Gas Prices -- Help at last?

In article , "JohnH"
wrote:

I, for example, would be a perfect candidate for mass transit. My
home is four miles from my office,

Your route sounds like an even better candidate for a bicycle commute.

Yeah, that would be a sight in January... :-/

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

Bob Noel wrote:
In article , "JohnH"
wrote:

I, for example, would be a perfect candidate for mass transit. My
home is four miles from my office,

Your route sounds like an even better candidate for a bicycle
commute.

Yeah, that would be a sight in January... :-/

And what "sight" would that be? Some warmer clothes?

In article , "JohnH"
wrote:

I, for example, would be a perfect candidate for mass transit. My
home is four miles from my office,

Your route sounds like an even better candidate for a bicycle
commute.

Yeah, that would be a sight in January... :-/

And what "sight" would that be? Some warmer clothes?

Do people really bike on snow and ice?

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

Bob Noel wrote:
Do people really bike on snow and ice?

I used to! :-) there was a mountain pass near how that I
would climb with my bicycle, carrying my cross-country skis so I
could start a nice ski trek from there -- being already warmed
up and ready to go. I never quite figured out though how to carry
the bike on my back when skiing, twould have allowed me
to connect to another road on the other side of the mountain
and push the thing a bit further. I did however find a way to
wrap the tires with some strings to get some more grip on snow
(another technique consisted in putting larger tires on top
of the regular ones); but then, that wasn't commuting, just
having fun.

--Sylvain

Bob Noel wrote:

In article , "JohnH"
wrote:


I, for example, would be a perfect candidate for mass transit. My
home is four miles from my office,

Your route sounds like an even better candidate for a bicycle
commute.

Yeah, that would be a sight in January... :-/

And what "sight" would that be? Some warmer clothes?


Do people really bike on snow and ice?

Some do, but it is pretty dangerous. It isn't so bad when the temps get
below zero as the traction then increases quite a bit as compared to
temps between 25 and 40. However, the wind chill at 0 and lower makes a
pretty uncomfortable ride.


Matt

Your route sounds like an even better candidate for a bicycle
commute.

Yeah, that would be a sight in January... :-/

And what "sight" would that be? Some warmer clothes?

Do they make snow tires for bicycles?

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Your route sounds like an even better candidate for a bicycle
commute.

Yeah, that would be a sight in January... :-/

And what "sight" would that be? Some warmer clothes?

Do they make snow tires for bicycles?

"Bikes on Ice? You're Kidding, Right?"

.... as found on http://www.icebike.org/

I would bet it'd be safer / more reliable to ride a bike in snow or ice for
4 miles than a car.

But even if you were completely adverse to riding in bad weather (not *cold*
mind you), what does that really reduce your # of cycling days by? A couple
weeks a year?

Jay Honeck opined

Your route sounds like an even better candidate for a bicycle
commute.

Yeah, that would be a sight in January... :-/

And what "sight" would that be? Some warmer clothes?

Do they make snow tires for bicycles?

the tires on my mountain bike would make pretty good snow tires. Ice might be
a problem though.



-ash
Cthulhu in 2005!
Why wait for nature?

JohnH wrote:

I, for example, would be a perfect candidate for mass transit. My
home is four miles from my office,


Your route sounds like an even better candidate for a bicycle commute.



Yes, if you live in the south. Bikes only work about half the year here
in northern PA.


Matt

Your route sounds like an even better candidate for a bicycle
commute.

Yes, if you live in the south. Bikes only work about half the year
here in northern PA.

What causes them to cease functioning the other half of the year?

If you meant "it's too cold to ride", consider about twice as many people
regularily commute by bicycle in PA than in GA...

http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/survey/commuter.htm