Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
the average distance biked in cph and ams is only a couple of km. the average distance biked by the ~2900 people signed up at my employer's bike incentive program is 9 miles.
I suppose that settles it; one employer's employees who signed up for a bicycle incentive program are representative of the average American who uses a bicycle for commuting, transportation or anything else. Would it be snooping to ask who that Employer might be?
Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
*sigh* the old if you ride a bike you must be poor canard. the census ACS specifically excludes people who cycle occasionally but drive or bus more. and somehow i don't think the census is accurately counting the people ILTB is talking about.
I also suppose you gather that if the census doesn't accurately count cyclists or they don't work for your employer they don't exist. What makes you think the U.S. Census or anything else even counts people that "have adopted cycling as their primary (only) form of transportation," let alone what type of bicycles they may be riding or purchasing?
Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
everyone i know who buys one of these city bikes either gets rid of it or eventually supplements it with a lighter geared biked. in fact, you can see this trend on the fangirl blogs -- the pashley princess is long gone and in its place is a light and derailleured brompton.
Again you speculate and generalize about cyclists and their requirements based on your narrow choice of associates, parochialism, and the trends mentioned in your favorite fangirl blogs.