Treadly and Me

Speedlinking 8 January 2010

“I just feel so free and just like I’m lovin’ every minute of life and it’s…it helps. It’s therapy for me, y’know pedallin’” –Steven Marmo, The New York Times

Speedlinking 5 Movember 2009

“You sure do like to tailgate people… Right, because it’s real important you show up to the nothing you have to do on time.” –twitter.com/shitmydadsays

Speedlinking 17 September 2009

“I’m going to start acting my age some day soon, instead of piss-farting around on bikes. Nah, f_ck it.” –Surly Dave

Speedlinking 29 April 2009

“Seventy five percent of all journeys in Britain are under five miles in length; half are under two miles; and thirty two per cent under a mile… Of all journeys undertaken by car, sixty one per cent are under five miles in length; and a similar proportion of all short journeys currently take place in cars.” –Bikes Not Fumes, p. 11, CTC 1991

Speedlinking 27 November 2008

“I received the best compliment the other day since I became a cyclist…someone came up to me and asked if I rode a bike. I was ecstatic. I have been trying for years to not look like a cyclist.” –mk at momentum

Speedlinking 3 November 2008

Cycle Commute
- Is fast, fun, enjoyable, time-saving, healthy.
- Makes me feel happy, stress-free, alive, succesful, fit.

–Polak, on Sydney Cyclist

Speedlinking 10 August 2008

“Road-bike aficionados are much like trout: simultaneously enthralled and mortified by anything shiny and new that enters their environment.” –Wired.com

Speedlinking 8 July 2008

“Cycling provides economic benefit in terms of improved public health, reduced levels of traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reductions in expenditure on transport fuel. These benefits accrue most readily when the bicycle is used as a substitute for car journeys.” –Cycling Promotion Fund

Speedlinking 21 June 2008

“But here’s the big secret: bike commuting is no sacrifice at all. As a matter of fact, I often feel a pang of guilt for doing it. It’s so much fun, and I derive so many benefits from it…” –Alan, www.ecovelo.info

In praise of power-assisted bikes

Do you look down (just a little bit) on power-assisted bikes?