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Old 08-30-11 | 12:04 PM
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From: Fairfax, VA commuting to Washington DC

Bikes: 2010 Kona Dew Drop (the daily driver),'07 Specialized Roubaix (the sports car), '99 ish Kona NuNu MTB (the SUV), Schwinn High Plains (circa 1992?) (the beater)

Originally Posted by dynodonn
Before the case is made in getting a lighter bike, the co-worker with the "monster truck" didn't have to give up his vehicle, and start driving a compact car.
He probably doesn't actually 'fit' in his space, either.

I keep waiting to use the 'you don't have to push your car' argument when someone yells at me for rolling through a stop sign or such; drivers don't 'push' their 4000 lbs vehicles, but I 'push' my 50 lbs bike everywhere.

At the end of the day, though, cyclists remain a pretty tiny minority of most company's work-force. As such, it is nice to see that they are doing something that seems reasonable, sensible and efficient, even if not perfect. I'm sure drivers who own BMWs or Porsches would prefer spaces that were wide enough to avoid door dings, but they probably don't get them right? Few solutions to any problem are perfect. And to paraphrase someone wiser than I am 'the search for the perfect is often the enemy of the good'. I get to roll my bike into my office, but that requires 'lifting' it in the elevator; should I try to get the building management to install larger elevators? No -- because they'd tell me to park it outside.
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