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Summertime and the livin’ is easy

Monday, July 19, 2010 Written by: Burton Avery

“Summertime and the livin' in easy…” Bess, Porgy and Bess, G. Gershwin, 1935

Ella Fitzgerald singing Summertime slips into my consciousness every now and then these days when I’m on the bike. At Civia we ride our bikes for transportation. That means riding everyday. I love riding everyday because it heightens my awareness of my environment. I notice things like wind direction and quality of light when I am on my bike.

 It was 94 and very humid last week here in Minneapolis. The air was thick, but was a great commute home. The speed of the bike created a nice breeze on my skin, while my body was soaking up the heat and humidity and storing it for our long winter.

The irony here is that the majority of my design work at Civia goes into designing for the non-easy days of summer; the rainy days, the cold windy days, the days when having the right tool for the job makes transportation by bicycle a finely tuned experience.

We’ll be using the Civia blog more frequently to explore what makes our bicycles transportation bicycles. But for now be sure to enjoy these easy summer riding days.

 

 

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