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If you're a large woman in America, your whole life is an opportunity to feel self-conscious, embarrassed, resentful and way too big. You can hide in the corner or on the couch, you can go to therapy, or you can put on your lycra bike shorts and get out there and move.
—Jayne Williams, Slow Fat Triathlete

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November 29, 2005

Nobody Bikes in L.A....But they'd be a lot happier if they did. permalink

Instead of the major thoroughfares I use when driving, I cycled quiet back streets—the kind that infuriate me in a car because of all the stop signs and the impossibility of crossing major streets without a signal. I found my commute so easy that I soon started looking for other short trips I could make on the bike—picking up a few groceries, going to the gym, returning library books—then longer ones. I plotted new stealth routes no driver would ever take. (Tip: The satellite photos on Google Earth are much better for doing this than a road map, because you can see exactly what the streets look like.)
slate.com/id/2130978/

Posted at November 29, 2005

Comments

Did you read the other Slate article on biking? The guy didn't last long communting, but his expereinces really point out the need for more utilitarian bikes and bike gear:

http://www.slate.com/id/2131049/

Posted by: Megan at November 30, 2005 6:48 AM