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#title Bicycles Are Our Friends

* [[Bicycle Routes]]

* [[Bicycle 2012][My New Bicycle]]

* [[My Bicycle][My Old Bicycle]]

* [[http://journal.unknownlamer.org/tag/bicycle][Bicycling Journal Entries]]

; I write about various bicycle related things in my journal.


; * Why I Do Not, and Shall Never Again, Own a Car

; Do you find asphalt attractive? Do you enjoy the smell of gasoline? Is
; going to the pump a pleasant experience for your wallet? What of our
; wonderful insurance system?

; Asphalt is ugly. Gasoline smells terrible. Gasoline is expensive. Auto
; insurance costs more than I spend on food every month (twice as much
; even).

; I am free of these things and refuse to be enslaved by them again. I
; have no need for useless status symbols and vehicles which can take me
; places five times faster than I have the desire to get there. It is
; much more enjoyable to put fuel into myself rather than a gas tank (my
; tongue and stomach do quite enjoy it as well).

; Every mile travelled in a car eats money, pollutes the air just a
; little bit more, causes some damage to the roads, and is (I think)
; quite stressful when there is heavy traffic.

; Every hour travelled on a bicycle is more food I get to eat at the end
; of the ride (mmm carbohydrates). I suppose my lungs are releasing CO_2
; into the air, but perhaps this is made up by my bicycle causing no
; stress to the asphalt beneath me. Most of the time I find bicycling to
; quite relaxing; even on the 30F mornings. There is, naturally, some
; stress; usually when cars pass me on the left as I am signalling with
; my arm that I am preparing to make a left turn, or forcing me off of
; the road because I am in the center of the lane as we drift to a red
; light, or passing me when I am exceeding the speed limit (hills are
; friendly when you're going down them).
Commit	Line	Data
8a7c1bf7	1	#title Bicycles Are Our Friends
	2
	3	* [[Bicycle Routes]]
	4
e05c3ee2	5	* [[Bicycle 2012][My New Bicycle]]
	6
	7	* [[My Bicycle][My Old Bicycle]]
8a7c1bf7	8
	9	* [[http://journal.unknownlamer.org/tag/bicycle][Bicycling Journal Entries]]
	10
e05c3ee2	11	; I write about various bicycle related things in my journal.
8a7c1bf7	12
8a7c1bf7	13
e7181662	14	; * Why I Do Not, and Shall Never Again, Own a Car
	15
	16	; Do you find asphalt attractive? Do you enjoy the smell of gasoline? Is
	17	; going to the pump a pleasant experience for your wallet? What of our
	18	; wonderful insurance system?
	19
	20	; Asphalt is ugly. Gasoline smells terrible. Gasoline is expensive. Auto
	21	; insurance costs more than I spend on food every month (twice as much
	22	; even).
	23
	24	; I am free of these things and refuse to be enslaved by them again. I
	25	; have no need for useless status symbols and vehicles which can take me
	26	; places five times faster than I have the desire to get there. It is
	27	; much more enjoyable to put fuel into myself rather than a gas tank (my
	28	; tongue and stomach do quite enjoy it as well).
	29
	30	; Every mile travelled in a car eats money, pollutes the air just a
	31	; little bit more, causes some damage to the roads, and is (I think)
	32	; quite stressful when there is heavy traffic.
	33
	34	; Every hour travelled on a bicycle is more food I get to eat at the end
	35	; of the ride (mmm carbohydrates). I suppose my lungs are releasing CO_2
	36	; into the air, but perhaps this is made up by my bicycle causing no
	37	; stress to the asphalt beneath me. Most of the time I find bicycling to
	38	; quite relaxing; even on the 30F mornings. There is, naturally, some
	39	; stress; usually when cars pass me on the left as I am signalling with
	40	; my arm that I am preparing to make a left turn, or forcing me off of
	41	; the road because I am in the center of the lane as we drift to a red
	42	; light, or passing me when I am exceeding the speed limit (hills are
	43	; friendly when you're going down them).