Thanks for the dose of encouragement. Yes, part of the reason I am there is to bring the next 50 riders aboard. Show them that they don't NEED to sacrifice the environment's heath, the vision of social equity (the whole world can't own cars, can they?), and a major portion of their earnings to fuel those petroleum vampires.

Now that I think about it, there is nothing else I do that has as few drawbacks as cycling. I suppose walking is MORE sustainable, but I don't want to be a total martyr, and how would I get those next 50 aboard?

I know that I was back in the road long before any car was near. I looked at a mirror at one LBS $15 !
I bought one years ago, and it must be here SOMEWHERE!

Mary