{"id":633,"date":"2022-02-01T09:36:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T09:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartburnwomen.com\/?p=633"},"modified":"2022-02-01T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T09:43:35","slug":"liz-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartburnwomen.com\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"Liz Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”607″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Everyone\u2019s an adult until their bike-chain falls off<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anything up to 20 minutes on a bike is the closest physical sensation to freedom that I can rely\u00a0upon with any regularity\/predictability<\/p>\n

Anything above 30 minutes is exercise and therefore inherently unpleasant<\/p>\n

The ten minutes between is no (wo)man\u2019s land<\/p>\n

I feel my ancestry most acutely on a bike<\/p>\n

I know I\u2019ve still got thrush when I actively seek routes with cobble stones and other uneven\u00a0surfaces<\/p>\n

I spend most of my bike journeys imagining ways in which I might die<\/p>\n

At least once a day I recall the final scene from \u2018One Day\u2019<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t signal left because of bad balance<\/p>\n

I signal right with real vigour to compensate for my left<\/p>\n

I fall off at least once a month, always from standing still, mainly at traffic lights<\/p>\n

Standing still generates a false sense of safety<\/p>\n

I wish I did not so desperately need a helmet<\/p>\n

I need my two feet to touch the ground, completely, even if it fucks with the ergonomics of\u00a0pedalling<\/p>\n

I still don\u2019t really understand which way the traffic comes from<\/p>\n

I shouted at a man in a car today, and remarked upon my own excellent and newly arranged\u00a0boundaries afterwards<\/p>\n

This is what a voice is for<\/p>\n

Shouting at men in cars from my bicycle<\/p>\n

Liz Bacon<\/h4>\n

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