Blame it on the government, the authorities, or even the United Nations. The truth is, many of the world's problems are because there are not enough people riding their bicycles. Take any 3G (Gebu, Gempal, Gemuk) Malaysian out of his/her 4-ton SUVs/MPVs (vehicles that aren’t even supposed to be on Malaysian roads) and put them on a bicycle and what do you get? A healthier cardiovascular and respiratory system, firmed up legs, tight bums, more blood flowing to the groin, younger looks, reduced risk of heart disease, reduced traffic congestion, less road rage, less stress, safer streets for your kids to play in, better air quality, some serious reduction in your personal transportation costs, opportunities for improved public transportation, no war on middle-eastern countries and so on and so forth.
Obviously I'm complicating the subject. The fact remains that we are responsible for the oil we buy. Just be romantic and ride a bicycle!
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. ~Christopher Morley
It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest incident of the nineteenth century. ~Author Unknown
Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life. ~Frances Willard, How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle. ~Elizabeth West, Hovel in the Hills
Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling. ~James E. Starrs
Obviously I'm complicating the subject. The fact remains that we are responsible for the oil we buy. Just be romantic and ride a bicycle!
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. ~Christopher Morley
It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest incident of the nineteenth century. ~Author Unknown
Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life. ~Frances Willard, How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle. ~Elizabeth West, Hovel in the Hills
Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling. ~James E. Starrs
2 comments:
Chief... I was following your post in another blogger's site.
I salute you for the determination on cycling to work. I really hope that I will be able to do that soon.
Sorry for the late reply, but thanks for the kind words, Bentarazero.
I still find my motivations fluctuating. I'm working on it.
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