Cycling, the orange of transport
This doesn’t relate to the Dutch and their love of cycling, it is to do with fruit (as all good things are). I bought a bag of oranges the other day with all the good intentions in the world to eat them all up to stop me from getting a cold. Everyday I saw them there, next to them were apples and bananas. For some reason each time I went for some fruit I passed the oranges and went straight for the others. Why? I love the taste of oranges and I know they are healthy for me and once I start eating one I feel like I’ve discovered a hidden pot of sweet gold.
For me, I think it is peeling the orange which seems like such a mission when it’s sitting their all wrapped up in its thick coat. Once I start peeling it, of course it isn’t so bad and it can actually be a bit of an adventure to try and peel it in one piece. Maybe this is the case for your bike as well. Not that you need to peel it. I think, when you haven’t cycled for a while the prospect of getting on your bike seems like a whole lot of hassle. Once you are on it and feel like you are flying, you can’t comprehend why you thought it would be so hard. Mind you, if you stop cycling for a while (for some strange reason or another) - you will probably go through the whole “but it’s so much of a bother to cycle” phase. The question is how do we make oranges and bicycles more (warning pun coming up) appealing. Do we just need to get rid of this awkward peeling or is it a matter of reminding people that it’s not so hard to access the juicy orange or the joys of cycling.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:38 am
I always go for the orange. For a while I would go for the apple or banana, because peeling the orange hurt my thumbnail, but after a while of orange peeling my thumb became stronger and now I eat the orange every time.
September 20th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Oh dear, appealling, LOL love it
:)
speaking for myself having loved cycling, become a complete idiot and now loving it again, I found the hard bit was the oh bother, I’ll have to get the bike working again, and remind my leg muscles to go. I was sitting outside one day and it was a perfect spring day and it just said go for a bike ride. not sure which was more dodgy my complete lack of fitness or the poor old bike being thrown back into use. Sadly its so easy to forget the good and focus on the negative aspects