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17 Reasons Why Bicycles Are the Most Popular Vehicle in the World Today
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Kyle Petersen writes: http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/16/17-...e-world-today/ In my relatively affluent North American experience, I've noticed a demographic gap in cycling popularity -- I see the little kids tootling around with their training wheels, and I see younger-to-older adults riding around, but not so many adolescents -- the kids at the age where they're eagerly anticipating the acquisition of their driver's licence & first car, or have just obtained them. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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17 Reasons Why Bicycles Are the Most Popular Vehicle in the World Today
Tom Keats wrote:
:: In my relatively affluent North American experience, :: I've noticed a demographic gap in cycling popularity -- :: I see the little kids tootling around with their training :: wheels, and I see younger-to-older adults riding around, :: but not so many adolescents -- the kids at the age where :: they're eagerly anticipating the acquisition of their :: driver's licence & first car, or have just obtained them. In our family, I rode with my elder son to help him get his merit badge in cycling. When it was the younger boy's turn, he looked at me and said, "Didn't you know cars have been invented?" Plus, it is devilishly hot here in North Texas in the summer time. Who wouldn't prefer to stay out of the heat? Only us diehards (and mad Englishmen) or so my grandmother told me a long time ago.... Pat |
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17 Reasons Why Bicycles Are the Most Popular Vehicle in the World Today
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"Pat" writes: Tom Keats wrote: :: In my relatively affluent North American experience, :: I've noticed a demographic gap in cycling popularity -- :: I see the little kids tootling around with their training :: wheels, and I see younger-to-older adults riding around, :: but not so many adolescents -- the kids at the age where :: they're eagerly anticipating the acquisition of their :: driver's licence & first car, or have just obtained them. In our family, I rode with my elder son to help him get his merit badge in cycling. When it was the younger boy's turn, he looked at me and said, "Didn't you know cars have been invented?" Plus, it is devilishly hot here in North Texas in the summer time. Who wouldn't prefer to stay out of the heat? Only us diehards (and mad Englishmen) or so my grandmother told me a long time ago.... It seems both hot weather and bicycling are not to everyone's taste. I guess it's unfair to try to foist either on anyone who doesn't wanna. As for me, I thrive in the heat; I'm still trying to warm up from last winter. It's especially unwise to foist bicycling upon unwilling Significant Others. Sometimes it's good to use the bike as an escape pod when She Who Must Be Obeyed is on the warpath. If she can't keep up with ya, so much the better. But I'm wondering if we've imbued bicycling with a too-wholesome, goodie-two-shoes image -- at least for the kids who like to play Grand Theft Auto, go to monster truck rallies, and follow pro wrestling on TV. Even the mildly "bad boyz/bad grrls" image of skateboarders & BMXers has faded like a cheap red T-shirt in the wash. Maybe all this enviro/green/non-car propaganda is driving some would-be ridership away? Or maybe the decision to ride takes some maturity, including that innate maturity in prepubescent kids. Sometimes I think maybe people reach their maturity peak at the age around 9 to 12. Then puberty sets in, and all heck irrecoverably breaks loose. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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17 Reasons Why Bicycles Are the Most Popular Vehicle in the World Today
I think just getting on a bike requires a certain amount of imperviousness
to peer pressure. It's not looked upon as "cool" in today's world. To not care a whit about peer pressure, you have to be mature in your thinking. Pat in TX |
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17 Reasons Why Bicycles Are the Most Popular Vehicle in the World Today
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"Pat" writes: I think just getting on a bike requires a certain amount of imperviousness to peer pressure. It's not looked upon as "cool" in today's world. To not care a whit about peer pressure, you have to be mature in your thinking. Ain't it such a wonderment, that so many folks regard bicycles as toys, and riding as a somewhat childish pastime, and yet the avocation of riding demands a mature approach? cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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