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on counter clockwise forward motion

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Jim Dalling
Oct 29, 2024
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Wouldn’t it be great if this were a Superman post.

It’s not.

I’m into fools, not heros.

Here’s an oddity.

When you pedal a bike and you look at the wheels on the right side, they move in a clockwise direction.

When you look at the crank arm and pedals on the right you see the same thing.

The wheel moves in a clockwise motion.

Time and the bike are moving forward.

Seems deep?

When you look at the left side, the wheel and crank and pedal seem to be moving counter clockwise - it’s as though forward motion comes from moving back in time.

But the most important position on a bike isn’t the people on the left or on the right and how they see you.

The most important way to see the bike is to sit there in the middle and ride the damn thing.

Get pedling you fools.

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