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------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free software - Baxter Codeworks www.baxcode.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dave Head" wrote in message ... Now, the damn driveway is a glare of ice, which is negotiated OK by my AWD Subaru WRX. The roadways are _mostly_ clear of ice, but not parking lots - I damn near sprained something in the movie parking lot last night after seeing "Breach". ----------- Ice Walker Cleats by Covell Covell Ice Walker cleats are easy on; economical protection for slippery conditions. These rust resistant steel cleats dig into the ice for a firm foothold. http://www.vtarmynavy.com/ice-cleat.htm Snow and Ice Traction Cleats http://cozywinters.com/ice-cleats/ice-cleats.html also: http://www.shoechain.com/ http://www.sportsimportsltd.com/traccleatans.html Scandinavian bicycle tire manufacturer Nokian makes carbide-studded "ice" tires for winter riding. http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000239.php also: http://bluecollarmtb.com/2007/01/18/...tter-traction/ http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/studdedtires.asp |
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nash wrote:
You want to ride your bike in 20 degree temperatures and 20 mile an hour winds with ice and salty slushy crap all over the roads, you be my guest. I'll stick with the car; heart disease is the least of my worries under those conditions. -- , I do not think we get heart disease from driving or taking transit in foul weather. I am talking about over the years 99% of the time drivers could have walked to the corner grocery and not taken a humvee. Gov'ts do not want you healthy anyway. It is too lucrative for all the scientists and car manufacturers, nurses, doctors, and police. There's actually a grain of truth in that. They also don't want too many of us baby boomers living long enough to collect our Social Security checks. Publicly, they will make noise about smoking, laziness, and heart attacks, cancer, and stuff, but I think in secret they just want you to drop dead at 62. Funny how people are supposed to retire at 62-67 but politicians stay on until....well, forever if they can. I can see it now, Teddy Kennedy being removed from his seat, stiff as a board. His death only noticed because he hadn't said anything for a week. Could happen??? Bill Baka |
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On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:57:22 GMT, Dave Head wrote:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:32:33 GMT, "nash" wrote: "donquijote1954" wrote in message groups.com... On Feb 16, 9:23 pm, "Jack May" wrote: "donquijote1954" wrote in message ps.com... But the good news is the facts are on our side and an ounce of truth trumps a tonne of lies. Given the choice, most people opt for carfree experiences: speedy tram trips, vacations in Venice, strolls to local markets, and public gathering places free from motor vehicles. The challenge then is to promote existing carfree otions and to create new ones. You really should wait to until you come down from you drug high before posting insane gibberish You forget two important words: GIVEN THE CHOICE. People often do none of the above because they don't have a choice. Same thing for riding a bike... "The culture is so geared to motor vehicles, it's oppressive," says Craig Barnes, events coordinator of Transportation Alternatives, the nonprofit group that organizes Bike Week, with sponsorship from the city's Department of Transportation. "It's a real catch-22. People say they'd bike if they saw more infrastructure, like bike lanes, parking, traffic law enforcement, but city planners and politicians say they won't give more until they see a need for it. Who's going to make the first move? We try to link these two things." You know, cars get the lion's share... "The skew to cars, despite their disadvantages, is so profound, politicians and bureaucrats spend entire careers simultaneously trying to accommodate and tame traffic." http://www.transalt.org/press/media/...0509voice.html And hence we have a health problem linked to heart disease because people would rather look like blimps than fight the gov't. Never mind how many bikers die on the road. What about the no. 1 killer which would not have happened if we were not this car centric. Two wheels? I got up and looked at my brand new Radio Shack indoor-outdoor thermometer this morning, the bottom screen read 72.5 degrees, and the top one read 12.8 degrees. Now, the damn driveway is a glare of ice, which is negotiated OK by my AWD Subaru WRX. The roadways are _mostly_ clear of ice, but not parking lots - I damn near sprained something in the movie parking lot last night after seeing "Breach". 2 wheeled vehicle? Not on your life. I'd be having to buy a casket, mine. And short of that, there's frostbite. Face it, a car is an all-weather solution, or as close as you can get to one for moving around locally. Even the damn DC Metro, the closes transit to which I _still_ don't have access, stops when there's a lotta snow. They don't even try - the snow shorts out the 3rd rail. So much for the exhaulted electric trains. If they woulda just kept 'em in tunnels, I guess... I hope they still aren't using snow as an excuse for extended outages. If they are suggest to them that they contact other transit authorities in the northern United States, the TTC in Canada, Hamburg, Stockholm, Oslo, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Munich. Dave Head |
