It is not just the behaviour on the bike, it is the bike itself. The person with the carbon racer wants to impress. The person on the hybrid just wants to get the job done. The not terribly fit man in Lycra is all talk, no trousers. The person who wears no helmet or reflectors is mad, but so too is the person who has so many lights and mirrors on the bike that there is hardly room for a person on it too.

值得注意的不仅是骑车者的行为，还有自行车本身。骑碳钢赛车的人喜欢哗众取宠。骑着多功能自行车的人只想把活儿干完。身材一般、却穿着莱卡(Lycra)紧身运动衣的人，只会夸夸其谈，没有实际行动。不戴头盔或者不装反光镜的人是疯子，而装太多车灯和反光镜、甚至连坐的地方都快没有了的人，也是疯子。

To check my theory about the connection between personality and cycling style, I have just conducted a little control test. A reader had been offering for a while to take me for a ride on his tandem, and so last week I climbed on the back and was forced to cycle as him – which turned out to be safely, confidently and courteously. I definitely would have hired him. And yet I was terrified: to be on a bike without being me felt all wrong.

为了检验我这个“性格与骑车风格息息相关”的理论，我刚刚做了一个小小的受控实验。一名读者一直邀请我同骑他的双人自行车出去兜风，所以上个月底，我就坐在了这辆自行车的后面，被迫迁就他的骑车风格。事实证明，我们骑得安全、安心并且谦谦有礼。我当然会雇佣他这样的人。但我还是被吓着了：按照别人的风格骑车感觉完全不对劲。

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