Trump: Pete Buttigieg… he goes bicycling to work. He takes a bicycle to work. Can you believe— he's running the biggest air system in the world, and he takes a bicycle to work. What a— and they say he's going to run for president. I don’t see it
Motorists don’t get it. They pity, hate, or mock us bicyclists; ignoring that they’re imagining what it’s like for them to commute - an awful, roadrage-inducing experience every day - and projecting that onto us but thinking it’s like that but worse because bike equals less than car, or something.
But from the perspective of real experience on a bike, doing real commutes, it’s such an upgrade in every meaningful way. Commutes can feel good, everybody. Bikes do that. Except for one thing that makes it often suck: Cars. The common denominator of misery for both motorists and bicyclists is motor vehicles.
When going to the next town over by bike I can take the off road route through a country park. Get to enjoy seeing the bees fly around all the wildflowers, so I will be able to tell my future children what it was like when there used to be bees.
I grew up with a pair of scrawny toothpicks for thighs and biking has done wonders for my legs. I don’t get tired easily going uphill or doing sustained effort and I’ve also gotten a number of compliments on them. It’s great.
Motorists don’t get it. They pity, hate, or mock us bicyclists; ignoring that they’re imagining what it’s like for them to commute - an awful, roadrage-inducing experience every day - and projecting that onto us but thinking it’s like that but worse because bike equals less than car, or something.
But from the perspective of real experience on a bike, doing real commutes, it’s such an upgrade in every meaningful way. Commutes can feel good, everybody. Bikes do that. Except for one thing that makes it often suck: Cars. The common denominator of misery for both motorists and bicyclists is motor vehicles.
So just cut out the root problem. Fuck cars.
When going to the next town over by bike I can take the off road route through a country park. Get to enjoy seeing the bees fly around all the wildflowers, so I will be able to tell my future children what it was like when there used to be bees.
I grew up with a pair of scrawny toothpicks for thighs and biking has done wonders for my legs. I don’t get tired easily going uphill or doing sustained effort and I’ve also gotten a number of compliments on them. It’s great.