I Love Riding in the City
NAME: Mike Schademan
LOCATION: Bangkok, Thailand
OCCUPATION: Touring
Where do you live and what’s it like riding in your city?
I left my home in Brooklyn, New York with an old 1980’s Fuji racing bike on September 3rd 2009 in an attempt to cycle around the world indefinitely. I’m writing this from Bangkok, Thailand after pedaling nearly 12,000 miles across eight countries and I’m just getting warmed up! I love traveling by bike and could never picture any other means for transportation. By bike you get to really meet people and take time to notice the nuances of a place, not to mention you get to hear things and smell things, which is something that motorists can’t say.
Before this trip my favorite activity was crossing into Manhattan and cycling through insane traffic as fast as humanly possible. Now when I get to a big city like Sydney, San Fransisco, Jakarta, etc. there is nothing more fun than shedding my panniers and flying around as if I actually had a purpose or a sense of where I was going.
What was your favorite city to ride in, and why?
New York City, those who cycle there know why...
Why do you love riding in the city?
Cause it’s totally badass!
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