Down-Hill Cycling
Published by Rick on Thursday, September 11, 2008.
After I was given my first bike as an adult, I rode round on it for a year or so, and although it was reasonable fun, it didn't seem as much fun as it could be. Eventually, I sat down and de-constructed the entire cycling experience to understand what parts I enjoyed and what parts I didn't. I very quickly realised the problem was I didn't like riding up hill. So I resolved never to do so again.
This decision might seem restrictive, but it was, in fact very liberating. A little bit of school-boy geography (such as all rivers run down-hill) and I was away. It was easier to figure out how to get home from the bottom of a far away hill than to cycle back to the top. My local station, Orpington, is 400 feet above sea-level and with Charing Cross only 42 feet up, a whole new world beckoned. I can park at Orpington, cycle into London, 18 or so miles - the journey drops about 18 feet per mile - and get the train back. Fabulous. I've really enjoyed my cycling ever since.
This decision might seem restrictive, but it was, in fact very liberating. A little bit of school-boy geography (such as all rivers run down-hill) and I was away. It was easier to figure out how to get home from the bottom of a far away hill than to cycle back to the top. My local station, Orpington, is 400 feet above sea-level and with Charing Cross only 42 feet up, a whole new world beckoned. I can park at Orpington, cycle into London, 18 or so miles - the journey drops about 18 feet per mile - and get the train back. Fabulous. I've really enjoyed my cycling ever since.
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