peter's podcast

Mysteries of the Bicycle Explained #2... Recumbent Cyclists Have Big, Big, Big, Big, Big, not Small, BIG Butts. This early MOBE I wrote seemed to upset some people... The magazine that published it followed it up, the next issue, with a retort: a photo line-up of recumbent cyclists from the rear, bent over. I owned a recumbent bike for years.... a Rans VREX. I rode it on a bike tour from Minnesota to Michigan. I also rode it around Minneapolis, and later, Portland. Finally I sold it. But the point is, I do feel that I can claim reasonable authority on this unique and very important subject attending to the very nubby rub of bicycle culture. I read this story on KBOO radio's Bike Show a few years ago. I was utterly terrible in the interview, because I spend most of my time in a grassy cave with only guinea pigs as friends, but I was not at all nervous while reading the story... why? Because I am so confident, authoritarian, snidley, devil-may-care, suave, and indeed, comforted in that magical realm. Okay... I remain your humble, absurd and reverent bicycle writer, Peter Gelman.