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