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08-04-01, 07:27 PM
My DSL was out for the last week, so I cleaned out "My Documents". Some stuff that might be of interest:
Car vs. Bike Costs (per mile) SOV Costs Bike Costs Depreciation/financing 20.1¢ 4.5¢ Insurance 12.1¢ n/a Registration/licensing/taxes 1.3¢ n/a Gasoline/oil 6.8¢ n/a Repairs/parts/tires 3.3¢ 3.1¢ Parking - user paid 4.7¢ n/a Parking - home 15.7¢ .6¢ Total User Costs 66.5¢ 9.6¢ Total Government Costs 9.8¢ .7¢ Total Societal Costs 17.4¢ 2.3¢ Total of All Costs 93.8¢ 12.8¢
The average person in the world spends 66 minutes per day in travel (source: Scientific American <http://www.sciam.com/1097issue/1097schafer.html>), independent of the method of travel. Those who chose to travel by automobile simply find jobs farther from their homes or buy new homes farther from their jobs to escape from the noise and air pollution of other people's automobile travel. Sixty-six minutes a day of healthy exercise through walking or cycling is sufficient to provide all the blessing of exercise. The $7,750 saved each year through not paying for the average car would also make a great addition to retirement. On the other hand, 66 minutes a day of pumping carbon dioxide into the air by everyone who can afford to own a car will ensure that global warming will bring misery to us all. Which do you prefer, a healthy lifestyle or a sick planet? It's really your decision. At least we can now quit fooling ourselves with the delusion that traveling by automobile is saving us time.
Bicycling Second Only to Driving as Mode of Travel,
According to Bureau of Transportation Statistics Study, November 22, 2000
According to the recently released results of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) October 2000 Omnibus Household Survey, 41.3 million Americans (20.0%) have used a bicycle for transportation in the last 30 days. Bicycling is the second most preferred form of transportation after travel by automobile, ahead of all other modes of transportation, including public transportation. Over 9.2 million (22.3%) of the 41.3 million people who bicycled did so more than ten of the 30 days measured in the survey.
Several findings from the study indicate a growing concern among Americans with the impact of transportation choices on quality of life. These figures may indicate that, given the proper facilities, more and more Americans would choose to bicycle or walk instead of driving. Some 79.1 million (38%) of all Americans feel that the availability of bikeways, walking paths, and sidewalks for getting to work, shopping, and recreation is very important in choosing where to live.
Half of all Americans (99.0 million people) believe that cars, SUVs, pickups, and vans are the primary cause of air pollution in their communities and 65% (135.4 million) are concerned about the level of traffic congestion on the roads in their communities.
Clicking noise?
It's your cable tension....shift it into the smallest cog in the rear, wind out the barrell adjuster to let some slack in the cable, undo the cable anchor bolt,then pull the cable reasonably tight with your fingers !! ,do up the anchor bolt nice and tight,move your STI ****er into the next gear up from the smallest, then spin the cranks(assuming you are using a workshop stand) with one hand while turning the barrell adjuster with the other ..keep turning the adjuster untill it shifts into that next gear you put your shifter into..fine tune untill it's as quiet as it's gonna get...then go up and down the gears with the shifter to check it's all moving smoothly...cheers and have fun
Five, uh, Different Reasons to Ride a Bicycle
You probably think that you've heard all the arguments for riding a bicycle. Sure, the bicycle doesn't use non-renewable resources or pollute (including noise pollution), is inexpensive both for ownership and in terms of public infrastructure to support it, can be parked anywhere, and is a healthy activity.
"Blah, blah, blah. Tell me something new," you say.
O.K., here's five reasons to ride a bicycle that you've never before heard of. Not in your wildest dream. And if you don't already ride a bicycle for fun, fitness, or transportation, this will surely convince you to get your gears spinning.
1. Bicycles are more technologically advanced than motor vehicles.
Don't let the shiny, complicated looking engine on that Ecstasy S.U.V. fool you. A bicycle is in certain ways the most intelligent vehicle ever created. It has the world's most advanced "engine" controlled with the most wondrous and sophisticated "computer." The engine often knows what's wrong with itself and usually fixes itself. A bicycle is also the world's most energy efficient mode of travel, using just 35 calories per passenger mile versus 1860 for an average automobile with one occupant. And the engine can run on all kinds of strange fuels, like broccoli.
Affordable bicycles are manufactured with exotic materials such as titanium, carbon fiber, incredible aluminum alloys, and high strength alloy steel. If you've never ridden a high quality modern bicycle, you're in for a treat.
In comparison, cars are dinosaurs. Actually, they burn decomposed dinosaurs in an internal combustion engine that, evolutionarily speaking, is about at the Paleozoic era. We've had rocket ships that go to the moon and back since 1969. We have limitless solar energy and enough nuclear technology to atomize the earth, but our motor vehicles still use fossil fuel. Cars are made with steel, iron, and plastic. You can't pick them up. And try to fix one!
