<story><title>The Bicycle: Growing Popularity of the New Vehicle (1874) [pdf]</title><url>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B02E6DE1030EF34BC4F53DFB767838F669FDE</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kayoone</author><text>For a year now i drive my bike to and from work in Berlin, about 11km daily. I got a pretty cheap but decent quality single speed bike. It&amp;#x27;s light (aluminium) and fast, perfect daily driver. It&amp;#x27;s beautiful because of it&amp;#x27;s simplicity and efficiency. I am faster than either car or tram over the same route and on top of that it&amp;#x27;s healthy and fun. When i can&amp;#x27;t do it for a couple of days or even a week because of really bad weather, i start to feel really guilty and bad :)</text></comment>
<story><title>The Bicycle: Growing Popularity of the New Vehicle (1874) [pdf]</title><url>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B02E6DE1030EF34BC4F53DFB767838F669FDE</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>davidw</author><text>Bicycles are pretty amazing.  They&amp;#x27;re the most efficient form of human transportation over a reasonable surface (road or trail that&amp;#x27;s not too rough).  You can go 100 km on the energy in a plate of pasta that probably costs $2 -if that - in terms of the ingredients.</text></comment>