I'm really excited!
Yesterday, while on foot to a lunch meeting on campus, guess what I saw.... Another Brompton! You've no idea how exciting that is. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, and you most likely don't, see my earlier posts here, and here.) Sure, it's nice to be maybe the only bike of its sort in the city, and while tiring to have to explain what it is all the time, sure, it's nice to get the rounds of applause and requests for autographs every time I fold or unfold it in public. But frankly, I really prefer the thought that people are waking up to the idea that this is the way to go: Cycling more, and using public transport in combination with that. As I've said before on this blog, LA is an ideal city for cycling (mostly flat, perfect weather most of the time) ...
