I'm seeing MANY more bikes!
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I'm seeing MANY more bikes!
Last summer it took me a month to count 80 bikes outside my window. This summer I'm counting 12 and more per day.
I commute home from work around midnight. I could go a week without seeing another cyclist. Last night I saw eight groups, with a total of about 15 cyclists. Most were young guys whizzing around the city. Several whooped and hollered when they saw me. I bet I'll have some great late-night races this season!
I commute home from work around midnight. I could go a week without seeing another cyclist. Last night I saw eight groups, with a total of about 15 cyclists. Most were young guys whizzing around the city. Several whooped and hollered when they saw me. I bet I'll have some great late-night races this season!
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Originally Posted by chicbicyclist
Key word is "season"
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I'm not seeing any more bikes here in Fat City
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i just saw a guy with some aluminum siding under his arm on his way to the scrap yard. i love muskegon! oh and alot of people ride there bike to A.A. next to us. i always want to adjust there seats for them.
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I'm seeing an increase in the number of vehicles in my neighborhood with attached bike racks of some sort. I'm guessing that more people were experimenting with bikes in some way when the weather turned nice, and then left the racks attached to their cars & trucks.
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I dunno. I've noticed demand for old roadies has shot way up here, and have been seeing a lot more riders over the last couple of years. I see more obvious commuters as well. Unlike Roody, I've made no counts, so it may all be hallucination on my part.
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Oops, sorry Roody. Misread ya.
I did notice more bike on the road, but I really only started commuting around late spring last year.
I did notice more bike on the road, but I really only started commuting around late spring last year.
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Originally Posted by Roody
Last summer it took me a month to count 80 bikes outside my window. This summer I'm counting 12 and more per day.
I commute home from work around midnight. I could go a week without seeing another cyclist. Last night I saw eight groups, with a total of about 15 cyclists. Most were young guys whizzing around the city. Several whooped and hollered when they saw me. I bet I'll have some great late-night races this season!
I commute home from work around midnight. I could go a week without seeing another cyclist. Last night I saw eight groups, with a total of about 15 cyclists. Most were young guys whizzing around the city. Several whooped and hollered when they saw me. I bet I'll have some great late-night races this season!
Sorry Roody, I could not resist.
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Originally Posted by chicbicyclist
Key word is "season"
On nice days the bike rack at the downtown library is totally full with more than a dozen bikes. In fact, yesterday some creep leaned a Trek up against my bike. His bike wasn't locked, so I think he was trying to make it look like it was locked to mine. It will soon be stolen, if it wasn't already. Seems like anybody who could afford a decent Trek would have a lock for it.
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Originally Posted by Roody
Yes, but I already thought I was seeing more bikes all winter. I used to go through the months of Dec.-Feb.-March seeing maybe one other rider in Lansing, a few more when I went over to East Lansing. This past winter I saw small numbers of riders all winter long.
On nice days the bike rack at the downtown library is totally full with more than a dozen bikes. In fact, yesterday some creep leaned a Trek up against my bike. His bike wasn't locked, so I think he was trying to make it look like it was locked to mine. It will soon be stolen, if it wasn't already. Seems like anybody who could afford a decent Trek would have a lock for it.
On nice days the bike rack at the downtown library is totally full with more than a dozen bikes. In fact, yesterday some creep leaned a Trek up against my bike. His bike wasn't locked, so I think he was trying to make it look like it was locked to mine. It will soon be stolen, if it wasn't already. Seems like anybody who could afford a decent Trek would have a lock for it.
Maybe the price of gas added to all the other costs, really is having an effect on the use of cars?
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Every time I see a new cyclist and think another has joined the commuting community, I found out from them that they only do it one day a week. I guess it is a start....
I have noticed more kids on bikes and small grocery bags hanging from their handlebars heading back from the "stop and rob" stores. But...as Peter stated...not much more to cycling activity here in Fat City.
