Chris Bierly is a renowned cyclist who has embraced travel and bicycling as his life. After retiring, Bierly sold his home and most of his possessions, loaded up a travel van with his bikes and stuff and hit the road. As an ambassador of good vibes on the trail, Bierly has a Smiley Face BikeTag attached to his handlebars and hands them out as he travels (courtesy of Mark Langton at CORBA).

Here’s what he wrote about the reason why he has this:

The plate’s intent is to eliminate a hierarchy that makes us the little kids asking for permission to be on the trails. If we just slow down when passing we will eliminate most user complaints.

Chris Bierly is a renowned cyclist who has embraced travel and bicycling as his life. After retiring, Bierly sold his home and most of his possessions, loaded up a travel van with his bikes and stuff and hit the road. As an ambassador of good vibes on the trail, Bierly has a Smiley Face BikeTag attached to his handlebars and hands them out as he travels (courtesy of Mark Langton at CORBA).

Here’s what he wrote about the reason why he has this:

The plate’s intent is to eliminate a hierarchy that makes us the little kids asking for permission to be on the trails. If we just slow down when passing we will eliminate most user complaints.