If you see this guy, say hello
Joie de vivre June 28th, 2009
His name’s Ryan Van Duzer and he’s riding across the country on a three-speed. He’ll be in town any minute.
Here’s what he has to say for himself:
My motto for this ride is, “If I can ride a three speed cruiser across America, more people can ride to the grocery store and leave their cars behind. I’m also working with the America League of Bicyclists and stopping in bike friendly cities along the way.
Hooray for bikes!
–Erik Ryberg
June 28th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Oh yeah! Another elitist pedal-pushing clown saying “Hey ‘Americans’ look what I can do!” How about, Ryan, doing his own thing without any delusions that riding a bike is the right thing to do, or is somehow more correct than driving a car.
June 28th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Dude, cheer up! The guy is out advocating for bikes and bicyclists and having a good time. He’s also showing all of us that you don’t need pro gear to go on a bike ride. Even a long one.
And anyway, when’s the last time you rode to Phoenix on a three-speed in June?
EBR
June 28th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
According to his Twitter feed he is camping near Picacho Peak. So he should actually roll through Tucson tomorrow.
June 28th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
He’s only “stopping in bike friendly cities” so I guess he’s just passing through.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
It works. I commuted, shopped, did errands, explored the countryside on a 3- speed in Tucson for 30 years. And just imagine, after all those years, the thieves still wanted it, kryptonite and all.
June 30th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Nothing says elitism like “I’m no different from you, you can do this too.”
June 30th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I got to meet Ryan yesterday. He is a down-to-earth guy and his passion for cycling is infectious.
Check out the video he shot as he rode out of Tucson with Andy. http://ryanvanduzer.com/
July 1st, 2009 at 9:36 am
Nothing says “elitist pedal pushing clown” like a guy who spends 2 years in the Peace Corps in Honduras and then rides his bike 4,000 miles back to the U.S. afterward.
I am humbled. Dude’s a badass.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Tucson’s not all that bike friendly, but it is tailor-made for the three-speed!
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:00 am
The Peace Corps is a bad joke. Think about it Lauren, what do people do when they want to be recognized for “doing something good”? They follow the trends. The Peace Corps is for the lazy, unimaginative and insecure.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:03 am
As far as him biking whatever distance; He chose to travel by whatever means suited him, and there is nothing special about the choices this man has made; Unless he is not equal to everyone…
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:03 am
Predictable, tony…definitely saw that coming.
SRSLY? When I’m feeling “lazy, unimaginative, and insecure” I usually spend all day on the computer.
I recognize that the Peace Corps. is inherently flawed in certain respects. After all it is an establishment of the U.S. government. However, I’ve met plenty of people who’ve served and even considered it myself and wouldn’t say that these people go around tooting their horns at all.
I’m curious to know what constitutes an existence worthy of your approval. What do the active, imaginative, and confident people do?
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Well, Lauren, I said the peace corps is a bad joke because it was designed to spread conventions, like curse/cure, fact/fiction, you/me dynamics, all to serve the purpose of the shrewdest and capable few.
I’ll explain how the members are lazy, unimaginative, and insecure. Lazy because the peace corps is a piggy-back ride. Unimaginative because they chose an option from a list. Insecure because they try to fix the problems of other people (and it seems they do not understand how the mind invented all the problems in the first place).
Existence cannot be worthy of approval; Worth is an expression, and approval is a reasonable term (product of rationalization). These two words cannot work together, however existence can be approved because both (existence and approved) are similar terms in that both are ratios.
I’m sure active, imaginative, confident people live the same way as everyone else.
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
tony, you should be a shoe in at the player hater’s ball
August 5th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Duzer’s a badass! Keep it up!