I was searching for a word that could sum up a nice integrative combination of ideas to indicate cycling as the ultimate sport, saviour of the environment, backbone of a sustainable society, and object of art.
I think I found it:
Bicyclism!
Bi´cy`clism
n. 1. The art of riding a bicycle – from the freedictionary.com
This is an attempt at a non-formal theoretical approach to bicycles. Bicycles as a means of primary transportation, as revolutionary tools, as instruments of play, and as a method to increase human contact and awareness of the world around us. Bicycles are the most efficient mode of transportation ever invented. Their technology will last long after people have forgotten how to maintain the nuclear reactors and computer grids. Bicycles free people in a way no car ever can. In fact, the masses, ever more incarcerated in their rolling coffins, find their freedoms restricted as they find their bodies confined. As people become more aware of the reality of their surroundings, perhaps they will get out of their cars, pick up their bicycles, and encounter their world in a more direct manner… ride safe… ride often… ride everywhere. Source
I like this word so much that I have just purchased the bicyclism.net domain name. Expect to see thecyclingeconomist migrated entirely over to my new site very soon:
http://www.bicyclism.net
Another motivation for my shift in ‘nomenclature and identity’ is that I am kind of getting further and further disenfranchised from the label and the profession of economics. Identifying myself as a cyclingeconomist is a touch misleading and I am sure that both myself and the economics profession would be mutually pleased to see this final divorce!
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