Bikeworld (imaginary thread)

[Arch]

I'm just back from a weekend in Cambridge, and that was pretty full of bikes! I thought York had a lot!

barq - I believe it's been said that the invention of the bicycle increased the genetic diversity of the population, because people could cycle to the next village to find a spouse instead of being on foot. So I guess diversity might still be there, but just be slower to spread...?

 

[SamNichols]

Our 'networks of influence' would narrow, and most would live somewhere close to their family as opposed to the hundreds f miles that many people would live now. Noone would travel regularly beyond about 10 miles from their homes - companies would still be building houses for their employees. Everyone's diet would be significantly different, with probably a larger amount of home farming going on. We would only eat seasonal produce, and probably most would never have seen a banana let alone eaten one. We'd eat a lot of root vegetables.
The gene pool would be fairly different, and the amount of migration would be far lower. There'd be a completely different ruling class, with probably a completely different breed of politician (think of a George Eliot novel).
Finally, there'd be a lot more working class people, with a great amount of the middle class not existing.

 

[Big Bren]

There'd be a completely different ruling class, with probably a completely different breed of politician (think of a George Eliot novel).
Finally, there'd be a lot more working class people, with a great amount of the middle class not existing.

Reason enough to move to Bikeworld - put my name down BFTB!

Bren

 

[domtyler]

There would be a 20 mph limit on urban freeways enforced with speed cameras, or 'scameras'. I would have grown a pony tail and started up a vigilante action group, er I mean become a 'road safety expert' to fight the spread of these scameras and stand up for the right of the hard done by cyclist to choose his or her own safe speed.

 

[barq]

barq - I believe it's been said that the invention of the bicycle increased the genetic diversity of the population, because people could cycle to the next village to find a spouse instead of being on foot. So I guess diversity might still be there, but just be slower to spread...?

Yep, I've heard that too. I was thinking of other types of diversity. Because we can travel so far, so easily, we have much more regular contact with other cultures - even just within the UK. And actually thinking this through a bit more, without internal combustion engines the UK would probably have far less immigration and so have a different ethnic profile. Which in turn means we would have different food, music etc... I'm going off Bikeworld now!

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

there wouldnt be any joy riding along sowfend seafront...

 

[Kovu]

Interstingly enough how would speed cameras work? Im sure they;d still want them?