[SDCBC] YouTube - SoCal Arterials and Lane Splitting videos

[John Eldon]

Which came first, the passion or the practice of cycling? I was a nerdy, overweight, myopic, klutzy kid who first walked at age 30 months, attended numerous supplemental "posture classes," wore corrective shoes, frustrated my teachers with my utter lack of physical coordination, and couldn't even balance a bike safely until about age 12. I got interested in cycling as a way to get from point A to point B. Bicycling was freedom then, and given the high social, economic, and environmental cost and frustration of motoring, for me it still is today. (Kids today get driven everywhere by overprotective parents -- perhaps that is part of the problem.) The more I rode, the more I got hooked by the fitness, environmental, aesthetic, mechanical, social, transportation, and economic benefits of bicycling, and my passion grew steadily over the years. 

I hope I am wrong, but when I compare my personal experience with cycling in west Los Angeles through the 1970s with cycling today in San Diego County, I fret about two personal perceptions: higher traffic speeds and reduced motorist attentiveness.

John E.



JonIsaacs at aol.com wrote:When I talk to my non-Astro-geek friends as to why they don't spend their evenings under the stars with a telescope, there are a variety of reasons, too cold, don't have the time, etc, etc...  
 
 But I think the reality is that they just are not interested.  To be an amateur astronomer or a serious cyclist requires passion.  I think this is John Forester's point and one worth remembering in any discussion...  
 
 Anybody here who doesn't have a passion for cycling???
 
 Jon

 
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