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Bicycle graveyards: why do so many bikes end up underwater? (Grauniad)

Bicycle graveyards: why do so many bikes end up underwater?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jul/28/bicycle-graveyards-...

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chrisonabike | 2 years ago
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Clearly an atavistic tendency - a remnant of our Anglo-saxon, Celtic past or before.  Possibly reveals that people think of bicycles as weapons, these being a common offering to the deities in watery sites.

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brooksby replied to chrisonabike | 2 years ago
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

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