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"Baxter" wrote in message ... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free software - Baxter Codeworks www.baxcode.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dave Head" wrote in message ... Now, the damn driveway is a glare of ice, which is negotiated OK by my AWD Subaru WRX. The roadways are _mostly_ clear of ice, but not parking lots - I damn near sprained something in the movie parking lot last night after seeing "Breach". ----------- Ice Walker Cleats by Covell Covell Ice Walker cleats are easy on; economical protection for slippery conditions. These rust resistant steel cleats dig into the ice for a firm foothold. http://www.vtarmynavy.com/ice-cleat.htm Snow and Ice Traction Cleats http://cozywinters.com/ice-cleats/ice-cleats.html also: http://www.shoechain.com/ http://www.sportsimportsltd.com/traccleatans.html Scandinavian bicycle tire manufacturer Nokian makes carbide-studded "ice" tires for winter riding. http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000239.php also: http://bluecollarmtb.com/2007/01/18/...tter-traction/ http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/studdedtires.asp Does anyone know how many of these are sold in the U.S.? |
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"nash" wrote in message news:G%LBh.1017973$1T2.560822@pd7urf2no... You want to ride your bike in 20 degree temperatures and 20 mile an hour winds with ice and salty slushy crap all over the roads, you be my guest. I'll stick with the car; heart disease is the least of my worries under those conditions. -- , I do not think we get heart disease from driving or taking transit in foul weather. I am talking about over the years 99% of the time drivers could have walked to the corner grocery and not taken a humvee. Sure, the corner grocery is more than two miles away and I've got three or four bags of groceries to carry back. Got a good way to do that? |
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Sancho Panza wrote:
"nash" wrote in message news:G%LBh.1017973$1T2.560822@pd7urf2no... Sure, the corner grocery is more than two miles away and I've got three or four bags of groceries to carry back. Got a good way to do that? You're not crippled, are you? You could walk and carry the bags. It would be good exercise. I would drive too, but you asked for a good way to do it. |
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"Sancho Panza" wrote in message ... "nash" wrote in message news:G%LBh.1017973$1T2.560822@pd7urf2no... You want to ride your bike in 20 degree temperatures and 20 mile an hour winds with ice and salty slushy crap all over the roads, you be my guest. I'll stick with the car; heart disease is the least of my worries under those conditions. -- , I do not think we get heart disease from driving or taking transit in foul weather. I am talking about over the years 99% of the time drivers could have walked to the corner grocery and not taken a humvee. Sure, the corner grocery is more than two miles away and I've got three or four bags of groceries to carry back. Got a good way to do that? If you wanted to you would find a way. Wait till you get a heart attack. Why should anybody care if you do. I take more than one bicycle trip for my groceries and I have one produce store 3 miles away. Does not stop me. |
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[Leaving group distribution alone since I don't know what group you're
posting from] nash wrote: I take more than one bicycle trip for my groceries and I have one produce store 3 miles away. Does not stop me. I do get most of my groceries on bike when it's warmer, but there are certain things I have to use the car for (like when I purchase several watermelons) |
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On Feb 18, 12:30 pm, "Sancho Panza" wrote:
"nash" wrote in message news:G%LBh.1017973$1T2.560822@pd7urf2no... You want to ride your bike in 20 degree temperatures and 20 mile an hour winds with ice and salty slushy crap all over the roads, you be my guest. I'll stick with the car; heart disease is the least of my worries under those conditions. -- , I do not think we get heart disease from driving or taking transit in foul weather. I am talking about over the years 99% of the time drivers could have walked to the corner grocery and not taken a humvee. Sure, the corner grocery is more than two miles away and I've got three or four bags of groceries to carry back. Got a good way to do that? Hey Sancho, you disappoint me with that logic. No wonder you got a big belly. You may split the load into two trips. Or you may simply ride a tricycle with a basket in the back, old-guy style. If you rode an ass with DonQuixote, a three-wheeled bike wouldn't fit you that bad. |
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Does the word "options" scare anyone?
On Feb 18, 12:50 pm, Arif Khokar wrote:
[Leaving group distribution alone since I don't know what group you're posting from] nash wrote: I take more than one bicycle trip for my groceries and I have one produce store 3 miles away. Does not stop me. I do get most of my groceries on bike when it's warmer, but there are certain things I have to use the car for (like when I purchase several watermelons) Nobody is proposing here a no-car option. We are proposing OPTIONS, like people choosing whether they need a car in freezing weather or simply riding a bike in beautiful sunny weather. Does the word "options" scare anyone? |
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