Can you live without a bicycle?

I figure equal time would be fair

How else would I use up my old baseball cards?

i`d have a fortune if i would have saved them!

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I have no need for one.

Sonoman

I can ride a bike but just barely. I'd kill myself trying to commute on one. I try to walk places whenever I can, though.

Is my boneheaded city council going to take the last remaining lanes of the main drag and make them bike lanes, too? Nobody uses the ones that are there now, put in recently at considerable expense in a 4 lane resurfacing project that creates car accidents and peak traffic bottlenecks. But to the council members that will probably just make an unbreakable argument for designating all the lanes bike lanes.

Hell, even Amsterdam doesn't reject car culture.

is better with one.

price range for them.

Looked at an upgrade last week, Miz O rolled her eyes at me. I think it's best to hold off awhile before getting it.

me and my kicks on the sidewalk :headbang:

i still kept on with it even after husband's YOUNGER and more athletic colleague was killed on his bike, and no one ever arrested for the hit and run, but eventually i had a severe enough accident to get a "wake up" call

these things are not safe and not stable, and daring the grim reaper to come carry me off is pretty damn stupid to save a few bucks on gas...

other than the guy being flat out run down and murdered on his bike, the accidents i've had and known others to have on bikes are not as awful as the ones i've known people to have on motorcycles but they still don't belong on roads that don't have bike paths, you are gambling your leg or your life to save on gas money? talk about penny wise pound foolish!

Fair enough?

As for the risk, I guess it just depends on what roads you use and your style of riding.

I've managed 20+ years of road riding nearly every day and don't have a scratch on me.

My anecdotal evidence conclusively trumps yours.

I would like an electric bike.

I now have a bike, and I ride it frequently, but if it disappeared I'd get over it.

Instead: Stupid, stupid poll. Ugly and smug.

I aint got nowhere to ride it.
This is a sprawling area and either I'm hauling something heavy or travelling with the dogs. Bikes are not a dog friendly mode of transport.

Just make sure you see any squirrels before they do.

If they're on a leash that can be a problem.

Let me clarify, there's places to ride a bike for fitness. Or I can go mountain biking.
It's just that I'd rather go kayaking. At least that's something I can do with the dogs.

The roads have no shoulders. There are very few bike paths. Passersby like to throw stuff at cyclists--if they even see them.

Transportation-wise, that is. In my town, cyclists are used as target practice. So are pedestrians. They're always getting creamed.

Not to mention the local trails - not much here in South Florida, but it's better than nothing. Central Florida gets better and Snowshoe isn't TOO far away....
I've been broke as hell the past few years and haven't been on a trip since before my divorce. I'm hoping my new job will allow me a trip to Vancouver this summer.