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Spring 1999

Vol I, Issue I

Missing the Point

I was driving home on a typical grey, but dry afternoon in Victoria. As I pulled up to a red traffic light, I was impressed with the number of people out in pursuit of wellness: jogging, walking, rollerblading, skateboarding, and cycling. I looked beside me and there was a gentleman in his mid-forties on a very impressive "Tour de Victoria-esque" bicycle. He was wearing the latest in NASA cycling wear, spandex this and that, oblong aerodynamic helmet and back wheel, kangaroo water bottle pockets, shaved arms and legs. This professional amateur had not spared any extra weight in his cycling pursuits. I scanned down to see that he had even drilled holes into his Ultra-Lite Titanium frame on the saddlestem to save a few extra ounces of extraneous weight. Scanning upwards from the saddlestem, I saw a 20lb (9 kg) pot belly being supported in spandex...

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