Lee Rodgers Tour of Korea diary: Strike!
“Chief Comrade… sorry I meant Commissaire. The workers… dammit I mean the riders — they are refusing to work… sorry, to ride.”
“My dear Head of Police, what do you mean, ‘refusing?’”
“Refusing. They’ve downed tools. Sat up. Gone on strike. The air, it’s murderous…”
“What reason do they give?”
“Chief Comrade, they… I mean… oh whatever – they say it’s raining too hard.”
“Oh, come on! WTF…!”
I’d never seen it before, the proletariat rising up against the yoke of tyranny to strike a blow for the disenfranchised athletes of the world. This could be the start of a Real World Order – an order governed by the riders, for the riders: where multi-use pathways will be reclaimed and raced upon; where bike thieves shall have their hands chopped off; and at 6:00 p.m. each evening, the Shaven-Legged Believers will bow on trainer mats and give thanks in the direction
To read the whole story, visit here: http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/rider-diaries/lee-rodgers-tour-of-korea-diary-strike_215156
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