{"id":24990,"date":"2017-08-13T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/?p=24990"},"modified":"2020-08-31T17:05:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T00:05:40","slug":"make-cycling-normal-learned-cycling-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/make-cycling-normal-learned-cycling-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Cycling Normal Again \u2013 What We Learned from Cycling in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does this ring a bell with you? When I was a kid, I rode my bike for fun, or to get to places. To do this, I would just jump on my bike, and start pedaling! Nowadays, when I want to ride my bike, it’s a lot more complicated. First, I have to find my helmet, my cycling shorts, my high-visibility cycling shirt, my high-visibility vest, my gloves, and my hard-soled shoes. Then I have to put all this stuff on. It can take as long as half an hour before I am fully “armored” and ready to actually start pedaling. Recently, I had an experience that made me question the wisdom of all this.<\/p>\n

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