“You need female companionship sometimes, but this is another person. And that's too bad because you have to deal with another person. …
“I've had many little affairs. Now, it's more complicated: I'm 66, and on a bicycle, and I sleep in a tent …”
Relationships are always complicated. That's Heinz Stucke, the German cyclist who has pedaled 335,000 miles since 1962, talking to a reporter with the Guardian Unlimited. Stucke's bike was stolen in Portsmouth, UK, earlier this week. It's been stolen numerous times before, but always recovered.
When I initially wrote about Stucke's bicycle — it weighs about 50 pounds and he carries more than 80 pounds of gear — I was amazed at its mass. Yet that has its advantages. He says his most frequent accident is being car-doored, and the door always suffers more damage than he does.
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