I never thought of it before, but how simple and obvious. Bikes don't need fuel, and will work as long as you can do simple maintenance.
I'm not at all a minimalist survivor type, but sometimes our mindless reliance on dwindling resources like oil just makes me scared.
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03-15-2011, 12:43 PM #1
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Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
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03-15-2011, 02:19 PM #2
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Wow Badger, great picture, thank you! I can't even begin to imagine how much space the same number of cars would need.
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03-15-2011, 03:28 PM #3
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That is a neat pictures. Unfortunately one you be hard pressed to find in the US. I'd to see a place with a bike parking lot similar to that. Doesn't have to be that big, but one that is fenced in. Wonder if some businesses did that if more people might actually use bikes more often? Where I currently live I do see some people commuting different places on bikes and keep wishing places would have a place to lock bikes up at. Even saw a person at the mall trying to find a place to lock his bike. (He did find a place to lock the bike).
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03-15-2011, 04:09 PM #4
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http://www.bikemandan.com/blog/how-m...-one-car-spaceFancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
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Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
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03-15-2011, 10:30 PM #5
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Looking back, I would have loved to have had a Mama-San (i think that's the correct word
) bike to get groceries n stuff with. We lived a few km from a train station, grocery shops etc & just walked wherever. We also lived on the Tokaido line(Tokyo-Yokohama-Hiratsuka-Chigasaki-Fujisawa-Tsujido etc line) and were spoilt for shop choices around us.
I never really saw men on bikes when we lived there, it was mainly women with her sprockets n groceries.
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03-17-2011, 10:52 PM #6
sore bum
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You'd have seen them early in the morning and late at night! Originally Posted by crazycanuck
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03-16-2011, 09:14 AM #7
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That's so cool! Thank you Originally Posted by Trek420
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03-17-2011, 08:12 AM #8
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speaking of Japan and bicycles..
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/wor...scape.bike.cnn
how about this story about an 84 year old woman who escaped a tsunami on her bicycle??!I like Bikes - Mimi
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03-17-2011, 08:37 AM #9
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Great story about the woman who escaped on a bicycle. She really looks younger than 84.
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