Summary
Bicycles are awesome. Why?
- Cheap
- Environmentally-friendly
- Simple to repair
- Guaranteed low-impact exercise
- Stress-relief
- Can be used by the young or old
I have used my bicycle as a daily work commute, to carry full loads of groceries home, and for leisure. The University of Maryland is surrounded by many hiker-biker trails that go to all sorts of places, even across the nation's capital.
Links
Bicycle repair manual: Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance.
DC bicycle news: The Washcycle
DC local bike shop: Proteus
Why bicycles should be first class form of transportation: Strong Towns
Fake News on Why Bicycles are not Awesome
- Because it's the middle of January and 20 degrees out and I am freezing on the way to bloody commute to work and and this jerk behind me just honked at me and I would like to show him a certain rude gesture but I can't because I have mittens on because it's 20 degrees out and now I just got a flat and have to call an uber even though I have never called an uber and don't even have the app on my phone and now I am wondering the socioeconomic impacts of ridesharing services and now I am very late...