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Old August 1st 12, 02:10 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.soc,misc.consumers.frugal-living
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Well, once I am in a hurry, I take a shortcut, then the next time I
kepe taking the shortcut, which means I wo't walk a smuch.


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Old August 2nd 12, 08:21 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
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To TibetanMonkey,

Why do YOU keep on posting? YOUR post are of no sense.
Do YOU have a mental condition?

Randy



"TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher" wrote in message
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On Aug 2, 12:02 am, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 12:29:13 -0700 (PDT), "TibetanMonkey, the Beach









Cruiser Philosopher" wrote:
On Jul 29, 10:32 am, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:39:29 -0700 (PDT), "TibetanMonkey, the Beach


Cruiser Philosopher" wrote:
On Jul 28, 9:31 pm, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:01:19 -0700 (PDT), "TibetanMonkey, the Beach


Cruiser Philosopher" wrote:
On Jul 27, 8:34 pm, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:41:44 -0700 (PDT), "TibetanMonkey, the
Beach


Cruiser Philosopher" wrote:
On Jul 27, 7:10 am, John B. wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:20:45 -0700 (PDT), "TibetanMonkey, the
Beach


Cruiser Philosopher" wrote:
On Jul 26, 12:27 pm, liaM wrote:
Le 26/07/2012 17:19, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser
Philosopher a crit :


One good step is for NYC to ban SUVs. Let Bloomberg make
up for his
mistake. Then communities can declare SUVs "Vehicle Non
Grato." "Not
in my backyard" is a good motto. Maybe they should
concentrate on one
point of the nation to avoid conflict with civilization.
Maybe they
should go to Texas.


At the same time NEVs (neighborhood electric vehicles),
scooters and
bicycles would be promoted. The landscape would be
similar to Key
West, where people is actually having a lot of freedom
"out of the
cage," be it on NEVs, bicycle or scooter. Of course,
their speed
limits conduce to this "peace and stability." The
occasional SUV is
still around but they are mostly controlled and well
behaved.


And happily ever after.


Maybe this wasn't reported in the US. In France, a turning
point
was reached by the socialist government yesterday. The
government
has detailed radical steps it is taking to tackle solve the
problems
facing France's economy (stagnant growth, lay-offs, gas and
diesel
guzzling cars that aren't selling).


They'll be pumping billions into building a network of
electric
stations for recharging the batteries of all electric cars
all
throughout France. They've promised French car
manufacturers
the gov't will buy 25% of the production of all electric
cars in
2012. The car buying public will be given a 7000 euros
incentive
for buying an all-electric car (ain't bad, since the
Renault
car is announced to sell for around 14,000 euros). And tax
disincentives will be applied to manufacturers building gas
guzzlers.


The gov't's project is to make gas and diesel personal
vehicles
obsolete, and to be the first nation to achieve this.


Yes, but the French government is SOCIALIST and the American
public
can not live with that.


Medicare is socialism but nobody dares touch that. And nobody
dares
touch the price of gas either. Many sacred cows on this side
of the
Atlantic.


Unfortunately good sense doesn't seem to be one of the herd.


No such "revolution" can occur here without major upheaval. It's
a
technological revolution that still doesn't affect the quality
of
life, but the vested interests are just too powerful.


How so, "technological revolution that still doesn't affect the
quality of life,". In France they drive to the next village for
lunch.
In Texas they drive 100 miles to have supper.
The Toyota Prius plug-in has an electric powered range of 15
miles.


Your electric car isn't going to cut the mustard.


I thought that driving 100 miles for supper was a waste of time and
money. Anyway a big truck is totally unnecessary for supper.


Some people have flown from the US to Paris for lunch and you are
complaining about a little 100 mile drive to get the best tacos and
refried beans in the state?


Isn't it better to sail to France and then ride a bike to Paris?


Not if you plan on being at the office, on time, tomorrow.


Best is to ride a bike after supper to digest the food.


According to Mayo Clinic.com, digestion time takes between 24 and 72
hours.


Taking up Randonneuring?


Cheers,
John B.


I heard randonneuring is not even practiced in France any more. Maybe
in Holland and Germany.


Probably the most famous brevet, the Paris-Brest-Paris, some 1,200 Km,
in 90 hours, attracts about 5,000 entrants from something like 60
countries, is in France.


Cheers,
John B.


Perhaps the common French people don't even know what "randonneuring"
is. Or they know it, but never do it.


Again... You don't know what you are talking about. A few excerpts
about the PBP from the many on the Web:

...groups of Bretons will be on the route, clapping as you ride by, at
all hours, even in the dark of night. They cheer you on, they shout
"bon courage!" and they really mean it...

...Those early hours introduced me to the many pleasures of PBP:
spectators along the route yelling out bon route and bon courage and
giving us water and snacks...

...More or less on a whim, I responded to a posting on the web site
for PBP where riders could request housing and residents and hotels
could offer housing to riders. Because my wife could not join me in
Paris, I thought that I might enjoy staying with a family, rather than
in a hotel, and that this might make the experience more personal. I
had not imagined, however, that I would meet such generous people as
the Rosselle family, or that they would take such good care of me.
Olivier and Marie Agnes Rosselle took me in sight unseen.
They gave me an extremely comfortable place to stay, just three
kilometers from the start-line, for the two days before and the two
days after the event. They fed me wonderful food, and gave me
excellent wine, much of it from Bourgogne, where they had grown up.
They washed my clothes. They gave me money to help me to get home
after I lost my wallet. Olivier, who is a physical therapist by
training, gave me a leg massage after I finished the ride, and this
helped me to recover without the knots in my leg muscles that usually
follow such a long ride. He also drove me to the airport when I left,
thus solving the last cash-flow problem following from the loss of my
wallet.


The bicycle is making a comeback in France, but nothing like Holland
or even Germany. It seems that Germany has more fans of randoneuring
than France even though it's a French word. To be honest, I've never
met a randoneur in my life, but would like to become one if I find the
right location. I don't want groups, just my gf and I without
struggling with traffic. Maybe I will have to wait until I get to
Europe.


That's my kind of thing if that were possible in America. Maybe
there's some randonneuring race too!


Ranging from the RAAM to all kind of local rides. I even furnished you
with some New York groups addresses which included some of their
brevets.

The Boston - Montreal -Boston is considered one of the top rides in
the world (1,200 km out and back).

Armstrong is from Texas, the land of SUVs and megachurches. But I hear
things are tough for cyclists in Texas. I like the Dutch, Danish,
German approach of practical bicycling. I wonder how many Texans go to
church on bike.


I remember reading that Lance spent 6 hours a day on the bike. In
Texas. I don't know whether you call that "practical bicycling" but it
didn't seem to hurt him.

Cheers,
John B.


Elite riders have as much to do with practical cycling as we have to
do with kids riding in the park. They are the ones that usually go in
packs, strap their bikes to the SUV, and are rather ignorant of other
purposes of the bike, namely practical tool and social vehicle.

And they give us a bad name too!

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Old August 3rd 12, 02:20 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
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Are YOU sick in the head?




 




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