Ran across this article and thought of all the interesting xbiker stuff I’ve seen here.
https://momentummag.com/the-rise-of-slow-biking-culture-in-a-world-obsessed-with-speed/
by Mark-W-Ingalls
Ran across this article and thought of all the interesting xbiker stuff I’ve seen here.
https://momentummag.com/the-rise-of-slow-biking-culture-in-a-world-obsessed-with-speed/
by Mark-W-Ingalls
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Biking is just biking. If you’re having fun doing it, you’re doing it right.
I sometimes have fun going out on my road bike and trying to set new PRs on climbs or trying to maintain a certain avg speed on a long ride.
I sometimes have fun with a full face helmet and body armor and spending the day going up a ski lift and then trying not to die on the way down.
But I ride in/around town almost every day (no car) and am rarely in a hurry, it’s just a pleasant way to get around and most of the places I am going are within 3km of home, rarely up to 6-8km, so what’s the hurry?
This is lovely. Slowness as rebellion. I like it. 🙂
is singlespeed 30×22 with 29×2.6 slow x-biking?
Reminds me of Bikefarmer’s rants about the industry and the focus on Racing. Maybe this movement will wake up the brands to other underserved markets. Until then, re-cycle.
utility
This is a disgrace to be on xbiking subreddit IMO – perfect on [bicycling ](https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/)though!
A Movement? It’s like calling the practice of using busses *a Movement*…
Homeless guys riding whatever late 90’s bmx or 24″ bike from walmart have been doing this for a long time.
Wild, my way of cycling is now a fad. Well, maybe we’ll get more choices of pedals now, and maybe friction shifting will become more appreciated.