Yes, when will WE? Cars should or should have the burden of the safety responsibility to avoid hitting us. They are faster, they are usually coming up from...
A yard seems to be too big for a step. More like 1/2 of that. Are you sure these figures don't include the walking within buildings? Many American don't walk...
"Jim Gagnepain" >>> I had about a 1-foot wide shoulder ... Like Lauren, on this trip, I had to cooperate with traffic. On a number of occassions, I looked in...
... Lauren, on ... occassions, I ... the same ... break!", I ... misunderstood. But ... be ... trouble. ... squeeze past. ... Actually, I left the roadway...
Love affair with cars starts to skid By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Tue Aug 1, 3:22 PM ET WASHINGTON - Americans love their automobiles, but...
... looked in my mirror, and saw a Semi bearing down on me, while at the same time a truck was approaching from the front. "Good time for a break!", I told...
INTRODUCTORY PROFILE 1. Which of the following best describes you? I am car-free and have never owned a car 2. How long have you been either car-free or used...
.. but not far enough yet http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0802-31.htm "Microsoft is looking for more elbow room," said a recent headline in The New York...
De Clarke wrote: ... ... An appropriate time for a plug for free software, which is to proprietary SW like cycling is to driving. OK, a tenuous anology, but ...
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Q: How come when you're riding a ten speed bicycle, when you're not pedaling the bike makes a clicking noise? Submitted by Mike Walker from Deming, NM A: Mike,...
Q: How come no matter which direction I ride my bicycle, the wind blows against me? Submitted by Christopher Coughlin from Colorado Springs, CO A: Were you...
I just completed building a kayak. I have used it a number of times. I like using it. I am now getting sick of having to load up a Ford E150 cargo van every...
... [snip schmart reply] Who else here couldn't watch "Breaking Away" because the Foley artist had it exactly backwards, overlaying this annoying ratchety...
... Bikes At Work Spine Trailer should do the trick... http://www.ucolick.org/~de/AltTrans/SpineTrailer/ with a bit of a bed/cradle mounted on the supports......
A yard is the archetypal step, and I know that if I see a sign saying something is so many yards ahead I'm usually fairly accurate in telling when I'll get ...
... TF: That's all well and good for yuppies, but the one that I built out of driftwood in about a half a day in 1978 and hauled an 18' canoe, among umpteen...
Howdy, Ned, (age 55) here from Glendora, CA. USA I will introduce myself via the questions below. I look forward to participating here in a spirit of becoming...
... Date sent: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:29:22 -0700 From: "Ned Goudy" <ned.goudy@...> Subject: Re: Welcome to CarFree Howdy, Ned, (age 55) here from Glendora,...
... The natural landscape of the Chicago area is predominantly flat. However, because of all the highways and railroad tracks (and a few rivers), the landscape...
... built out ... canoe, ... Eastern ... made ... the ... TF: And my point was: Given that you're in an area that is _indeed_ virtually _made_ for cycling, how...
BikeFriday.com has an article about cycling with kayak; their trailer frame or trailer kit system would work well. Adventure Cycling.org also has an article or...
INTRODUCTORY PROFILE 1. Which of the following best describes you? Please check one. __ I own a car (alternative fuel vehicle)but use other forms of transport...
... I have to credit the Rails to Trails Conservancy http://www.railtrails.org for creating the safe, pleasant, carfree facilities that inspired me to start...
Octogenarian Robert Brodie is a familiar sight in the Willcox area, traveling the highways and byways on his reclining bicycle. He has logged more 16,000 miles...
... _indeed_ ... of a ... to "motor ... TF: Or in other words, partly me, since I've been on the board since 1991 (and was the 2005 President's Award...
I'm guessing thats unusual in the US. Can't move over here in Europe for old biddies and gents on bicycles. Usually with a basket on the front. Shyrley SueW...
Hi and welcome to the list. There is a science to safe traffic bicycling: it's been studied, and we know how to train cyclists not only to avoid common...