Wheel Talk…

Project #1 when I get to the west coast, is looking up a Pro-Bicycle Infrastructure coalition to join. Not a “share the road” collective, but “make BIKE roads.” I suppose it’s easy to romanticize a place when you’re set to leave it, but if you have any love for biking, this statement is not a function of rose-colored cycling glasses: Germany is the best place to ride.

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I did a 20-mile farewell appreciation tour on Sunday, most of it on paths separate from the road. I wound through villages and past farms, spinning up the early autumn fog with my spokes. I stopped for a break in a town up the way, and watched people leaving church, scattering to their destinations on foot.

Though the autobahn is totally a thing, this life you can live without a car – is my idea of sacred.