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[oakfarm]

Presenting books I’m reading. I bought a bike book. So now I have statistics like this. In Stockholm 8 % of all transports are by bike. In Copenhagen it’s 30 %. And in Groningen in the Netherlands it’s 60%. Yeah, Stockholm is not a paradise for cyclists. Another thing according to the book one joke in the bike community is that the number of bikes you should own is N+1. N is either the number of bicycle you have, or the number of bikes your partner think you should have.

But why I got a bike book. I am a middle ages man and can not afored a Lamborghini or Ferrari. So the logic chose is to buy a handmade Italian bike. Or the really reason I got interested biking is that Robert was that. He had taken up cycling when studying in Davis, California. I simply thought I needed a hobby, why not just copy the one you knows.

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[mybeautifulwars]

I bet my husband would like that book. He loves bicycles.

[oakfarm]

As you might understand the bad news is the book is in Swedish. There must be a lot of other books about bicycles however.

[mybeautifulwars]

I'm sure there are. That one sounds interesting, I will have to hunt around and find a similar one.

[plicease]

Is the title supposed to be a pun on encyclopedia? Or does that have some other meaning that I cannot grasp for lack of understanding with Swedish?

[oakfarm]

You guessed right. “En” means “A” or “one”, the rest should be understandible, “cykel” and “pedal” is bicycle and pedal.

[plicease]

ah!