I have noticed more kids on bikes and small grocery bags hanging from their handlebars heading back from the "stop and rob" stores. But...as Peter stated...not much more to cycling activity here in Fat City.
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I've been seeing a lot more bikes lately too. Especially today for some reason.
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Bikes are showing up more in Southern California in increments. Higher fuel/cost of living=more bike use beyond recreation seems to operate during times of crisis. I always keep at least one bike on hand for those times which seem to become more and more frequent.
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Originally Posted by 2manybikes
Maybe the price of gas added to all the other costs, really is having an effect on the use of cars?
Originally Posted by TxBiker
Every time I see a new cyclist and think another has joined the commuting community, I found out from them that they only do it one day a week. I guess it is a start....
I live in a poor neighborhood. I'm thinking a lot of cyclists have more or less permanently parked their cars. I'll be asking around as I encounter these new riders in my travels.
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I have see more people cycling here also in a small community. I am having trouble finding a place to park at the store.
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Ive noticed a bunch more cyclists recently but i donthave last year to compare to, so i figure it was just the changing weather that was bringing them out. I have been noticing more permanently parked cars in my neighborhood too.
Ive noticed a bunch more cyclists recently but i donthave last year to compare to, so i figure it was just the changing weather that was bringing them out. I have been noticing more permanently parked cars in my neighborhood too.
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I saw about 30 cyclists out this evening in my neighborhood. I didn't think to start counting until after I saw the first ten or so. No pattern I could discern, except there were no high school age or younger folks out on bikes.
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I live in a suburban neighborhood that is full of spoiled SUV owners. Their kids are growing up much like them. The local high school doesn't even have a bike rack. When I posed the question about getting a rack to a teacher a couple of years ago, I got the response that they didn't need one. Maybe if they had one available, they would need one. Sounds like the "chicken or the egg".
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Originally Posted by Lion Steve
I live in a suburban neighborhood that is full of spoiled SUV owners. Their kids are growing up much like them. The local high school doesn't even have a bike rack. When I posed the question about getting a rack to a teacher a couple of years ago, I got the response that they didn't need one. Maybe if they had one available, they would need one. Sounds like the "chicken or the egg".
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I have noticed a few more bikes at the rack where I work lately. The season here is almost over though. We'll see how many stick it out through summer.
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It is pouring today. I saw one commuter on the way in (compared with a sunny weather four or five). On the way home I predict zero, compared with the usual dozen recreational riders.
People are so scared they'll melt if they get wet. I didn't even wear rain gear today, yeah I was wet, yeah maybe I was a little cold, maybe my hands were really cold, but jeeze. I'm here at my desk healthy still, no fever, no cough.
Where did the idea come from that a drop of rain on our head is the end of the world?
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People are so scared they'll melt if they get wet. I didn't even wear rain gear today, yeah I was wet, yeah maybe I was a little cold, maybe my hands were really cold, but jeeze. I'm here at my desk healthy still, no fever, no cough.
Where did the idea come from that a drop of rain on our head is the end of the world?
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Originally Posted by Roody
Last summer it took me a month to count 80 bikes outside my window. This summer I'm counting 12 and more per day.
about 25 miles east of LA, no one seems to
be doing anything about the gas situation
except *****ing. A lot more Hybrids on the
road, but bicycle traffic that I see while
I am out on the Bent is about the same.
The one element that routinely rides
a bike to and fro work tho, are the illegal
aliens. I see them out in the late afternoons
on their way home from day labor. Those
poor bastards have it rough. Work their ass
physically all day and have to ride their bike
home at night! Ironically tho,... most of em
are overweight. Go figure?
While I am keeping my 91 Honda, I bought
a 36 speed Rhoades Car
yesterday that will be delivered
mid summer, and between that and my two
bikes and a great bus and light rail system
I hope to be 95% car free the rest of the year.
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Originally Posted by cabana 4 life
i just saw a guy with some aluminum siding under his arm on his way to the scrap yard. i love muskegon! oh and alot of people ride there bike to A.A. next to us. i always want to adjust there seats for them.