Proof that bicycling is the new golf?

A couple of years ago, the New York Times announced in its Style section that “bicycling is the new golf.”

As if to prove it, CBS golf analyst David Feherty went out for a bike ride recently near his Dallas home. Unfortunately, a truck forced him into the curb and the side mirror hit him, breaking three ribs and puncturing a lung.

CBS reports that Feherty is doing as good as can be expected, and he should be back in the booth in time for the Masters tournament.

I'm glad his injury isn't more serious. I suppose all those golfers turned bicyclists are going to learn that the hazards out on the road are more dangerous than those sandtraps on the fairways.

Seattle trend

By the way, the Seattle P-I has declared bicycling as the new golf out here in the Pacific Northwest as well. A Thursday story, “A new way to wheel and deal,” says that some Seattle business folks are shunning the links for the bike paths for talking business and cutting deals. In fact, one Seattle law firm offered $3,500 bikes to anyone who pledged to bike to work for three months a year. (The law firm got the bikes wholesale for $1,800.)

Although the story talks about how cool it is to do business on the bike paths, the story is illustrated by a photo of three law firm employees riding their bikes on trainers at a local health club.

Too many hazards on the road, I guess.