(inspired by these posts over at The Vigorous North)
On a bicycle, you are never constrained by roads. A bike lets you switch modes from a Slow Vehicle to Fast Pedestrian on a whim.
It’s this flexibility that makes a bike so useful for exploring all the wild and weird areas interspaced between the roads and landmarks. The areas that Google Maps can’t see. The areas that cars can’t use.
Every city has them. Abandoned lots, alleyways, narrow footpaths. They even have a name worthy of their prominence – Desire Lines.
Coming soon … A bike ride that explores some of the interspacial areas on the Portland Peninsula. A ride over railbeds and through grasses. A ride that makes a trip downtown feel like this:
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Very neat site you’ve got here!
By: Corey on March 31, 2008
at 5:11 pm