“It’s funny how a little rain scares so many cyclists off, because a one or two hour ride in the rain is generally a very pleasant experience as long as you keep moving and stay warm.” –SurlyDave
Cycle Commute
- Is fast, fun, enjoyable, time-saving, healthy.
- Makes me feel happy, stress-free, alive, succesful, fit.
–Polak, on Sydney Cyclist
“What’s most enjoyable is sailing past queues of traffic in the rush hour!” — Bernard Sudlow
“Fat-busting but not wallet-busting, the humble bicycle is an increasingly popular choice of transport. Around 130m bikes rolled off production lines in 2007 and even more are set to be made this year.” –The Economist
“Road-bike aficionados are much like trout: simultaneously enthralled and mortified by anything shiny and new that enters their environment.” –Wired.com
“Within societies of mass automobility, bicycles are often regarded as a children’s toy, a middle-class sports fad, or a form of transport for those who are too poor to drive. Within less that three generations, cultures of everyday or utility cycling disappeared. Those who continued to cycle are often regarded with suspicion.”–Adrian, Yellow Brick Road.
“The premise that cyclists’ behavior somehow voids their right to sharing the road is indefensible at face value. ‘Well officer I thought it was OK to hit this cyclists because several blocks back I saw another run a red light’ is not something anyone could defend.” –TheWashCycle
“It’s time to take cycling back and place it firmly in the category ‘normal way to get to work, to the shops, to the cinema’.” –The Slow Bicycle Movement
Will humans ever finish designing and redesigning the bike? I doubt it…
“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
Is this final proof that Harry Barber is an idiot and/or that he’s lost the plot?
Seriously, how good does it feel to ride a bike?
Different approaches to some of the problems of bike parking.