{"id":5387,"date":"2013-05-21T15:33:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T07:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=5387"},"modified":"2021-06-18T15:22:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T07:22:16","slug":"slow-motion-cyclin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/2013\/05\/slow-motion-cyclin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists Savour Life in the Slow-lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Slow-mo cycling helps city-slickers slow down and enjoy the simple things in life<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Reporters: Rachel Cheung, Sharon Lee, Yoyo Chan<br \/>\nEditor: Jennifer Lam<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/65711395\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They cycled through villages and between fields, exploring the history of the New Territories. Some rode on vintage bicycles, played Taiwanese music and put fresh flowers in the baskets attached to their bikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Slow-Mo-Classic-%E6%85%A2%E9%A8%8E%E4%B8%BB%E7%BE%A9\/337535776275251?fref=ts\">Slow-Mo Classic<\/a>, a cycling group that promotes a slower lifestyle, holds occasional events to encourage cyclists to connect with the world around them. The group\u2019s founder Lee Chi Man says, \u201cI think (being slow) is a kind of awakening. In Hong Kong\u2019s environment, you are educated to believe that being fast means improving and is an advantage. Slowing down seems to imply lagging behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee invites people to contemplate on why they need to be fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think being slow is like living happily. Being slow is an attitude. But it is a choice, rather than being slow for the purpose of slow. If you don\u2019t have any choices and you have to always be fast, you\u2019re being pulled by the fast-paced world,\u201d says Chris Lee Kwok-chiu, a Slow-Mo cyclist and a close friend of Lee.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Lee used to be a model-maker but the hectic work schedule exhausted \u00a0him. He now works as a private art teacher and enjoys a more flexible lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Both of men say Slow-Mo cycling is an experience that makes them reflect on their own lifestyles and decide to pursue other careers. However, for history teacher Sam Chu Kin-heng, Slow-Mo cycling helps him reconnect with people around him and see relationships differently.<\/p>\n<p>Chu loves history and is very fond of vintage bicycles. His bicycle opens sparks conversation between him and people from \u00a0older generations. \u201cThey will share what think about the bicycle and the world. They may even share their past experiences,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>While they all have different understandings of Slow-Mo cycling and living, there is one thing they all agree on \u2013 that they should observe more. Slow-Mo Classic encourages people to observe the world around them \u2013 on the history, culture, social issues around them. As founder Lee Chi-man says, \u201cBicycle is a good tool for us to become closer with society. I hope we can put the elements of life into cycling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MAP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5388\" alt=\"MAP\" src=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MAP.jpg\" width=\"672\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MAP.jpg 960w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MAP-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong is known for having a fast pace of life and fierce competitive streak. But not everyone is happy to participate in the rat race. Varsity meets some the Slow-mo cyclists, who have decided to literally slow down, wake up to the world around them  and smell the roses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,1792],"tags":[210],"class_list":["post-5387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hong-kong-life","category-multimedia","category-multimedia-may-2013","tag-cycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5387"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6031,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387\/revisions\/6031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}