2022 LSU Gumbo - Book - Page 217
Phillip
“I use my bike as my main source of transportation in and around campus.
Working on a bike isn’t that difficult. The issue I’m having is that I can’t shift the
front derailleur. It’s probably just an issue with the cable. There could be many
things that caused this. Perhaps it was just general use of the bike or something
hit it or the cable could just be dirty. LSU’s campus is so bike friendly. You know
how you’re supposed to walk with your bike through the quad, well what I love
about LSU is that no one cares. I just ride my bike through the quad. I take it
with me anywhere and everywhere. I haven’t seen anyone get hit yet with a bike,
but I’ve gotten in multiple close calls. I don’t do any tricks with my bike, but it’s
fun because I like to go fast. I just keep my two wheels planted all of the time.
Perhaps one day, I’ll get there. The bicycle is the ideal means of transportation
because you get to go long distances, and it’s also a very intimate feeling because
you’re so close to cars and people. It’s a very freeing experience. This bike over
here doesn’t have wheels or a seat. I feel like it’s a product of someone just
forgetting about it a long time ago. Someone else saw an opportunity to take a
few things from it like both the wheels and the seat. It’s a relic almost like an old
shipwreck. With some people, they might not want to deal with, in their mind,
the complex inner mechanics of riding a bicycle, or they might not have to go too
far, and they chose to ride a scooter. To me, the bike is very simple. The scooter
has its limits.”
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