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 1.
Bicyclism is the political philosophy that recognizes the needs
of those who use, need or depend on bicycles and bicycle
technology for transport and living (as well as to our greater
global benefit).



 2.
The urban bicyclist must be bold in hir maneuvers on the street
surface in order to communicate to other street denizens that we
-are- traffic.



 3.
Since bicycles are the most qualified urban transport vehicles,
and pedestrians are generally plentiful, cities need to evolve
into a slower, closer people-centered orientation.  It is only
though the cultivation of pedestrianist consciousness that
bicyclism will become a viable transportation orientation.



 4.
Without such an orientation our cities are lost to pollution, a
degrading existence and an inhuman sphere of living for all
habitants and exurban visitors (commuters>.



 5.
Since institutions are moving too slowly to effectively deal with
urban infrastructure decay and city rot, it is clearly left up to
individuals and groups to effect the changes necessary
--physical, mental and social-- that focus on improving rational
and realistic routes, methods and plans for public bicyclism (and
pedestrianism) to occur.



 6.
This is already occurring.  

     Everyday individuals are disposing of auto dominated lifeways for
bicycle inspired paradigms.  Amaturengineers can take the
opportunity to reshape urbanways toward local bicyclatravel and
pedtravel.



 7.
Bicyclists must uphold respect for thine bicycle-self, and
through that, respect for all other selves encountered on the
path, be they wheeled or pedstyle.  Be sure to defer right-of-way
to the lowerspeed self.

 
 
 8.
Bicyclists have the unique opportunity to actually see a
Bicyclist Version of a city glowing from beneath the current city
shell.  We can help others see this lospeed world by indicating
psychogeographic landmarks used by lospeed travelers, and by
actually being lospeed in any traffick situation.

    The conscious redesignation of urban artifacts (such as
street signs, road markings) to signal ease of travel and current
bicyclist activity is needed.  Re-creation of urban space along a
non-traffic oriented vision is an effective  manner of
redirection toward health of the urban body.



 9.
Bicyclists create travel corridors in the urban and exurban
landscape through the consistent use of human powered
transpiration modes.  The best routes through the current urban
transportation matrix can be accomplished through scouting, urban
modification, and frequency of travel.  

    The unimpeded lospeed transport of self through the urban
sphere is a necessary characteristic of a bicyclist vision.



 10.
Importantly: recognize other wheeled beings as friends, strength,
warmth, and unity.  This will increase mutual consciousness,
cooperative riding tactics and iandi recognition, and will
prepare the way for group riding habits, safety-in-numbers, and
general road-strength.

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