... I thought of that; I probably would've gotten Riin to knit me a pair in the past. Unfortunately, with her departure, there's no one in my life right now...
Just to clarify, when I referred to 40km/hr as being too fast to be safe in most urban environments I meant the overall average speed rather than the cruising ...
When I saw the word, my first thought was that it might have something to do with the man in the Rocky Mountain Institute, which has featured on this group in...
... Take a look for hunting mittens that have a glove inside for the fingers. The mitten part can fold over the gloved fingers or be pulled back. Since they...
I have noticed that the gap between recreational bikers and commuters is starting overlap and merge. Since our long term goals are similar, I believe it is...
I've put together a demo site <http://carfreecasualties.blogspot.com/> about how we might be able to easily keep a map/ construct a memorial of people hit by...
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Bart Hawkins Kreps
bart.hawkinskreps@...
Feb 3, 2008 3:08 pm
... That's a great idea. Sad to say, it's something that's really needed. Is the technology easily and widely accessible, to make such a map worldwide? If so,...
In the UK some local authorities put up signs saying things like "44 casualties in 3 years" as an exhortation to motorists to take more care. That's slightly ...
... LOL! No. My AVERAGE speed is between 20-25 km/h depending on conditions; my normal cruising speed is between 25 and 35 km/h. However, I generally exceed...
... Oh bloody hell! Those are my DREAM mittens, complete with the blaze orange visibility! But I go there and they're freakin' SOLD OUT! AAARRRGGGGHHH!!! :P...
... their ... exception to ... have ... common ... Breton, ... TF: My bad; there's probably no such thing as a "typical" bike club. Nor does being a...
I should perhaps say that one factor in my being "terrified" at 23km/hr is that the type of bike we were given is the type where one brakes by back pedalling, ...
I've used gloves called lobster gloves. They are a design with a thumb and and two "finger" sections where the first and second fingers and the third and...
I had no problems just putting my cat in her crate and the crate in my Burley solo (child trailer). The huge surprise was that the cat LOVES the trailer...
Or try snowmobile mittens .I use large mittens on really cold rides .they work fine for my 3.5 mile ride to work .The other morning was the coldest ride ever...
GTZ SUTP has published the Chinese translation of Module 5d: The CDM in the Transport Sector. The module was released in 2007 and written by Dr Jürg Grütter...
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David Hansen
davidh@...
Feb 5, 2008 6:06 pm
... I though the idea was to taken them on pleasant outings first, so that they don't just associate the cage with the V E T. Perhaps the cat likes being able...
... Oh, OK. Yeah, I'd probably be scared, too, considering that I'm used to the rapid stopping power a front brake provides; in fact, that's probably much of...
INTRODUCTORY PROFILE 1. Which of the following best describes you? Please check one. I do not presently own a car though I have owned a car previously. ...
Hi Mari! Welcome, and I'm glad to hear from another fellow western upstate NY person. I've been living the car-free lifestyle in Buffalo, NY since mid-2006...
Because I live in Santa Rosa and the tour will be here in less than 2 weeks, I decided I should at least find out what roads will be blocked off and when. I...
The 100 day food supply - for when the trucks stop rolling. Obviously, I have simplified it down to only three inexpensive things that are easy to store long...
I will have to say that I have been very pleased with the Centro bus system here. There are few things they could make better, but I have ridden on some...
This (message below) struck me as an odd thing to post to CarFree -- especially the part about loading it all up in a car to flee a burning city. - Alice...
"The 100 day food supply - for when the trucks stop rolling." This is a sad fact of life and CarFreers tend to be more aware than the general population....
Mari Lea wrote: "... One thing I do notice is that people that do not take the bus, or walk to get somewhere, think that I'm going to be murdered if I leave my...
Did anyone see this article in the New York Times? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/science/earth/08wbiofuels.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin (I hope the...