uh-oh...economy effects...

[MM_QFC!]

Saw this in current issue of Roadbikerider:
"...The soaring price of oil results in higher shipping costs for goods and travel costs for the industry, all passed to the consumer.

One example: "It's getting expensive for our guys to drive in to work," says the owner of Livermore Cyclery in Livermore, California. "I need to give those guys a bump in salary, which means I have to raise prices to offset those increases."

http://www.roadbikerider.com/currentissue.htm

[Melalvai]

Sheesh. This should be in the humor forum. DRIVING to work at a BIKE SHOP? Hello? Do we see any alternatives?
Give them a bike. That'll be more money than a raise, which they'll just spend on gas.