The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence

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The joys of commuting by bike attract scores of new converts every year But as fresh faced cyclists fill the roads, they also encounter their share of frustrations careless drivers, wide flung car doors, zoned out pedestrians, and aggressive fellow cyclists, to name a few In this follow up to the best selling Bike Snob, BikeSnobNYC takes on the trials and triumphs of bike commuting with snark, humor, and enthusiasm, asking the question If we become better commuters, will that make us better people From the deadly sins of biking to tactics for dealing with cars, pedestrians, and other cyclists, this primer on bike travel is a must read for cyclists new and seasoned alike. Free Download [ The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence ] By [ BikeSnobNYC ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr BikeSnob takes aim at bike commutingI believe that if we can figure out a way to emerge from the other end of our commute in a state of happiness, we can change the worldOK off to a little bit of a rocky start with a saccharine sound bite But I admit, he does have the bike enthusiast identifiedThere are many ways to define what it means to be a geek, but certainly one definition has to be, Someone who does something normal people do, only while wearing special pants and talking abo BikeSnob takes aim ...funny and thought provoking musings on commuting and freeways cars and trucks and bikes author models his book on the bible, so guilt, golden rules, and stoning and taxes all are considered this book is much better than his first one Bike Snob Systematically Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling in that it is less blog like andfully thought out essays with thesis, examples and conclusions all his hard work writing is paying off in that weiss is becoming a good author instea funny and thought provoking musings on commuting and freeways cars and trucks and bikes author models his book on the bible, so guilt, golden rules, and stoning and taxes all are considered this book is much better than his first one Bike Snob Systematically Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling in that it is less blog like andfully thought out essays with thesis, examples and conclusions all his hard work writing is paying off in that weis...Snarky, irreverent, sometimes profane, so witty I ve been reading the online rants and street cycling wisdom of author BikeSnobNYC a.k.a Eben Weiss for few years now, and must admit that his often irreverent outbursts and tirades frequently leave me laughing So it s no wonder that when his book The Enlightened Cyclist became available, I grabbed it When I say elsewhere, that s because the author, a Brooklyn resident, has been writing for Bicycling Magazine for some time now, and he s now he Snarky, irreverent, sometimes profane, so witty I ve been reading the online rants and street cycling wisdom of author BikeSnobNYC a.k.a Eben Weiss for few years now, and must admit that his often irreverent outbursts and tirades frequently leave me laughing So it s no wonder that when his book The Enlightened Cyclist became available, I grabbed it When I say elsewhere, that s because the author, a Brooklyn resident, has b...My review for Bike Snob Systematically Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling is a bitthorough, but a lot of my thoughts on these two tomes overlap.I can handle snark, pretension, and condescension when it comes to writings such as this see my review of the much better written andsignificant Just Ride A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike , but by the time I finished reading this book, I feltempty and wasted than enlightened BikeSnobNYC, or Eben Weiss My review for Bike Snob Systematically Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling is a bitthorough, but a lot of my thoughts on these two tomes overlap.I can handle snark, pretension, and condescension when it comes to writings such as this see my review of the much better written andsignificant Just Ride A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike , but by the time I finished reading this book, I feltempty and wasted than enlightened BikeSnobNYC, or Eben Weiss, spends the majority of this book filling space with poorly developed jokes and homilies Much of it is self contradictory, as he admonishes acceptance of diversity within the worl...Bikesnob s first book was better much better The shtick for Bikesnob s blog entries that are good is that he will write somewhat crudely but amusingly about several different cycling related incidents, perhaps one serious but not seriously presented , and perhaps two or so others that are not serious at all like something about some goofy pro cyclist thing that happened and then tie it up cleverly at the end His first book was engaging and even if it was really an assembly of small bits a Bikesnob s first book was better much better The shtick for Bikesnob s blog entries that are good is that he will write somewhat crudely but amusingly about several different cycling related incidents, perhaps one serious but not seriously presented , and perhaps two or so others that are not serious at all like something about some goofy pro cyclist thing that happened and then tie it up cleverly at the ...While it s better written than Just Ride , the other biking book I just finished, it s also not as influential, at least on me BikeSnobNYC has a light, amusing style of writing that makes reading this a breeze, the biggest single problem is this Take off the authors name and remove any specific place identifiers from the book and you d still be convinced within 10 pages that he was from either NY or some other very large city infested with hipsters and horrible commuting Quite simply, half t While it s better written than Just Ride , the other biking book I just finished, it s also not as influential, at least on me BikeSnobNYC has a light, amusing style of writing that makes reading this a breeze, the biggest single problem is this Take off the authors name and remove any specific place identifiers from the book and you d still be convinced within 10 pages that he was from either NY or some other very large city infested with hipsters and horrible commuting Quite simply, half the problems he identifies simply don t exist in my experience I ve never seen enough cyclists arrive at a light at one time for shoaling to occur, nobody ever circles try it and get run over, I guarantee it , etc The basic att...I m giving this book 4 stars for a few reasons First off, Mr Weiss is a talented writer and has a way with words that makes reading his books enjoyable Second, I m a die hard cycling buff so the subject matter is right up my alley Lastly, I lost track of the number of times I literally laughed out loud as I read it All that said, I will echo some of the comments here about the book being a bit over the top on edginess Some of Mr Weiss s analogies were spot on and hilarious others were ob I m giving this book 4 stars for a few reasons First off, Mr Weiss is a talented writer and has a way with words that makes reading his books enjoyable Sec...This was a light, enjoyable, humorous look at bicycle culture and the age old conflict of bike versus car The book is written with a religious spin hence the Enlightened part , using biblical stories as bicycle riding similes think Adam and Eve as the first consumers and the first commuters, once they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden But be warned if you are rather religious you may be offended by his irreverent treatment of the Bible, which he actually refers to as the greatest w This was a light, enjoyable, humorous look at bicycle culture and the age old conflict of bike versus car The book is wri...I hadn t read anything from the self named Bike Snob , but assumed I wouldn t like it given his moniker But I decided to see why he was so popular, and the answer in a word Hilarious This writer is really funny, as is this book from front to back I m always amazed when a humorist can keep the jokes rolling over an entire book It s a quick read, but I love humor that is perceptive and self deprecating The theme here is commuting, and doesn t make the claim that cyclists have the high groun I hadn t read anything from the self named Bike Snob , ...I didn t always share the author s sense of humor although I usually did , and frequently didn t understand some of the references he made, but I really appreciated the well thought out, cohesive belief system he deve...

The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence
  • English
  • 01 October 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 240 pages
  • 1452105006
  • BikeSnobNYC
  • The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence