I was blown away on my first bike tour (and subsequent tours) by the kindness
of strangers.
Goodness, that was 15 years back
for that first one.
I think it was 52 or so days on the road and during that time I only had one
person being rude about sharing the road.
There were
Patrick of the Moore: Real human interactions are key to buildig community, I
agree. I was contemplating recently on the e-fect of e-bikes on the good will
toward friendly cyclists. Will the expectation rapidly become that cyclists
can/should keep up with traffic, so higher frustration levels
Patrick-the-Deacon: It is good to hear that your exuberant friendliness has
reduced aggressive driving; I expect that the reason is very simple:
"community." When people see other people as "people" and not as isolated,
anonymous quantitative units that get in their way or, worse, represent
some
Hi All, I knew this would strike a chord. Isn’t psychology interesting?
Kent (also) Peterson: great blog - I will keep this link so I can read more of
your wonderful posts. And your friend with the cello outclasses us and the
violin HANDS-DOWN!
Steve: You are way too kind, but pleased to be
Oh! Aye! Brilliant, Leah!
Some years back, as my brain had healed enough that I could begin stretching my
rides to the trailheads (not just have my wife haul my carcass there) I was
challenged by riding through the not so very huge town of Woodland Park where I
have a max of 2 lights and 4-6
As always, a wonderful post and perspective. Your point on clothing and how it
can influence our interactions is something I've considered as well. I wrote a
bit about it here:
https://kentsbike.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-we-wear-is-what-we-say.html
BTW seeing the musical instrument sticking
