I’ve been spending my lunch breaks and bus rides reading Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac cover to cover. That, plus trying to spend more commuting time atop my first real road bike (replacement for my beloved hybrid that was swiped from my backyard last month), and I’m developing a real affinity for these two-wheeled machines. Between the environmental benefits, the public health benefits, and the sheer joy of the wind in your hair and sweat on your brow, I’m enamored. It seems a natural extension of everything I hold dear (local, susatainable food, kitchen gardens, craft beer) to embrace the self-sufficiency and minimal impact of biking. Especially when you can bike on over to the farmer’s market, beer bars, and farm-to-table restaurants in the ‘hood…
Anyway, that’s my introduction to the nyt article I just stumbled across. While I’m not quite car free, I love to thought of swapping my four wheels for two every chance I get.
(Yikes, sorry so sloppy with this link: I just downloaded wordpress for blackberry and don’t have time to figure out how to embed it…ps–when is the last time you saw “sorry so sloppy”? Flashback…)
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/automobiles/autospecial2/22CHANGE.xml
Tags: biking
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If you don’t already know about this, there is a pretty nice forum for bike commuters as well as a advocacy site you may want to check out.
I myself am car free in SD and encourage everyone to try riding no matter how small the distance.
bikesd.org is the advocacy site
Dude. if you really do eschew the motormobiles for pedaling then I guarantee you will experience greater health, happiness and fun. At least that’s what happened to me.
Cool website. I had NO idea. Now I’m hungry. Need a cat sitter?
Yes. Wind in the hair! Only time that happens in a car is really when dogs stick their head out of the window (usually while on their owners lap.)