Bicycle.muse

   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?
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  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).