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Italy’s crackdown on cyclists is a step too far

10 June 2023

7:12 PM

10 June 2023

7:12 PM

What are the politics of your bicycle? An interesting question. I’d like to say that mine is an expression of a basically conservative temperament, with its ability to endow individual liberty, its lack of imposition on established cities and countryside, and its preservation of fine and noble sporting traditions.

On the other hand, the bicycle has a long progressive heritage.

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