Some things never change. Not least the nature of our bicycle culture. We still have trouble finding our bicycles in the bike racks.
We still ride in stiff headwinds.
We still ride in snowstorms.
We still ride into the bright Nordic sun in the evenings.
We still carry crazy stuff on our bicycles.
We still have pedicabs.
And we still ride them in the winter.
We still ride across Queen Louise's Bridge.
Kids still ride unique bikes.
We still have birds on our bicycles. (although city workers don't carry dead swans under their arms anymore...)
4 comments:
Some things do change.
Now we have electric motors and batteries on our bikes to help with the still winds, snow and carrying of odd things.
Yes, aA handful of people have coal or nuclear powered bicycles. The rest of us just get on with it.
Knowing that "people only really want that tomorrow should pretty much resemble today"*, that's a very reassuring aspect of bicycles.
* That's not from me or any famous philosopher, that's from Terry Pratchett
Great pictures, where did you find them?
Post a Comment