictured) who would be floundering to find a table to sit.

    However, one cyclist replied under the post: “They met at Sunday morning at 7am. Rode for an hour and then had a coffee, giving the Inner Circle Cafe
    early morning business two hours before anybody else got there.”

    road.cc has contacted Camden Cyclists requesting a comment, but I’m interested to know how you all feel about this… Feel free to comment below!

    <https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-8-april-2024-307701#live-blog-item-56575>

    --
    Spike

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Spike on Mon Apr 8 18:15:56 2024
    On 08/04/2024 02:23 pm, Spike wrote:

    Camden Cyclists gets accused of “selfishness” and “entitlement” after picture shows cyclists sitting inside cafe, but bikes left around tables outside

    We all know that Twitter is a weird echo chamber and it doesn’t take too long for trolls and critics to pile up on something — anything.

    But there’s a fair share of negative reaction coming all the way of Camden Cyclists, who shared an image of cyclists presumably enjoying some cake and coffee as their bikes lay around the tables outside the cafe, with the caption “Regents Park socialising”.

    So a seat for the cyclists inside. And a seat for the cycles outside. But
    no seats left for anyone else,” wrote one Twitter user, while another said: “Why would you post an image which will piss off non-cyclists even more than you probably do already?”.

    "non-cyclists" = "normal people"?

    There were heaps and piles of other people repeating the same thing,
    showing concern for all the other customers (not pictured) who would be floundering to find a table to sit.

    However, one cyclist replied under the post: “They met at Sunday morning at 7am. Rode for an hour and then had a coffee, giving the Inner Circle Cafe early morning business two hours before anybody else got there.”

    road.cc has contacted Camden Cyclists requesting a comment, but I’m interested to know how you all feel about this… Feel free to comment below!

    <https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-8-april-2024-307701#live-blog-item-56575>


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  • From Peter Keller@21:1/5 to JNugent on Tue Apr 9 10:32:18 2024
    On 9/04/24 05:15, JNugent wrote:
    On 08/04/2024 02:23 pm, Spike wrote:

    Camden Cyclists gets accused of “selfishness” and “entitlement” after
    picture shows cyclists sitting inside cafe, but bikes left around tables
    outside

    We all know that Twitter is a weird echo chamber and it doesn’t take too >> long for trolls and critics to pile up on something — anything.

    But there’s a fair share of negative reaction coming all the way of
    Camden
    Cyclists, who shared an image of cyclists presumably enjoying some
    cake and
    coffee as their bikes lay around the tables outside the cafe, with the
    caption “Regents Park socialising”.

    So a seat for the cyclists inside. And a seat for the cycles outside. But
    no seats left for anyone else,” wrote one Twitter user, while another
    said:
    “Why would you post an image which will piss off non-cyclists even more
    than you probably do already?”.

    "non-cyclists" = "normal people"?

    Glad I am not normal.

    .....

    <https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-8-april-2024-307701#live-blog-item-56575>



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