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Re: I am convinced bicycling is not safe

2008-11-20T07:55:15Z

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vultures, monkeys, rats, etc.
Fucking Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

Monty Python: Bicycle Repairman!

2008-11-20T04:25:10Z

Monty Python has decided to surrender to the inevitable and start posting
'official' YouTube videos. This is possibly my favorite one yet:
[link]
It certainly feeds my own bicycle-repair heroics fantasies. I mean, there
was this one time that I was able to help out a couple of kids fix their

Re: Bicycle Commuting on the Rise

2008-11-20T02:51:21Z

In article <0s1ev5-sv9....@curare.zuvembi .homelinux.org>,
I guess they're just too tight for my arm movements.
I tend to be one of those gesticulating talkers.
...
I really do recommend trying cheap knee-high hiking gaiters
like mine. You could possibly find a pair at a surplus store.
They do the trick quite nicely. Mine are black nylon or

Re: A March on Washington... on Bicycle?

2008-11-20T02:01:33Z

What does the word "banana" tell you?
"BANANA? Yes, it appeals to the monkey within us, yearning for the
simple life in the jungle. Well, perhaps it's a symbol of a better
world to come in frugality and peace."
As I was watching '2001: A Space Odyssey,' it perfectly made sense
that the monkeys were first vegetarian (banana eaters) before

Re: Could Key West be a bike model for America?

2008-11-19T22:53:17Z

Here's a question for YOU!!!! Have you ever stood a watch in the
cold, wet rain? And wondered what the hell you were doing? Then
realizing that it's YOUR freedom that you are standing there for.
Conspiracy theories have been around since the dawn of time. For
every web site, reason, or video that you can supply there are plenty

Re: I am convinced bicycling is not safe

2008-11-19T21:44:14Z

See, things are not as simple as "roads are good, bike paths/lanes are
bad"...
"Where I live now in Tigard, OR scored a 69, so it is an effort to
walk as most stores are about 1.5 miles away, but it is a pleasure to
bike as there are good paths and bike lanes. For example there's an
Albertsons 2.08 miles away at the end of a multiuse path that crosses

Re: I am convinced bicycling is not safe

2008-11-19T21:29:42Z

The same effect may be achievable by requiring a special license for
SUVs, which after all are "trucks."
Funny, they are trucks to go through the safety loopholes, but not to
require a license.

Re: I am convinced bicycling is not safe

2008-11-19T20:22:51Z

Mmmmm hmmmm.

Re: I am convinced bicycling is not safe

2008-11-19T20:22:03Z

I'd have to agree, and I'll trot out my personal bete noire. I think
one of the best ways to improve safety (in the U.S.) is to make getting
and keeping a license a *little* harder and a *little* more expensive.
As it is with $25 and a pulse, you can pretty much get a license.
That and retesting *everyone* every five years. If you can't be

Re: Bicycle Commuting on the Rise

2008-11-19T20:18:51Z

I have been perusing Goodwill for men's wool trousers [1]. Some
generous hemming and I have cycling knickers. Now I just need to buy
some of the argyle wool socks Ryan was mentioning and I'll be stylish
indeed. ;-)
[1] It helps that 32 waist is not that popular a size, so there is a
decent selection.

Re: Really COLD and WET: what do you wear on your legs?

2008-11-19T20:24:11Z

I like them better myself, I was pointing out another (much more
expensive) option. Mainly because it was the only other thing I found.

Re: I am convinced bicycling is not safe

2008-11-19T19:04:16Z

I hope I don't sound too nationalistic... ;)
After the Big Three crash, what's next?
You know, after Detroit goes under, what do we do with Japanese and
European competition. I'd tax both Japanese and European imports
because they are not going to cash in into American weaknesses.
Then I'd make Detroit build fast trains, EVs, and bikes and let the

Re: I am convinced bicycling is not safe

2008-11-19T18:46:32Z

Not on major streets. It depends whether you are talking about a
bikeable place or just a "hole"...
(and there's a lot of people living in it, see poll)
[link]
Now the question is how many decades we will take to make drivers, who
are used to the law of the jungle, more civilized? Perhaps never,

Re: Bicycle Commuting on the Rise

2008-11-19T18:18:08Z

How in the heck do you do that?
Well, my current sweater is a fairly nice black V-neck. I do have one
sort of baggy button-up which is servicable but way too large for me
anymore. I lost about thirty pounds recently and went from a Large size
to Medium. Maybe I should wash and dry it to intentionally shrink it.

Re: I am convinced bicycling is not safe

2008-11-19T17:37:51Z

Look at the NL, again. Plenty of places with no fietspads, yet
still families and kids out on bikes. Which takes you back to
respect being more important than bike paths.
How many times does it have to be pointed out to you that unless
you can get rid of junctions between roads and bike paths, and you