Artforum, July 1st, 2002
The Rider, by Tim Krabbe, translated by Sam Garrett. New York: Bloomsbury. 160 pages. $19.95.
Not long ago I flew over the handlebars of my bicycle and broke my collarbone. Five weeks later I lined up for a bicycle race. There was a crash, but I had enough strength in my good shoulder to dodge the flying bodies. Why in the world would a person with any intelligence, much less someone who works in the realm of so-called intellectuals, ride a bicycle in a pack of a hundred or more riders, racing at speeds of up to fifty miles an hour? As good an answer as I've ever found lies in Tim Krabbe's au...
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