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Post by jay on Nov 2, 2006 14:25:51 GMT -5
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Post by gpickle on Nov 2, 2006 19:50:50 GMT -5
Sure, sure, sure. Slow down! I think riding through the alleys of most towns is a delightful experience but I sure don't think you see more or get nearer to enlightenment when you decide to ride slower. Many a day I ride many miles out in the thick of the Iowa jungle where the smell of crap is enough to gag the very beasts that made it and the gravel is turned to paste on my tongue. Other times my breath is frozen to my beard and it makes icicles and such. I love it I guess, or I would stop. Speed or even just a good and long and steady pace take me to even more places to explore. I think about them from time to time, "Wonder whats happening up by Ely?", I may exclaim aloud and I can head out there and find out. I enjoy finding new things, new roads, new trails, wrenches in the roads and sometimes even naughty books or magazines! I find it every bit as interesting to explore far from my front door as I do near it. In spandex even! But whateva, as the kids say. If you really want to explore and see the things you may be missing in the day to day the way the author suggests than I think walking would work well. Definitely get out of a car! To me the key to escaping "the cult of efficiency" is changing your worldview, not your bicycle.
gpickle
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Post by the weiner posse on Nov 2, 2006 21:43:22 GMT -5
aye...'tis true...
the pinarello can always go six miles an hour...but travelling outwards thirty miles would be an epic task on that coaster-braked schwinn...
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Post by jay on Nov 2, 2006 22:41:25 GMT -5
I guess I thought the idea was more about noticing what you might normally dismiss, or overlook altogether, regardless of the speed (or distance) you ride. If you can do that while spinning at 20 mph, then more power to you. Personally, I can say that I do tend to notice more when I'm riding more slowly (at least around town), but maybe that's just me. I suppose if you're out traversing that vast monoculture of rural Iowa, then you might as well be going as fast as possible. Honestly though, if I owned a suitable bike, I would love to hit the rural roads sometime.
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