Reader: Bicyclists should not be on the streets at night -- stay in those cafes!

To accompany this week's cover story on bike safety in this city, Sam Alviani rolled out a list of Denver's five best bike-friendly bars, culminating with the Denver Bicycle Cafe. But not everyone in this city is feeling so friendly to cyclists. See also: - Denver's five best bike-friendly cities...

By Patricia Calhoun

October 12, 2012

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To accompany this week's cover story on bike safety in this city, Sam Alviani rolled out a list of Denver's five best bike-friendly bars, culminating with the Denver Bicycle Cafe.

But not everyone in this city is feeling so friendly to cyclists. See also: - Denver's five best bike-friendly cities - As Denver becomes a major bike city, can it put safety first?

Writes plpllawson:

This new generation of bicyclists are annoying and dangerous. With their feeble lights they should not be on the streets at night. It's just plain ignorant.

And the last thing anyone wants to deal with when they are going up the mountains is having to deal with passing them. Most of us want to experience the serenity and beauty of the mountains, not a hundred goofy people on their bikes on one of those bike tours or what ever they call them.

How do you feel about this city's cyclists? The way drivers treat cyclists? And what's the wheel deal watering hole for a cyclist?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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