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tulip

03-23-05 11:51 AM

Bike Commuting article

I know these folks are no different than us since we all ride our bikes to work, but it's nice that a story like this makes it to the mainstream

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...bikeheroes.DTL

royalflash

03-23-05 11:56 AM

its a bit worrying though that they are seen as so unusual and eccentric that an article should be written about them

lala	03-23-05 12:11 PM

That's true...any one can do it!
"Special type of courage," my ass!

ChezJfrey

03-23-05 12:23 PM

Exactly, we only need the courage that fits in a suitcase :)

caloso

03-23-05 12:28 PM

I love this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larry Gallagher

None could reasonably be described as extremist. All own cars and even take them out of the garage once in a while. Yet, day by day, without grandstanding or further polarizing the political landscape, each makes the heroically unglamorous choice of propelling himself or herself to work on a bicycle.

tulip

03-23-05 12:50 PM

okay, so the author evidently likes his prose. Oh well, please disregard the article if it is not appropriate for the forum.

lala	03-23-05 12:57 PM

It's totally appropriate!

recursive

03-23-05 02:02 PM

I enjoyed it.

EnigManiac

03-23-05 02:16 PM

Thanks for sharing the article. I am forwarding it to some of my city's local papers.

Noif666

03-23-05 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChezJfrey

Exactly, we only need the courage that fits in a suitcase :)

Or a pannier ;)

A great article, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it!

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