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What the $%$@ is the Post-Dispatch thinking?

In recent years, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has done some very good articles about bicycling, but the Post has lost a lot of credibility in the cycling community in the past week and a half. First, there was the poorly written article about the cycling "controversy" in Jersey and Calhoun counites in Illinois. On Sunday, the Post sunk to a new depth with Dan Martin's Postcards from Mound City cartoon (opens in new window).

I generally enjoy Martin's work, but he totally missed the mark here. Not only could the cartoon be constrewn as anti-cyclist, but he offends the farmers who live in that region. Having grown up on a farm just outside Jersey County, I can tell you the vast majority of farmers in that region are responsible and friendly people. They would not stoop to something that stupid. Most of my riding takes place on rural roads, and I have yet to have a problem with a farmer.

Maybe the Post should take a break from covering cycling until it gets a real grasp of the issue.

Roger 0 comments 1:00 PM