Japan and bikes II

The Urban Country (see previous post) came up against the sentiment, at least on FB, that it was poor form to be perceived as using tragedy to advance the biking cause.

Today Copenhagenize also has a post about bikes and their current role in devastated Japan, with a comments thread debating whether such a post is in bad taste or not.

What do you think?

Japan and bikes

Good post by James Schwartz over on The Urban Country:

Japan Earthquake & Tsunami: Role of the Bicycle

CNN was reporting on bike shops being sold out in Tokyo as people scrambled to figure out how to get home to reunite with their family and friends.

Our thoughts are with the people in Japan. Just found out a childhood friend of mine who lives over there is safe. He said on FB that when the quake hit he thought he was going to die... he's still trying to reunite with his wife who is in Tokyo.