»In which we commute by cycle, or not

A report on American cycle-commuting habits, written by Mr Effective Cycling and published by the American Dream Coalition, notes that Americans who commute by cycle:

• Work in professions in which technical excellence is valued above conformity


• Prefer to think for themselves


• Think in objective terms


• Rarely have to be involved in persuading people (as opposed to participating in objective discussion)


• Are inclined to be physically active


• Are not frequently required to travel during the work day or for multi-day trips

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, "The Internet has revolutionized bike theft, just as it has done for dating, porn, and cat videos":

the San Francisco Bay Guardian has a lengthy article on the seamy bicycle-theft underworld economy in this fair city. I read about other forms of the underground economy last year in Eric Schlosser's excellent "Reefer Madness", but that didn't make me miss the gold Dutchess; the stolen-bicycles article did. Somewhere out there in a chop shop or being swapped for drugs is my favourite bicycle ever.