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'Top Gear' Host Argues To Swap 'Pointless' Driving For Cycling In The City - Jalopnik
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More cycling instead of driving will make the times when you to do go driving more fun. And the whole show James was part of was about having fun, not about how to waste your life stuck in traffic.
I find cycling to be more fun than driving on average, but I also never really get to cut loose driving.
I love to cycle and live to drive, cycling at rush hour is way more fun than driving and way quicker. Driving along a windy mountain road is also really good fun, or even going on a lazy Sunday drive with windows down can be really nice. And finally screaming down a dirt track on a mountain bike is also really good fun, and I can't wait to teach my daughters how