But in return, it delivers the most breathtaking cycling, the richest kinship and the deepest confidence that, if asked, we could get back on our bike, point it uphill and climb one more col.
Put him on a bike, point him in the right direction, and he can do the job.
Each night, two hunters traverse the island on their fat-tired bikes, pointing searchlights into the scrub.
And if so, do they care?" Bike advocates point out, of course, that bikes are smaller, cleaner and safer than cars, and that bike collisions, unlike auto accidents, are rarely fatal.
Say two of the words (i.e. ride, bike) and point out the vowel sound.
But these bikes also point to some of the problems that may keep electric vehicles out of the mainstream for a bit longer.
Later footage from a different camera shows one of the suspects riding off on a mountain bike while pointing the gun at passersby.
They are attached to the bike at points like the rear wheel axle, the seat post, the seat-to-fork support bar and the pedal assembly.
So many of the readers who commented on my ArtsBeat post and critic's notebook praising New York City's new bike lanes pointed fingers – at bikers, pedestrians, drivers or politicians.
Some have been retained, but turned 90 degrees to create makeshift bike lanes, pointing in the direction of traffic flow — a visually striking intervention that the city "just made up," Ms. Gallo mused, to promote cycling.
One interested rider who buttonholed me at the top of Bear Mountain, about an hour's ride north of Manhattan, loved the bike, but pointed out that the gear shift lever seemed a bit flimsy — like a toothpick, he said.
