[HN Gopher] The Making of Lesotho's Robust Cycling Culture (2021) ___________________________________________________________________ The Making of Lesotho's Robust Cycling Culture (2021) Author : Tomte Score : 21 points Date : 2022-07-24 08:15 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (allafrica.com) (TXT) w3m dump (allafrica.com) | contingencies wrote: | Interesting. Another great mountainous area with less visibility | in cycling than it deserves is Yunnan. | AlbertCory wrote: | I had an officemate who had a trivia question that no one could | answer: | | Q: What country has the highest lowest point? | | Naturally, you'd think Nepal or Tibet, but it's Lesotho. | InitialLastName wrote: | > Three decades ago, Lesotho's cycling culture was non-existent. | Bicycles were just used as a means of transport or for | recreational purposes | | It's funny, I'd be more likely to argue that those means (if | pervasive) are the hallmark of a cycling culture relative to the | "Bicycling as an upper-middle-class-hobby- _cum_ -sports-scene" | culture the article is talking about. | NegativeLatency wrote: | Yeah I'd totally agree with that, IMO the hallmark of true | "cycling culture" is people using it to get stuff done, vs it | being a sport or recreational activity. | | The Dutch actually have two different words for people who ride | bikes, one being for transportation and the other being a | sport/competition/touring one: https://www.wordhippo.com/what- | is/the/dutch-word-for-5515a2c... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-07-25 23:00 UTC)