We need to IMPROVE our public transportation and invest in physical infrastructure changes so that people can safely CHOOSEALTERNATIVES to driving like walking, riding a BIKE or even, yes, electric scooters.
Perhaps people, and KIDS especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it SEEMS. When I was YOUNG you were LUCKY to have a bike.
When I turned 17, I had a BIKE malfunction at a race, and in my head, I went, 'You know what? I'm done. I'm going to GOPLAY drums.' I still ride my bikes for fun, but that was the TURNINGPOINT.
When I broke my leg on the DIRT bike, FEARGOT the BEST of me that day. I hesitated. I didn't hit it as fast as I COULD have, and I came up short. It was the first time in my life I couldn't get back up.
As for environmentalism, I'm only an environmentalist by accident. I live in New York, so I bike, and the closest grocery store to me sells organic produce. I ALSOSHOP with a BOOK bag because I ride a bike, and it's HARD to CARRY the paper or plastic bags.
Exercise is really IMPORTANT to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the GIRLS.
I'm going to do as MUCH as I can with this LIFE, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and RIDE my BIKE and hang out with FRIENDS.
SINCE I was kid, what's drawn me to racing is the feeling INSIDE of me, the passion I have for the SPORT, the feeling I have while competing and doing what I do in a car, on a BIKE, WHATEVER it's been.
There's only so MUCH you can do as far as individual SKILLWORK and conditioning on a bike. But you can't simulate playing in an actual game. And it can't satisfy the competitive ITCH you feel as a player.
The slogans of globalisation are 'Get on your BIKE' and 'The world is flat.' PEOPLE who want to get on have to be willing to move, often and unhesitatingly, at the behest of their EMPLOYER or to SEEK work.