Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Bike Philosophy


There are only two types of people who ride their bikes slowly:

1. Those who had an accident before;
2. Those who fear that they may have an accident.

Common point: They dont want to get hurt. Period.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

You made me think of cloudear... she rode very carefully on 1 July...

Freidenker said...

Traumatic experience lasts...
I'd been literally thrown out of my bike at relatively high speed at least twice in my younger days, fortunately both ended up with just a few scratches and bruises. But as it says, if it can't break you, it'll make you stronger. Now when I ride from Shatin to Taipo today, for instance, I can keep my hands off the steering bar most of the time (>95%)...
Practice plus determination transcend Philosophy, I guess.

alice chiang said...

Re f: thanks! actually what i wanted to write is NOT about that (!!!!). haha...

but, just curious, why do you keep your hands off nei? knitting??? :pppppppppppppp

Freidenker said...

What you wanted to write was not about what? :p Actually I was not trying to talk about 'that' either, just that your sharing reminded me of my own experience on the bike.

And the essence of not steering by hands is that one experiences 'being one with the bike' which is super cool and extremely relaxing! Too bad that I don't know how to knit. Kakakakaka....