2. Bicycle manufacturing is not controlled by special interests.
Well, special interests are EVERYWHERE, but relatively speaking, this is true. Bicycle manufacturers could have invented the Army recruiting slogan "Be All That You Can Be." Their goal is to produce the best vehicle possible. Bicycles are the perfect synthesis of body and machine. Be a cyborg.
Cars on the other hand, are the epitome of special interest controlled products. The oil industry wants cars to get the worst gas mileage possible. The steel industry wants cars to be big and heavy, ostensibly in order to be safe.
So, reject the greed of huge multinational corporations. Tread lightly and ride a bicycle.
3. Bicycles are faster than cars.
In urban areas, this is sometimes literally true. Congestion, traffic signals, parking-space-search time, and walking-to-final-destination time all conspire to reduce the speed of even the highest powered motor vehicle to about that of a bicycle. However, if you consider that the time cost of travel also includes the amount of time spent working to pay for the vehicle, bicycles come roaring ahead. Also, why spend loads of time working to pay for the car to get to work to pay for the car?
Since exercise is mandatory for optimal health, and riding a bicycle to some necessary destination incorporates exercise which would otherwise take time in the gym, pedaling to someplace can be considered as taking zero time. Therefore, bicycles are infinitely fast. That's faster than light, which, according to Einstein shouldn't be possible, but nonetheless reverses time. Riding a bicycle makes you younger. Be a kid again!
4. You can be part of a cutting edge movement.
According to the 1990 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, only 0.7% of all transportation trips are made by bicycle. Ninety percent of trips are taken in a personal automobile with the remainder via transit, walking, or other modes.
Lets face it, bicyclists are a minority. But, by the same token, we're unique. So why be normal? Be different, ride a bicycle.
5. Someday you'll wish you had.
Helen Hayes, the much beloved "First Lady of American theater" who died at the age of 92 was asked in an interview if she regretted anything. She said she had only one regret. "I never rode a bicycle. I wish I had. That's all."
While few of us can hope to achieve the stature of Ms. Hayes, we certainly can fulfill a dream that she never did. The simple pleasure of riding a bicycle — effortless motion at one moment, challenging yet empowering hill climbing the next, followed by the thrill of the decent.
Bicycling is the wind in your face and your senses on hyperdrive. It's life at its best. Try it. Ultimately there will come a time when you won't be able to
MY GIRL
She makes me work...she breaks me down...she builds me back up. She's sexy...She's sleak...she's fast. She's gives me soooo much and asks for only commitment in return. She makes me accutely aware of my strengths and limitations. She doesn't judge me...she lets me judge myself. She is my passion...my lifestyle. I will love her and the joy she brings me forever. Amen
Car vs. Bike Costs (per mile) SOV Costs Bike Costs Depreciation/financing 20.1¢ 4.5¢ Insurance 12.1¢ n/a Registration/licensing/taxes 1.3¢ n/a Gasoline/oil 6.8¢ n/a Repairs/parts/tires 3.3¢ 3.1¢ Parking - user paid 4.7¢ n/a Parking - home 15.7¢ .6¢ Total User Costs 66.5¢ 9.6¢ Total Government Costs 9.8¢ .7¢ Total Societal Costs 17.4¢ 2.3¢ Total of All Costs 93.8¢ 12.8¢
The average person in the world spends 66 minutes per day in travel (source: Scientific American <http://www.sciam.com/1097issue/1097schafer.html>), independent of the method of travel. Those who chose to travel by automobile simply find jobs farther from their homes or buy new homes farther from their jobs to escape from the noise and air pollution of other people's automobile travel. Sixty-six minutes a day of healthy exercise through walking or cycling is sufficient to provide all the blessing of exercise. The $7,750 saved each year through not paying for the average car would also make a great addition to retirement. On the other hand, 66 minutes a day of pumping carbon dioxide into the air by everyone who can afford to own a car will ensure that global warming will bring misery to us all. Which do you prefer, a healthy lifestyle or a sick planet? It's really your decision. At least we can now quit fooling ourselves with the delusion that traveling by automobile is saving us time.
Bicycling Second Only to Driving as Mode of Travel,
According to Bureau of Transportation Statistics Study, November 22, 2000
According to the recently released results of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) October 2000 Omnibus Household Survey, 41.3 million Americans (20.0%) have used a bicycle for transportation in the last 30 days. Bicycling is the second most preferred form of transportation after travel by automobile, ahead of all other modes of transportation, including public transportation. Over 9.2 million (22.3%) of the 41.3 million people who bicycled did so more than ten of the 30 days measured in the survey.
Several findings from the study indicate a growing concern among Americans with the impact of transportation choices on quality of life. These figures may indicate that, given the proper facilities, more and more Americans would choose to bicycle or walk instead of driving. Some 79.1 million (38%) of all Americans feel that the availability of bikeways, walking paths, and sidewalks for getting to work, shopping, and recreation is very important in choosing where to live.
Half of all Americans (99.0 million people) believe that cars, SUVs, pickups, and vans are the primary cause of air pollution in their communities and 65% (135.4 million) are concerned about the level of traffic congestion on the roads in their communities.
