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To ride is human, to tour devine!
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But thinking about the matter more, I decided that I was looking at the matter the wrong way. During the greater part of my life, I have used the power of my own two legs to get to wherever I needed to go most of the time. Yes, there were many years -- mostly while working at construction jobs, which were widely scattered around Birmingham or up to 50 miles out of town -- when I used a motor vehicle either all of the time or nearly all of the time, but for the bulk of my life, I either walked or rode my bike. This can be summed up into different periods as follows, starting at five years old: /
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 Added May 22, 2011, 21:34 "body works the cycle of life", "bobs mountain bikes", "bobbed chopped bikes" |
 Added December 05, 2010, 02:41 "bobby julich cervelo", "body temperature cycle", "bobs cycle motocross" |
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Here's a simple and easy test that can identify a true cyclist® in a heart beat. First, think of a pretty road traveling to a nearby town, say twenty miles away. Second, ask the person this question, "If I was going to x, would I be likely to find a place to buy a coke along the way?" A true cyclist® can not only tell you every store on the way but can provide useful information about the food and beverages they sell, whether they have outside faucets or not (Jerry from Greenville), the names of the employees (Jack Rose), and the location of all usable bathrooms -- including unlocked portapotties (Ellen F. MacGarrigle). A motorist, on the other hand, won't even know that the stores are there unless he has run out of gas (the true cyclist® won't remember if these stores have gas or not).
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Q How can I mend punctures?
One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they start biking is to take the exact same routes they used when they were driving. It's usually better to take different streets with fewer and slower cars. Sure, cyclists have a right to the road, but that's a small consolation when you're dead. Consider how far you can take this strategy: If you learn your routes well, you'll find that in many cities you can travel through neighborhoods to get to most places, only crossing the busiest streets rather than traveling on them. |
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