The times are changing this is for sure.I have been having my bike sent by
ups to the place that I am staying and it has worked well.three months ago
it cost just a hundred dollars to have it shipped both ways.
ltr Calvin Weeks

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:12 PM, thomas_d_church <thomas_d_church@...>
wrote:

> A agree about the relationship of bike use to gas prices. I think
> what happens is a driver takes a short ride instead of jumping in his
> car one day and discovers it was fun, so he does it again. So the gas
> prices nudge him to discover that riding is fun and he realizes what
> he may have known in his youth - he can travel pretty far in a short
> time without huge effort and it's fun. That first ride can lead to
> many more.
>
> Now for a new advocacy issue. I always take my bike on trips and
> since I'm at living at the end of a peninsula, which cannot be
> escaped except by boat or plane. Therefore I am accustommed to bring
> my bike on planes. In the last 12 months I flew to California and
> Indonesia with no charges to bring a bike. Tomorrow I'm heading to
> Cape Cod without one of my bikes because Delta wants to charge me an
> extra $300 to help pay their fuel costs.
>
> --- In bicyclingadvocacy@yahoogroups.com<bicyclingadvocacy%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Michael Graff"
> <michael.graff@...> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 15:26, thomas_d_church
> > <thomas_d_church@...> wrote:
> >
> > > It's hard to account for the growth in bike use by looking at
> advocacy
> > > efforts, MUP construction, gas prices, etc. I think the only way
> to
> > > account for it is to understand that it's now a fad here. Not
> only is
> > > rding socially acceptable, it's become the thing to do. That's a
> major
> > > cultural shift.
> >
> > Here in California, I'm also seeing lots more cyclists. I'd guess
> > most of it is because of high fuel prices. We went from about
> > $3/gallon to about $4.50/gallon in a few months. Transit ridership
> is
> > also booming.
> >
> > More generally, when motoring gets more difficult or expensive,
> > cycling becomes more attractive by comparison.
> >
>
>
>



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