Comments on: American Biology http://prestashrader.com/2009/05/03/american-biology/ Musings and Reflections from the Trenches of the Bike Industry Tue, 03 May 2011 02:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: johnny gaijin http://prestashrader.com/2009/05/03/american-biology/comment-page-1/#comment-100 johnny gaijin Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:51:40 +0000 http://prestavalve.wordpress.com/?p=401#comment-100 i live in seattle and think owning a car here is pretty ridiculous. but i grew up in montana. no bike trails or lanes or sharrows. highway rides required to go shopping. if i still lived in montana i would certainly ride my bike most of the time but having a car is practically required. i live in seattle and think owning a car here is pretty ridiculous. but i grew up in montana. no bike trails or lanes or sharrows. highway rides required to go shopping. if i still lived in montana i would certainly ride my bike most of the time but having a car is practically required.

]]> By: paul http://prestashrader.com/2009/05/03/american-biology/comment-page-1/#comment-46 paul Tue, 05 May 2009 23:44:36 +0000 http://prestavalve.wordpress.com/?p=401#comment-46 I agree, the rite of passage that is turning 16 and getting a car is a real bummer. Where i went to high school, i could nearly walk to school faster than driving, and the fastest method was by bike. The route i took on my bike was all neighborhood streets, but my parents bought me a car and insisted it be driven anyway. 5000 kids at that school and never more than 20 bikes outside, kids would even park as far as a mile out and walk in, just to be able to drive. I still have a car, but i'm making an effort to minimize my "need" for it. I can't wait to move to a real city and get rid of the car forever. Bicycles are pure, the monetary and ecological cost of making them pays off within a year of sustained riding. The good news is people are catching on to this now more than ever, i just dream of the day when there's no more hummers cutting me off, inviting my spit... I agree, the rite of passage that is turning 16 and getting a car is a real bummer. Where i went to high school, i could nearly walk to school faster than driving, and the fastest method was by bike. The route i took on my bike was all neighborhood streets, but my parents bought me a car and insisted it be driven anyway. 5000 kids at that school and never more than 20 bikes outside, kids would even park as far as a mile out and walk in, just to be able to drive.

I still have a car, but i’m making an effort to minimize my “need” for it. I can’t wait to move to a real city and get rid of the car forever.

Bicycles are pure, the monetary and ecological cost of making them pays off within a year of sustained riding. The good news is people are catching on to this now more than ever, i just dream of the day when there’s no more hummers cutting me off, inviting my spit…

]]> By: ‘Merican Design | Fuck Gas http://prestashrader.com/2009/05/03/american-biology/comment-page-1/#comment-45 ‘Merican Design | Fuck Gas Tue, 05 May 2009 02:01:22 +0000 http://prestavalve.wordpress.com/?p=401#comment-45 [...] Michael over at Presta or Shrader has a great new post up regarding the majority of American’s gross general reliance on automobiles and the mindset  that has overtaken the populace. Enjoy it here. [...] [...] Michael over at Presta or Shrader has a great new post up regarding the majority of American’s gross general reliance on automobiles and the mindset  that has overtaken the populace. Enjoy it here. [...]

]]> By: fuckgas http://prestashrader.com/2009/05/03/american-biology/comment-page-1/#comment-44 fuckgas Tue, 05 May 2009 01:50:38 +0000 http://prestavalve.wordpress.com/?p=401#comment-44 great one - i have to say I seriously regret allowing myself to fall into such a dependance on the car great one – i have to say I seriously regret allowing myself to fall into such a dependance on the car

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