Originally Posted by squirtdad

I knew I shouldn't have mentioned the H word. Despite all the passion on this subject (myself included) I truly think it is not the critical driver one way or the other.

Ok, back to the main point: ride ride ride. First as this is BF,we are not representative of the genreal publiic, but I am willing to bet that there are lot of us who do lots of recreational biking (go out for exercise, do group ride, go do some single track) but never do an errand (go grab cream for coffee, go to the drugstore, etc) or commute.

I used to never do errands, because my "nice" bike was not set up to just throw a leg over and go, at minimum I needed to put on the elf shoes. So I rebuilt an old bike a couple of years ago.....(I've posted it more than a few times) that I could just hop on and ride.

I have been counting other cyclists on my commute this week and i see 1 or 2 or maybe 3. Admittedly this is summer vacation season and my workplace is not located with ton's of other business, but we are talking flat commute, good bike lanes,(curtner and Leigh ave for san jose types) and weather that can't be beat. it is simply sad not to see more commuters.

so if you don't have a bike you can just ride......go hit craigslist or checkout shops for last years models and add to you stable....

ride and have fun