The 2016 Cycling and Society Conference here at Cemore\u00a0has been inspiring. Thank you Cosmin, Katerina and Denis!<\/p>\n
One of the things that has me thinking is the relationship between technologies of mobility, power, the good society and utopian momentum. The question ‘What is it about the bike?’ raised a number of really interesting responses. Here’s a list from my notes:<\/p>\n
Autonomy
\nLets you see hidden bits of the city
\nPain
\nRhythm
\nSimplicity with a history of simplicity
\nBalance
\nExposure
\nInclusive
\nBecomes part of you
\nAlmost human
\nTouched by you
\nIndependence
\nEccentricity
\nFreedom
\nA wider roaming range
\nMundane
\nOut of synch with the momentum of automobility
\nAuthenticity
\nAffording the joy of flow
\nContinuous movement
\nPlayful, associate with childhood
\nRisky
\nZen-like self-abnegation
\nChallenges hegemonic things
\nFixed gear means you’ve got to keep moving
\nSkill
\nUn-gendering
\nThe histories of all these things<\/p>\n
And added since: …<\/strong> If you think of more things to add, tweet @mbuscher #aboutthebike<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2016 Cycling and Society Conference here at Cemore\u00a0has been inspiring. Thank you Cosmin, Katerina and Denis! One of the things that has me thinking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-workshops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mobilities-experiments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt was\/is a Discovery as much as an Invention
\nHighly diverse and individualized
\nDIY and cheap vs. professional and expensive
\nMinimalistic aesthetics
\nExpresses meaning and values
\nSociocultural signifier
\n<\/i><\/p>\n