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Old 10-09-14 | 11:03 AM
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

Originally Posted by RaleighSport
So Tom with your new perspective, would you say beat up utilitarian bikes like that are the majority of the commuters you see?
No, not at all. The variety of bikes here is huge. I can't even begin to describe it.

My perspective on why people commute by bike isn't really new since I moved from suburban NJ to NYC. Very few commute by bike in NJ, but only a fraction of bike commuters there do so for lack of alternatives. The fraction is bigger there than here, but I'm not sure it's as high as half.
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