[TheThinkTank] Recyclers v. Evangelists, was: low end bikes, Invisible riders

[james thompson]

What Sharief said, ditto.  I in no way meant to disparage recycling.
I think Sharief points out (by implication) another useful
categorization along with Erik's recycler/evangelist, that of
"broadband" vs. "internal" organizing.  The broadband is what you do
when you happen upon someone on a Magna out in the street, or stir up
a conversation at the bar with some new friends about bikes.  The
internal is when, say, you spend three hours with a homegirl/boy
teaching them how to adjust their gears, brakes, etc . . . and then
committing them to teach two other people the same.  I think my rant
was addressing the broadband, which may have led one to think I meant
to disparage the more intensive and mission-critical work of
recycling/internal organizing.

What an awesome thread.

James T.