“Get a bicycle,” he urged readers. “You will not regret it,

[still.trucking]

“Get a bicycle,” he urged readers. “You will not regret it, if you live.”

The Bicycle and the Ride to Modern America

Tires and tubing, mass production and women’s suffrage, highways and gas stations all were influenced by the machine featured in a new Smithsonian exhibit.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/scien ... ries-below

[the mingo]

Checked out the link you posted - Thx, Jack

[still.trucking]

I lost it in front of a dump truck last week. Hit a little rise on a concrete apron to a drive way on Highway 775, luckily I went over to the right and out of the roadway. The driver stopped his truck in the middle of the road his eyes wide looking at me, checking me out. I signaled him I was okay and waved him on. I kind of felt like a NASCAR driver walking away from a wreck. I knew what Mark Twain meant by "if you live" The best thing about my Schwinn is that it made me appreciate my new TREK™. I been riding 15, 20. 25 miles a day the last couple of weeks.

[the mingo]

Trek ? Good bike Now you'll be getting too fancy to talk to - damn smooth ride, enjoy !

[still.trucking]

That thing that happened to you with your shoe strings, happened to me with a motorcycle once, lucky I was stopped at a light when it happened, I had just taken off. since then I wear shoes without laces, velcro strips, geezer shoes. Saw a strange movie a long time ago called "Hard Eight" that's what the young guy called them.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119256/

[the mingo]

cant imagine that happening on a motorcycle - shit, it was impossible on a bike - literally tied to the machine and couldn't hardly reach it - I'd thought about a pair of those geezer sneakers with the velcro straps - hell yeah, Mongolia