Word: cyclists
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...order threw out the nagging rule that men who live off base or off ship must change from work to dress uniforms for the short trip to and from their quarters; they can now travel in dungarees. Motorcycles must be allowed at all naval stations, and a cyclist cannot be harassed about the color of his helmet. Nor should men be forced to hastily paint the rust spots on a ship just because a senior officer?even Zumwalt himself?is making a visit...
Writing about this psychiatric disorder in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Nicholi explains that he found the same basic symptoms in all his sick cyclists. Leading the list was a day-and-night preoccupation with the machine: when the patient was not actually riding, he was daydreaming-or nightdreaming-about it. Unlike the healthy cyclist, a person with the motorcycle syndrome literally needs his machine; without it, he has a sense of "something missing" and an "acute awareness of inadequacy." As one patient told Nicholi: "If I got rid of the bike, there would be nothing but me, and that...
...plagued by thieves, insulted by motorists, nauseated by auto exhausts and bedeviled by dogs. Parking-lot attendants overcharge him, traffic cops ignore him, and children pelt him with snowballs. Undaunted, the Great American Cyclist pedals on, propelled by legs he knows are regaining their muscle, energized by a heart sure to be getting the best possible workout-and secure in the knowledge that he is not alone in his passion. Some 64 million fellow travelers are taking regularly to bikes these days, more than ever before, and more than ever convinced that two wheels are better than four...