{"id":26,"date":"2007-01-31T14:37:03","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T12:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molif.com\/en\/2007\/01\/31\/the-bicycle\/"},"modified":"2007-02-13T14:39:47","modified_gmt":"2007-02-13T12:39:47","slug":"the-bicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molif.com\/en\/2007\/01\/31\/the-bicycle\/","title":{"rendered":"The bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"On<\/a>Or otherwise said, the roadster. Or the mountain-bike, or the racer, or the old bike of grandpa. Name it whatever, I don’t care. It is a dream on two wheels.<\/p>\n

If I can ride it, that’s what I care. And to listen the sound of the tyres on the road, this very specific k-r-r-rrrrrrr while you are pedalling (yep, I don’t mean the sound of not oiled chain ;-))<\/p>\n

I decided to write something about the next best friend of the man after dog – the bike.
\nPersonally I have deep feelings towards this invention of the humanity.<\/p>\n

Pity, but soon after it was dicovered the man is trying with big application to forget the bike’s existence – because to ride a bike you should make an effort, and the effort is just that thing most people don’t like at all and do not want to do ever if possible.<\/p>\n

I want though. And I am riding – struggling against the non-popularity of this machine in my urban environment.
\nSome time ago I read an article about Ken Livingston – the Mayor of London. He’s got a plan for the development of the city in the next ten years. According to this plan, till year 2010 80% of the citizens in London should use mainly bicycles, not cars or public transport.<\/p>\n

I really need to believe that something can make people to leave their speedy two-tons fortresses and not be in such a hurry to kill somebody by accident.<\/p>\n

Alas, my native reality only proves, that such an images are pure Utopian – the main priority for the municipality and also for the Chief architect of the capital (not to mention the 90% of the people) is still His Majesty The CAR, enforced dictatorship over every empty space around.<\/p>\n

Now please, don’t think that I don’t like cars. Right the opposite, but this is not the point. If one day I decide to have a car, most probably I will use it only for big trips outside of the city.<\/p>\n

Truth is, we don’t remember anymore what was that – the simple joy of moving.
\nWe are driving passively in the cars or changing the gears, passively staring the tv, passively snoozing in the offices.<\/p>\n

Our activity shows up only transformed in agression and very, very rare you can hear somebody saying: “Ooooh, last Sunday I’ve made a big, exhasuting bicycle trip, but I feel so alive and happy then and I slept like a baby then”. And this said with big satisfied smile…<\/p>\n

I really wish to see more people in Sofia riding a bicycle and the others around to act like this is something normal. Some time ago I saw a small video from The Netherlands – father is riding in peace on the streets, with small trailer with wheels in the front and with his two little children in it.<\/p>\n

Do you know how long this guy will stay alive if do the same lifestyle here, in Sofia?
\nHere you are a song<\/a><\/strong> to illustrate the topic (a little bit old-fashioned, like me;-)).<\/p>\n

P.S. This topic is not first and last. To be continued. :-) <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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