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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 30 May

Judging by the sky we will have the off and on rain again today. However someone, some group, must think it will be mostly pleasant. I have seen bicyclists in reflective gear and helmets going east on my street since around 6...

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Zen Koan: The cycling Zen Master

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 5 Aug 21

The Zen master, Wertzlick Reshlikze, liked to ride his bicycle around his village. He would give out a koan about cycling, and the cycle of life, to anyone who would listen to him. What was this koan? [b]"A cycle...

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Do you back-pedal often?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Aug 20

I found myself using ‘back-pedalling’ in a comment recently and it struck me that it’s another of those terms that may not be universally known. To back-pedal is to change one’s opinion or stance on a particular subject. So, I...

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Enjoying cycling, something I had not done for quite sometime

louievill @louievill (28846) • Philippines 15 Jul 20

A few days ago I tried to test the bicycles ( together with my son) that I conditioned from our storage. We had a fun ride that I had not done in ages. I felt that I should do more of these besides walking to make me strong and...

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Manual labour in Nepal

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Feb 20

We’ve just spent three weeks in Nepal and the people work really hard, especially those doing manual labour. We saw a building going up between two small shops. Women were loading cane baskets with rubble. They wore a cloth band...

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Do kids ride bicylces anymore or is it just an adult thing now?

John Roberts @JohnRoberts (109841) • Los Angeles, California 19 Dec 19

Did you ride a bike as a kid? I did. The thought occurred to me that I never see kids riding bikes anymore and have not in many years. The only bicycle riders I observe these days are “weekend warriors” decked out in their riding...

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Round Lake Park Police team up with a charity to donate bikes

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122067) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 5 Dec 19

I am really impressed with the efforts of the Round Lake Park Police to assist their community who are in desperate need of having a bicycle to ride around towns around the world. Working Bikes which a charity that gives away...

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Bicycles

DianneN @DianneN (254949) • United States 17 Jun 19

I miss riding my bicycle. I keep one in Florida, because it’s nice and flat there and easy to ride. My granddaughter received a new bicycle from her parents for her birthday last Tuesday. She’s been riding a bike since she was...

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not as easy as it looks

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Buying a new or second hand mountain bike?

Yanzalong @yanzalong (19091) • Indonesia 26 Feb 19

Not far from where I am staying in a big city, there are places where you buy second-hand bicycles. Along the road you will see long rows of second-hand bikes. I have a plan to buy one that I can use to go around the city while...

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The children's clothes are given out in Lumbini, Nepal

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Oct 18

Here are some more photos from my husband’s trip to Lumbini in Nepal. They have now given out the clothes which he said were well-received. Back home in Western Australia we had just started to buy clothes at our op shops...

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Images from Lumbini, Nepal

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Oct 18

Vince emailed last night from Lumbini in Nepal and has been posting photos on Facebook so I’ve attached some here. The twelve bikes that we raised money to buy have been presented although I gather not to the actual children who...

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I wonder if this Nepalese man has ever sold twelve bikes in a day before

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Oct 18

As some of you are aware, my husband, Vince, is in Nepal doing a little bit of charity work. While the main emphasis till now has been on installing wells so that villagers can have clean water, today they have been visiting three...

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Kangaroo Knocks Woman off Bicycle

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40843) • Laguna Woods, California 2 Feb 18

This is actually a post that @JudyEv should be writing, since she lives in Australia. However, they showed it on our local news, here in California, and it amazed me. It is a video of a woman peacefully riding her bicycle along...

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Nostalgic Items- Things Worth Saving: One Speed Bikes With Coaster Brakes

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 7 Aug 17

Have you ever thought about the things in our society no longer popular or around anymore? Thanks to an old 1989 Life magazine I found in my basement, I've discovered many things in our culture that have become obsolete,...

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Many ways of holidaying

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Jul 17

We camped two nights in Millau (also spelt Milau) and have had interesting neighbours both nights. The first night was an Austrian couple from Innsbruck. We had quite a lot in common with them really although not as far as camping...

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Happy 200th Birthday to the Bicycle!

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43567) • Denver, Colorado 13 Jun 17

I just learned that today, June 12, 2017, is the 200th birthday of something near and dear to my heart: the bicycle. While this is not the time to go into it, I was taught to ride a bike by an abusive method that should have...

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Schwinn, Huffy? Bicycles..

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 16 Apr 17

I have been WANTING to get a bicycle for several years but I always have an excuse not to... I am trying to get away from that and buy myself a bicycle. I'm going to be looking into one that is no more than $150.00 and has...

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Who got my heart?

Mavic123456 @Mavic123456 (21891) • Thailand 23 Aug 15

well a few days I ago I wrote and solicited advice to you regarding what am I going to choose. I was torn between two loves... (e-bike or geared bike). Then so many suggestions came up and so weigh down. I checked first on the...

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Rules of the road for Bicycles

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 13 Aug 11

I read a news story in a small town newspaper that got me upset. It seems that at 1:00AM a man on a bicycle was hit by a girl driving home. It did not say if alcohol was involved with either party. The girl said that she turned...

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$50.00 for a bike

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 23 Jul 11

$50.00 for a bike? I think that's a pretty great deal don't you? I was looking craigslist and saw it, now I have $39.00 but need $11.00 more, I'm going to see if I can't borrow it once the person I need to borrow it from wakes up....

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getting from point a to point b

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