i asked jodie, could bikes be the future? i resisted even taking a trip on an ebike until i was in austen not all that long ago. I definitely think ht the bikes are the future, along with regular old bikes and scooters and every other possible mode of alternative trands. The next big idea ap delivers the most important new ideas, unadulterated, from the world's leading thinker. There's no better way to get smart fast. Down load the next big idea AP right now. Pausei episode, click on the aps door and search for next big idea.
Jody Rosen is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and a bike nut who has just published a rousing (and sometimes arousing) book called “Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle.” Today, he takes us on a rollicking ride through the two-wheeled revolution, revealing the surprising ways bicycles have shaped the world in which we live.
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