I helped an old man with a wobbly cane today carry a television with a built-in VCR out to his car. Funny how a 20-year-old, tubed, thirteen inch television with a VCR seemed older than he in this digital stream we swim in these days. As I walked into the thrift store, I saw him struggling […]
Continue reading →From the point of view of a cyclist, the road is looked at in many ways depending on how you use it. A long ride on a frosty day to a job mundane could be seen one way, while smiling jacket-less on Spring’s first warm, sunny weekend after a long winter could mean another entirely. […]
Continue reading →And then there is the transportation gang, often heard before they’re seen with squeaky chains propelling haggard old bikes, for whom there is no choice…or perhaps the choice is to ride or hoof it, as the bicycle is their sole means of speedy A to B. Maybe they ride to work, maybe they’re unemployed. Maybe they’re homeless, lost their […]
Continue reading →To another group within the group “cycling”, the club riders and racers, the bike is a recreational activity; like hunting, fishing, or…er…umm…Irish road bowling. The problem here is, seeing the bike as a pastime and the paved road a playing field has with it inherent contradictions to the motor-dominated status quo, no? As a recreational […]
Continue reading →You can’t look for a solution without seeing that groupism, with it’s sharp and divisive claws, has torn apart what it means today to ride a bicycle on the American road. For those that do so are split into three main groups as far as I can tell: the commuter class, the club riders and racers, and […]
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