Bike Commuting article
03-23-05 | 11:51 AM
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From: Out there, on my bike
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
https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...bikeheroes.DTL
https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...bikeheroes.DTL
03-23-05 | 11:56 AM
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From: Munich
Bikes: Lemond Alpe d´Huez, Scott Sub 10, homemade mtb, Radlbauer adler (old city bike), Dahon impulse (folder with 20 inch wheels), haibike eq xduro
its a bit worrying though that they are seen as so unusual and eccentric that an article should be written about them
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only the dead have seen the end of mass motorized stupidity
Plato
(well if he was alive today he would have written it)
03-23-05 | 12:11 PM
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Bikes: 80's ross road bike/commuter, 80's team miyata, 90's haro mtb xtracycle conversion, koga mitaya world traveler
That's true...any one can do it!
"Special type of courage," my ass!
"Special type of courage," my ass!
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03-23-05 | 12:28 PM
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I love this:
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.
