Bikejoy

Joie de vivre, imminent death of car-based culture May 18th, 2010

Last night I was riding my bike home in the dark and as I was pressing slowly up a hill with a fully-loaded Xtracycle I heard the familiar sound of a bike bell, being rung quite vigorously. I looked to my side and could just make out a young child bent over the handlebars of his tricycle, furiously struggling to pedal up a hill. His mother was walking behind him. I think he was ringing that bell to give himself strength.

So I rang my bell back and he looked up with surprise, then after a pause rang me back again. His mother laughed and I pedalled on home.

–Erik Ryberg

3 Responses to “Bikejoy”

  1. Mindy Says:
    May 18th, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    Love it!

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  3. big jonny Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 8:30 am

    Good on ya.

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