http://www.rocbike.com/2009/02/24/charles-olsons-bicycle/ Nothing To Lose But Our Chains! Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:38:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.rocbike.com/2009/02/24/charles-olsons-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-28356 ethan Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:58:04 +0000 http://www.rocbike.com/?p=2389#comment-28356 For the past two weeks, we've been without a car. It has made us aware of how far away the bookstore is, the art supply store. We used to take a trip to the mall for granted. Now, these things have value. For the past two weeks, we’ve been without a car. It has made us aware of how far away the bookstore is, the art supply store. We used to take a trip to the mall for granted. Now, these things have value.

]]> http://www.rocbike.com/2009/02/24/charles-olsons-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-28354 Chip Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:37:04 +0000 http://www.rocbike.com/?p=2389#comment-28354 funny, I've been thinking about this a lot, how cycling really makes real places and distance. I've gotten to know this region (finger lakes southern tier - ithaca) in ways I never could have if I didn't bike, not only back roads and villages and hamlets, but hills and valleys, the actual distance between places. And weather is real now. funny, I’ve been thinking about this a lot, how cycling really makes real places and distance. I’ve gotten to know this region (finger lakes southern tier – ithaca) in ways I never could have if I didn’t bike, not only back roads and villages and hamlets, but hills and valleys, the actual distance between places. And weather is real now.

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