Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Sensory-Ethnography - Ashleigh


 Ashleigh - 20 Female

What are two things you like most about biking?
Going really really fast to feel the wind in my hair. Riding through really deep puddles.

What are two things you like the least about biking?
Getting wet and/or muddy or cold. That it can be very tiring if you aren’t careful and its easy to fall off.

Where/why do you bike? (e.g. to uni, to work, along waterfront, everywhere)
Sometimes I bike at the BMX track, mostly because my family is there and its something to do that’s different from normal biking. Sometimes I bike up the hill near my house when I’m feeling that I have been too lazy.

What’s an interesting personal experience you have had on a bike?
One time I thought I was going to die, I went down the mountain bike track down a very steep hill on a road bike on a day when the ground was very wet and slippery.

What sense is the most important sense when riding and why?
Sight and touch equally. It is important to see where you are going and look out for potential hazards but likewise you need to feel the breaks, the pedals, the wind to gauge speed and the bike seat under you.

...Scrunch face when bike stops. I Went on a bike ride with the people talking about the as we went. What I found was…

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