Clicking noise?
It's your cable tension....shift it into the smallest cog in the rear, wind out the barrell adjuster to let some slack in the cable, undo the cable anchor bolt,then pull the cable reasonably tight with your fingers !! ,do up the anchor bolt nice and tight,move your STI ****er into the next gear up from the smallest, then spin the cranks(assuming you are using a workshop stand) with one hand while turning the barrell adjuster with the other ..keep turning the adjuster untill it shifts into that next gear you put your shifter into..fine tune untill it's as quiet as it's gonna get...then go up and down the gears with the shifter to check it's all moving smoothly...cheers and have fun
Five, uh, Different Reasons to Ride a Bicycle
You probably think that you've heard all the arguments for riding a bicycle. Sure, the bicycle doesn't use non-renewable resources or pollute (including noise pollution), is inexpensive both for ownership and in terms of public infrastructure to support it, can be parked anywhere, and is a healthy activity.
"Blah, blah, blah. Tell me something new," you say.
O.K., here's five reasons to ride a bicycle that you've never before heard of. Not in your wildest dream. And if you don't already ride a bicycle for fun, fitness, or transportation, this will surely convince you to get your gears spinning.
1. Bicycles are more technologically advanced than motor vehicles.
Don't let the shiny, complicated looking engine on that Ecstasy S.U.V. fool you. A bicycle is in certain ways the most intelligent vehicle ever created. It has the world's most advanced "engine" controlled with the most wondrous and sophisticated "computer." The engine often knows what's wrong with itself and usually fixes itself. A bicycle is also the world's most energy efficient mode of travel, using just 35 calories per passenger mile versus 1860 for an average automobile with one occupant. And the engine can run on all kinds of strange fuels, like broccoli.
Affordable bicycles are manufactured with exotic materials such as titanium, carbon fiber, incredible aluminum alloys, and high strength alloy steel. If you've never ridden a high quality modern bicycle, you're in for a treat.
In comparison, cars are dinosaurs. Actually, they burn decomposed dinosaurs in an internal combustion engine that, evolutionarily speaking, is about at the Paleozoic era. We've had rocket ships that go to the moon and back since 1969. We have limitless solar energy and enough nuclear technology to atomize the earth, but our motor vehicles still use fossil fuel. Cars are made with steel, iron, and plastic. You can't pick them up. And try to fix one!
2. Bicycle manufacturing is not controlled by special interests.
Well, special interests are EVERYWHERE, but relatively speaking, this is true. Bicycle manufacturers could have invented the Army recruiting slogan "Be All That You Can Be." Their goal is to produce the best vehicle possible. Bicycles are the perfect synthesis of body and machine. Be a cyborg.
Cars on the other hand, are the epitome of special interest controlled products. The oil industry wants cars to get the worst gas mileage possible. The steel industry wants cars to be big and heavy, ostensibly in order to be safe.
So, reject the greed of huge multinational corporations. Tread lightly and ride a bicycle.
3. Bicycles are faster than cars.
In urban areas, this is sometimes literally true. Congestion, traffic signals, parking-space-search time, and walking-to-final-destination time all conspire to reduce the speed of even the highest powered motor vehicle to about that of a bicycle. However, if you consider that the time cost of travel also includes the amount of time spent working to pay for the vehicle, bicycles come roaring ahead. Also, why spend loads of time working to pay for the car to get to work to pay for the car?
Since exercise is mandatory for optimal health, and riding a bicycle to some necessary destination incorporates exercise which would otherwise take time in the gym, pedaling to someplace can be considered as taking zero time. Therefore, bicycles are infinitely fast. That's faster than light, which, according to Einstein shouldn't be possible, but nonetheless reverses time. Riding a bicycle makes you younger. Be a kid again!
4. You can be part of a cutting edge movement.
According to the 1990 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, only 0.7% of all transportation trips are made by bicycle. Ninety percent of trips are taken in a personal automobile with the remainder via transit, walking, or other modes.
Lets face it, bicyclists are a minority. But, by the same token, we're unique. So why be normal? Be different, ride a bicycle.
5. Someday you'll wish you had.
Helen Hayes, the much beloved "First Lady of American theater" who died at the age of 92 was asked in an interview if she regretted anything. She said she had only one regret. "I never rode a bicycle. I wish I had. That's all."
While few of us can hope to achieve the stature of Ms. Hayes, we certainly can fulfill a dream that she never did. The simple pleasure of riding a bicycle — effortless motion at one moment, challenging yet empowering hill climbing the next, followed by the thrill of the decent.
Bicycling is the wind in your face and your senses on hyperdrive. It's life at its best. Try it. Ultimately there will come a time when you won't be able to
MY GIRL
She makes me work...she breaks me down...she builds me back up. She's sexy...She's sleak...she's fast. She's gives me soooo much and asks for only commitment in return. She makes me accutely aware of my strengths and limitations. She doesn't judge me...she lets me judge myself. She is my passion...my lifestyle. I will love her and the joy she brings me forever. Amen