Cycle mania

FEATURE: Need more iron in your diet? Eat a bicycle. We are in the Land of the Adjustable Saddle. Ownership of two wheels (or one) is de rigueur, if not actually mandatory. As far as the police are concerned, riding two up and bicycle theft are crimes as heinous as murder. Gangsters and hotrodders travel in loud, conspicuous convoys unmolested by the boys in blue, but woe betide you if you are caught on an unregistered bike. The bicycle is ecological warrior, style statement, health machine and infernal pest, depending whether you are riding, dodging one or having your eardrums drilled out by the squeal of unmaintained brakes on a mamachari. This month, with articles on the International Bicycle Fund, bike maintenance, touring here and abroad and racing, KS takes long look at the not-so-secret life of the bicycle.

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