My bike broke. Completely in half. While I was riding it. This was not fun.
If you want to enjoy commuting by bike sometimes you have to keep things in perspective.
“The bicycle has a soul. If you succeed to love it, it will give you emotions that you will never forget” –Mario Cipollini
You know it’s been a while between posts when your own mother starts chipping you about not updating your blog…
“A three hour bike ride means three hours of mental refreshment; it would take extreme concentration to achieve that by meditation or some like method.” –Dave Moulton
“It’s just as fun as when you were a kid. You go zoom! and whoosh! You’re a sky creature, not a miserable earth-crawler. And you get to the end of your commute feeling invigorated and intensely alive.” –Dale Favier
“I’m going to start acting my age some day soon, instead of piss-farting around on bikes. Nah, f_ck it.” –Surly Dave
“There are so few things I’d rather do than ride a bike.”
Can anyone explain to me why a new motorway construction project seems terminally incapable of completing a mere bike and pedestrian overpass, while a separate motorway “upgrade” project can remove and replace a comparable bridge seemingly without a hitch?
“Slowing down to the urban biking pace reveals a city that many urban dwellers hadn’t taken notice of, yet” –anonymous quote on London Cyclist.