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by Teri Lussier

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Dayton has always been bike friendly, but now is the time to capitalize on it
When we were really young, we rode our bikes to a neighborhood woody lot and biked around dirt paths. Today you need a special bike for this, but I used my blue coaster bike with the headlight, big white saddle seat, the mud fenders and balloon tires. It had a little spring closure carrying rack on the back- good to clamp your balled-up jacket in and not much else. As I got older, like most people my age, I used a bike as a main method of transportation. I lived in a semi-rural neighborhood and rode miles and miles unmolested by traffic, and I had tons and tons of fun doing it! Perched precariously on those skinny 12-speed racing bike tires, I’d careen down long hills praying I didn’t hit a gravel patch in just the right way and have the tires shoot out from under me, sending me onto the pavement. Helmet-less, of course. We always rode helmet-less. I’ve always owned at least one bike. Think about riding a bike: There is a sense of freedom and exhilaration that does not happen when driving a car. You are unencumbered by stuff. Just you and the road and the bugs in your teeth. Independence Day, the New York Times published While bike enthusiasts in most urban areas continue to have to fight for their place on the streets, Detroit has the potential to become a new bicycle utopia. It’s a town just waiting to be taken. With well less than half its peak population, and free of anything resembling a hill, the city and its miles and miles of streets lie open and empty,...

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