Pedaling

Pedaling is optional so the fun of being on a bike is now available to all.

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Speaking of backpedaling and tragedy, I just watched the latest episode of "Pedaling," entitled "Cheers for Beers."

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Sure, the music is a hundred times more tedious than anything you'll hear while watching "Pedaling," and sure BMXers do better tricks in their apartments, but it's the irrepressible exuberance of the movement and the vast marketing possibilities that count.

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Also, watching me ride my bike and eat would be a distinctly un-"Pedaling" experience.

Backward Circles: Fight For No Right to Party BikeSnobNYC 2010

How dare they also demean Him at least I think it's a Him, I'm not very knowledgeable about lobster genitalia by implying that I might consume a lobster in the furtherance of filming some sort of gastronomic dork ride--not that "Pedaling" have asked, mind you.

Backward Circles: Fight For No Right to Party BikeSnobNYC 2010

Sure, the music is a hundred times more tedious than anything you'll hear while watching "Pedaling," and sure BMXers do better tricks in their apartments, but it's the irrepressible exuberance of the movement and the vast marketing possibilities that count.

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This episode of "Pedaling" breaks with tradition a bit in that there's a lot more narration from the Saffron King than there was from the Fixie Crew in Episode 1 or the roadies in Episode 2.

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Then the cast and crew from one of those "Pedaling" videos came in and I couldn't stand it any longer.

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And so it would seem that this particular episode of "Pedaling" was actually an elaborate sting operation designed to take the Saffron King down, and I'm sure the authorities are grateful for Mike Sinyard's participation.

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Just so that I don't get embarassed the next time I try to discuss "Pedaling" with a fellow stranger in the free-range Rutebaga aisle at Whole Foods, is the next episode named 'Sweet and Savory' or 'Sweat and Savory'?

BSNYC Quiz Day Fun Fry! BikeSnobNYC 2010