It's the National Bike Summit this week in Washington DC. What better way to recognize the biggest bicycle lobbying time of the year than by interviewing Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer on Politico and making him look like kind of a dork.

Blumenauer tells Politico's Patrick Gavin about his bike commute to the Capitol Building and manages to only use the phrase "bike-partisan" once. Hang on, here's a screenshot:

The funny helmet AND the pink bowtie AND the white gloves, Earl? Youve gone TOO FAR!
  • The funny helmet AND the pink bowtie AND the white gloves, Earl? You've gone TOO FAR!

I kid because I love. Check out the video: