Just wanted to give the biking community a big pat on the back, because as
the article notes, "many citizens helped in identifying the "bike rage"
suspect." This list, and probably other electronic messages, as well as the
observational skills of people in the neighborhood, helped the police make
the arrest.

Colin's description of the bikes helped, no doubt! Really, if the
description had been "a tall guy with a blue road bike and a short woman
also on a road bike, but I couldn't see the color," would any of us have
been able to say, "Oh yeah,  I've seen those bikes and the people that ride
them?"

That's why, despite the differences we may have, we can say there is a
biking COMMUNITY.

Robbie

P.S. Haven't all of had encounters, or heard of others, where you think,
"This guy really doesn't know who he's talking to?" I'm sure Mr Dunlavy
never considered that the guy he attacked might be able to identify him by
the high-end bikes he and his girlfriend were riding.

My favorite story along these lines was when I was talking to a management
employee for an apartment building in my aldermanic district about the bike
racks he had installed, and how they didn't meet city code, didn't meet the
plans submitted to the city, etc. A zoning inspector was with me, and when
the employee started arguing about the ordinance and how I must be wrong
about what it said, we just looked at each other.

Then the management guy says, "What are you, some sort of bike parking
expert?" The Zoning Inspector and I look at each other, and as I paused, the
inspector says, "Um, yeah, she is actually, and I'm backing her up. Get the
right racks and have them installed the way we told you." We still laugh
about that one.





On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Mark Clear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Sentence the guy to buy $1000 worth of lights at Cronometro and hand them
> out for free on the Southwest path.
>
> Mark C.
>
> On 12/4/2008 12:03 PM john wagnitz wrote:
>
>> it looks like a 'bike rage' suspect has been apprehended.
>>
>>
>>    http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/317158
>>
>>
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