[Graybeard58]

There’s a bicycle shop in a nearby town from me. I took my g/son and his flat bicycle tire there to get it fixed. While waiting, I thought I’d just look at some of the prices of new bikes they had displayed on a rack.

I couldn’t believe it, the first one I looked at was $29.95, I found the reason that it was unbelievable the next time I looked, it was not $29.95 but $2995.

They did only charge $3.50 to fix the flat though.

[the invisib1e hand]

They’re obnoxious in the suburbs and in the countryside as well.

[PERKY2004]

I suppose I'm an "urban cyclist" ~ since I live in a town with a population of about 500,000 people. I steadfastly and coscientiously obey MOST of the traffic laws (though I will admit to biking on the sidewalk on a few really busy streets with no bike lanes, but I always watch for and yield to pedestrians.) I racked up 3,500 miles on my Electra Hawaii Beach Cruiser last year ~ not to shabby for a 46-year-old housewife, huh? The best part? I lost 100 pounds in the process, woo HOO!

My city has been busily installing bike lanes all over the place, to the great consternation and dismay of pretty much everyone in my city. Personally, these bike lanes aren't anywhere near where I would want to bike, so I think they're pretty gosh-darned pointless. Frankly, I prefer to ride my bike as far away from traffic and cars as possible, so I do most of my riding on quiet residential side streets and on the rare bike trails around town. In fact, rather than bike LANES, I'd rather they spent the same money on some reasonably located bike TRAILS, but that's just me.

I love my bike.

[Revolting cat!]

[Yorlik803]

Car owners pay for the roads. We pay with taxs and fees. We have to carry insurance. And we have sticter laws to follow. Cycleists blow thru stops signs, red lights, weave in and out of traffic.
Make the bikers carry the same type of cash burden we have to pay and I would say” welcome aboard”.

[Tax-chick]

P.J. ping.