Amritsar
City in Punjab, India, on the Grand Trunk Road. See Punjab.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| It’s All About the Bike | Robert Penn | turning point | A pothole crash on the Grand Trunk Road, and a roadside repair that proves steel’s worth. |
It’s All About the Bike — Robert Penn (2010)
Source: It’s All About the Bike · Readwise highlight
I was slipstreaming a tractor on the Grand Trunk Road near Amritsar.
- Role: turning point
- In the book: Chapter 1. Recalling his ride round the world, Penn hits a pothole on the Grand Trunk Road and bends the top and down tubes of his steel bike; a local mechanic in Amritsar bashes the frame straight for 100 rupees and a packet of cigarettes.
- Why it matters: It is his evidence for choosing a steel frame: it can be fixed anywhere. Set elsewhere the point would stand, but the remote road makes it vivid.