Comments on: Biking to work: BCC CRUSHES ALL

By: tesseract

tesseract — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:25:05 +0000

I’m on Day 6 of riding my bike everywhere (work, grocery store, etc). I rode to Church on Sunday (in a skirt!), and I was pleasantly surprised to see that we did in fact have bike racks at our building. woot!

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:05:36 +0000

My apologies, Researcher. It looked a lot worse after I hit “Add my comment.”

And I’ll add my amen to ESO’s comment about biking in Japan–get out into the inaka and you’ll wish you had an electric motor assist on your bike. Which, by the way, my wife and I got on some bikes we rented at the Nagasaki train station last year–for the steep hills there, they were a lifesaver. They worked like the power steering on a car–the motor cranked only when you were pedaling–and make a middle-aged couple feel like Lance Armstrong. Well, sort of.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:51:55 +0000

#120 – Sometimes on bikes that make tanks seem like light trikes.

By: ESO

ESO — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:02:54 +0000

I respect lowland Europeans for their commitment to biking but the Japanese who live (and proselyte) in the MOUNTAINS and ride bikes on extraordinary inclines get my real respect!

By: Researcher

Researcher — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:24:06 +0000

Wow. I’m all over the map today. The mission country bordered Denmark. I don’t know why I didn’t just say Germany. The bikes were from the Netherlands. They were very nice. Our mission president was from Europe and knew the importance of a decent bike.

We would have been the hot babes in long skirts riding bikes. (Thanks for the image, Mark B.)

No hills in one area.

Extreme hills in another area.

Trains and subways and buses in the big cities.

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:57:09 +0000

You all might find this video informative.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:44:40 +0000

Does Denmark really border Holland? I think a bunch of Schleswig-Holsteiners would beg to differ.

But, biking in Denmark or Holland does have some great advantages:

no hills–the highest elevation in either country is about 3 meters above sea level

hot babes in short skirts riding bikes

By: sister blah 2

sister blah 2 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:29:14 +0000

I held out for (at least) 115 comments, but my resolve is badly weakening. I, too, may have to buy a bike now. sigh.

By: ESO

ESO — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:23:18 +0000

Kris–you’re my hero!

This is seriously making me think I need to invest in a bike….

By: Researcher

Researcher — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:07:59 +0000

Thanks also to Steve for the comment. The primary reason I’ve just been looking at one place is that we try to support local businesses as much as possible. I prefer to support the families of the kids that my kids go to school with rather than having the money go to someone in Washington or Arkansas.

The second reason I’ve just looked at one place is that they have an ever-changing selection of used bikes for sale at this shop. Everyone in the family who rides a bike is riding a nice used Trek bike except I haven’t found anything yet and I’m about to give up and buy something new. I’ll look at that web site for ideas. Thanks!