ABSTRACT
Cycling engages the human body in ways which are distinct from any other form of mobility. The previous chapter explored how senses are experienced differently on the bicycle through an embodied research of my own cycling practice. In this chapter I expand the attention from my own cycling to that of others, by conducting participant observation alongside fellow cyclists. I argue that the interactions between cyclists themselves, as well as between cyclists and other road users, can be conceptualised as forms of sociability (Simmel 1949), whereby playful associations are understood as alternatives to their instrumental counterparts.
