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Bike Messengering, Pt. 2
Travis Culley's book never really answered my "contradiction" question. Salon.com's Maria Russo encapsulates this shortcoming very succintly:
"Is he an anarchist free spirit, a thorn in the side of suburban, car-dependent America, or is he just another exploited cog in the corporate machine? It's an inevitable tension that Culley halfheartedly acknowledges but can't bring himself to embrace; what could have been a productive paradox in his book instead remains a nagging contradiction."
Still, the bike-related passages are quite exhilarating. I wish Culley had focused more on them, instead of his anti-automobile diatribe.
July 4, 2003 in Books | Permalink


