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It’s a form of riding of which I have disproportionate experience. Early in my career, when I worked for The Scotsmanin Edinburgh, I had bursts of working as the late-shift reporter. I’d come into the office for 6pm, work until the paper’s final edition was done at 1am then head home by bike through the Scottish capital’s old town. I remember bowling across the Meadows – a rough Edinburgh equivalent of Central Park and Boston Common combined, American readers – on crisp, clear nights, along lines of trees, speeding towards home.
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