{"id":222784465,"date":"2012-01-23T12:34:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T12:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=222784465"},"modified":"2012-01-23T12:34:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T12:34:25","slug":"motorists-front-of-judea-what-have-the-cyclists-ever-done-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=222784465","title":{"rendered":"MOTORISTS\u2019 FRONT OF JUDEA: What Have The Cyclists Ever Done for Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com\/motorists-front-of-judea-what-have-the-cyclists-ever-done-for-us\/\">https:\/\/www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com\/motorists-front-of-judea-what-have-the-cyclists-ever-done-for-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>REG:<\/strong> Cyclists have bled us white, the bastards. They don\u2019t pay <a href=\"https:\/\/ipayroadtax.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">road tax<\/a>, they run red lights. And what have they ever given us in return?<br \/>\n<strong>XERXES:<\/strong> Pneumatic tyres.<br \/>\n<strong>REG:<\/strong> What?<br \/>\n<strong>XERXES:<\/strong> Pneumatic tyres.<br \/>\n<strong>REG:<\/strong> Oh. Yeah, yeah. They did give us that. Uh, that\u2019s true. Yeah.<br \/>\n<strong>COMMANDO #3:<\/strong> And ball bearings.<br \/>\n<strong>REG:<\/strong> Yeah. All right. I\u2019ll grant you pneumatic tyres and ball bearings are <em>two things<\/em> that the cyclists have done.<br \/>\n<strong>MATTHIAS:<\/strong> And the roads.<br \/>\n<strong>REG:<\/strong> Well, yeah. <em>Obviously<\/em> the roads. I mean, the roads go without saying, don\u2019t they? But <em>apart from<\/em> pneumatic tyres, ball bearings, and the roads\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>COMMANDO:<\/strong> Lightweight steel tubing.<br \/>\n<strong>XERXES:<\/strong> Chain driven differential gears.<br \/>\n<strong>COMMANDOS:<\/strong> Huh? Heh? Huh\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>COMMANDO #2:<\/strong> Dust-free highways<br \/>\n<strong>COMMANDOS:<\/strong> Ohh\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>REG:<\/strong> Yeah, yeah. All right. Fair enough.<br \/>\n<strong>COMMANDO #1:<\/strong> And central Government administration of roads.<br \/>\n<strong>COMMANDOS:<\/strong> Oh, yes. Yeah\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>FRANCIS:<\/strong> Cars and planes.<br \/>\n<strong>REG:<\/strong> Cars and planes?<br \/>\n<strong>FRANCIS:<\/strong> Yeah, America\u2019s first car was built by the Duryea brothers: they were bicycle builders first. And powered flight, Reg, that was developed by the Wright Brothers: they owned a bike shop and built bikes.<br \/>\n<strong>REG:<\/strong> All right, but <em>apart from<\/em> the pneumatic tyre, ball bearings, differential gears, roads, motoring, and aviation, what have cyclists ever done for us?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com\/motorists-front-of-judea-what-have-the-cyclists-ever-done-for-us\/\">https:\/\/www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com\/motorists-front-of-judea-what-have-the-cyclists-ever-done-for-us\/<\/a><br \/>\noldId.20120123123425467<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From https:\/\/www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com\/motorists-front-of-judea-what-have-the-cyclists-ever-done-for-us\/ REG: Cyclists have bled us white, the bastards. They don\u2019t pay road tax, they run red lights. And what have they ever given us in return? XERXES: Pneumatic tyres. REG: What? XERXES: Pneumatic tyres. REG: Oh. Yeah, yeah. They did give us that. Uh, that\u2019s true. Yeah. COMMANDO #3: And ball bearings. 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