The Shapes of Childhood Are Round

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We find joy in round shapes. The form of the circle is really celebrated in the bicycle. I'm so hool hoops and balloons and balls and spinning tops, all childhood is round. And even like children themselves a round right there,. But there's something to that, rihtit.

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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