In 1p narratives it makes sense of course (eg Wells's Murderbot)—who describes themself? I was thinking that Stuart MacBride never describes his hero Logan McRae in his series of tartan noir novels (3p narratives).

I went for a long ride with an Internet friend–Ironman in Chester County, Pennsylvania, many years ago. He took us on an MUP at one point and said some wise words: Bike paths are for getting somewhere, not working out—so we took it easy.

B-36 startup from "Strategic Air Command", with some time with the flight engineer (Colonel Potter from MASH!): youtu.be/9FJVxtTNjJk?...

"Tribal cliches" is good. 20+ years with feet in both cycling advocacy and long-distance triathlon confirms the unproductive cliquishness of cycling.

Whenever I see one of these pix of an implausibly dressed (and shod!) model with a bike I want to give the old Slowtwitch riposte, "Your seat is too low!"

It's a bowling alley; Google tells me it's still open!