“It’s a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison.” –Daniel, participant in the prisoners’ Tour de France.
“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
“Ride for fun. They haven’t yet made a cycle computer that can measure that.” –Surly Dave
“I really believe that, once people develop some confidence on the bike track, they’ll feel a lot safer riding on sections of road that don’t have bicycle infrastructure yet”–Katie Kingshott, Healthy Transport Hobart
“Road-bike aficionados are much like trout: simultaneously enthralled and mortified by anything shiny and new that enters their environment.” –Wired.com
Will humans ever finish designing and redesigning the bike? I doubt it…
And normal service should resume shortly…
There hasn’t been a plague of locusts since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…
Elizabeth Street in Melbourne has dangerous bike lanes.
Fret no more! Here is the solution to the problem of bugs going up your nose…