Thanks to Commute by Bike for pointing to an article and new guide on the Guardian website.
“The world’s greatest invention” is a lovely article by Matt Seaton on one of the greatest gifts of the 19th Century to the 21st.
It seems a paradox in the age of consumer electronics and ever more gorgeously refined designer “black goods”, but it’s this sturdy piece of Victorian technology - the good old bike - that we love most. But why does the bicycle occupy this special place in our affections?
Writers such as Henry Miller and Iris Murdoch preach the joy of cycling, as much a symbol of freedom as a means of transportation.
This is just one introductory article in the Guardian’s impressive Cycling Guide, most of which is applicable outside the UK, and just got bookmarked by me for lots of later reading. That will be the limit of my cycling-related activities until my shoulder heals enough.