Re: Rights vs. Responsibility
David Whitmon <[email protected]>
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Riding into town to check my P O Box is 4.8 miles. From the time I start rolling out of my drive way, out of my subdivision, crossing two 4 way stop intersections and a 20 mph school zone before parking it at Post Office Square, I've done that ride in just over 12 minutes. The fastest I've hit is 44 mph in one not so big dip in the road. My slowest has been cresting a hill at 17 mph. I've ridden over 8,000 miles, a mixture of fun and utilitarian riding in the last 14 + months. I've averaged over 127 miles a week for the 63 weeks I've had it. This is my drug of choice. David On Feb 7, 2011, at 8:02 AM, MH wrote: > My big, full sized motor vehicles weighed around 3,000 pounds > with terrible MPG. I sure wasted a lot of money fueling those. > The little cars got 40-50 mpg. Even those are costly. > > My bicycles save me $1.50 each time I take one to town for errands. > A velomobile sure would be nice if I could save the money. > > -Mark Hoagy > > > On 2/7/2011 6:38 AM, Gene Floyd wrote: >> When I was based at Sawyer, many folks had one of those. We called >> it "a beater with a heater". >> ------Original Message------ >> From: MH >> Sender: touring-bounces+gene=rideforfatherhood.org-Wizm5X4GRk5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Rights vs. Responsibility >> Sent: Feb 7, 2011 06:56 >> >> If its that bad out in the winter with icy conditions I stay put. >> Snow isn't so bad riding on. The front wheel drive little cars >> work good over the years. Now I got this 3200 pound Cavalier >> monster for errands with piss poor fuel mileage. Payed $450 for it. >> Can't afford to crash it so I also drive slow during icy, snow >> packed, winter conditions when warrantied. -Mark Hoagy >> >> On 2/7/2011 5:39 AM, Gene Floyd wrote: >>> At that point, I'd be more worried about someone sliding into me >>> and would prefer the steel cage around me. If the roads were that >>> bad, I'd use chains front and rear and drive real slow in 4wd. >>> Gene > > > _______________________________________________ > Touring mailing list > [email protected] > Browse and search the archives: http://search.bikelist.org > Unsubscribe or list settings: > http://www.phred.org/mailman/options/touring