They'd start with acrimony and heartbreak, every moment protracted agony. Then they'd become more comfortable and almost exciting, all the way up to the point where every moment was heart thumping anticipation. Richard Risemberg counsels the man in the Beemer other stories by this author US vs UK Slowly and imperceptibly, our language started to change. The tracks we rode, referred to as 'bridleways' for hundreds of years, became 'trails'. Forest tracks became fire roads, even though we rarely have forest fires in this green and damp land of ours.
All cyclists quickly make up their own bestiary.
My own list of the most hateful drivers in London ends with one particular car, the Mercedes, since it seems to attract people not merely blind to bikes but homicidal towards them. Jeremy Paxman vs London motorists A Convivial Life Illich's view of the world is often received as almost crazy. Such sentiments are often echoed by campaigners trying to convince technology-obsessed audiences of the merits of that traditional form of transport, the bicycle. Edgar Newton examines the life and thinking of Ivan Illich Getting Rid of Cyclists Davis, California, where the tasteless American tomato was invented, also invented the bike lane in 1966 as a compromise between banning cyclists altogether and having them swamp the streets to the discomfiture of drivers. Jeremy Parker serves up a little history Lousy Samaritans We are women.