Comments on: Workin’ on the Chain: 16 Reasons We Need Bikes http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=16-reasons-we-need-bikes The Art of Unfortunate Travel Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sofia http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-5511 Sofia Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:42:55 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-5511 I love riding my Villy Customs beach cruiser everywhere and these are very good reasons why I do so! Love the article! I love riding my Villy Customs beach cruiser everywhere and these are very good reasons why I do so!
Love the article!

]]> By: Rich Dansereau http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-100 Rich Dansereau Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-100 I really think that state and local governments need to fund and construct more bicycle lanes. This would give an extra sense of safety that would encourage more biking. I really think that state and local governments need to fund and construct more bicycle lanes. This would give an extra sense of safety that would encourage more biking.

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-99 Mikeachim Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:45:43 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-99 <b>Thank you! The pictures are indeed stunners. I'm very grateful for the creators posting them as Creative Commons photos on Flickr, thus allowing me to use them. Some talented folk out there. The first photo is apparently Beijing - nicely in keeping with one of my points in the post.</b> Thank you! The pictures are indeed stunners. I'm very grateful for the creators posting them as Creative Commons photos on Flickr, thus allowing me to use them. Some talented folk out there.

The first photo is apparently Beijing – nicely in keeping with one of my points in the post.

]]> By: Becky Striepe http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-98 Becky Striepe Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:15:22 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-98 Great post! I really dug the pictures, especially that first one. Great post! I really dug the pictures, especially that first one.

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-94 Mikeachim Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:50:57 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-94 <b>I have a dream of doing a slow version of what Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman did, all pedal-powered. It's ludicrous, but it's still a dream I have. A couple of really demanding bike-rides will cure me of it, I'm sure. But I'd definitely like to see what China is like by bike - using a mountain bike with a *really good* suspension system, mind. And I know the Chanel bike. $6k? I thought it was nearer <a href="http:\/\/www.purseblog.com\/chanel-bags\/the-17000-chanel-bicycle.html" target="_blank">$15k</a>. If you *can* get it for $6k, there's a hefty profit to be made if you can bear to sell it again!</b> I have a dream of doing a slow version of what Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman did, all pedal-powered. It's ludicrous, but it's still a dream I have. A couple of really demanding bike-rides will cure me of it, I'm sure. But I'd definitely like to see what China is like by bike – using a mountain bike with a *really good* suspension system, mind.

And I know the Chanel bike. $6k? I thought it was nearer $15k. If you *can* get it for $6k, there's a hefty profit to be made if you can bear to sell it again!

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-95 Mikeachim Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:50:57 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-95 <b>I have a dream of doing a slow version of what Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman did, all pedal-powered. It's ludicrous, but it's still a dream I have. A couple of really demanding bike-rides will cure me of it, I'm sure. But I'd definitely like to see what China is like by bike - using a mountain bike with a *really good* suspension system, mind. And I know the Chanel bike. $6k? I thought it was nearer <a href="http:\/\/www.purseblog.com\/chanel-bags\/the-17000-chanel-bicycle.html" target="_blank">$15k</a>. If you *can* get it for $6k, there's a hefty profit to be made if you can bear to sell it again!</b> I have a dream of doing a slow version of what Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman did, all pedal-powered. It's ludicrous, but it's still a dream I have. A couple of really demanding bike-rides will cure me of it, I'm sure. But I'd definitely like to see what China is like by bike – using a mountain bike with a *really good* suspension system, mind.

And I know the Chanel bike. $6k? I thought it was nearer $15k. If you *can* get it for $6k, there's a hefty profit to be made if you can bear to sell it again!

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-96 Mikeachim Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:50:57 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-96 <b>I have a dream of doing a slow version of what Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman did, all pedal-powered. It's ludicrous, but it's still a dream I have. A couple of really demanding bike-rides will cure me of it, I'm sure. But I'd definitely like to see what China is like by bike - using a mountain bike with a *really good* suspension system, mind. And I know the Chanel bike. $6k? I thought it was nearer <a href="http:\/\/www.purseblog.com\/chanel-bags\/the-17000-chanel-bicycle.html" target="_blank">$15k</a>. If you *can* get it for $6k, there's a hefty profit to be made if you can bear to sell it again!</b> I have a dream of doing a slow version of what Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman did, all pedal-powered. It's ludicrous, but it's still a dream I have. A couple of really demanding bike-rides will cure me of it, I'm sure. But I'd definitely like to see what China is like by bike – using a mountain bike with a *really good* suspension system, mind.

And I know the Chanel bike. $6k? I thought it was nearer $15k. If you *can* get it for $6k, there's a hefty profit to be made if you can bear to sell it again!

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-97 Mikeachim Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:50:57 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-97 <b>I have a dream of doing a slow version of what Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman did, all pedal-powered. It's ludicrous, but it's still a dream I have. A couple of really demanding bike-rides will cure me of it, I'm sure. But I'd definitely like to see what China is like by bike - using a mountain bike with a *really good* suspension system, mind. And I know the Chanel bike. $6k? I thought it was nearer <a href="http:\/\/www.purseblog.com\/chanel-bags\/the-17000-chanel-bicycle.html" target="_blank">$15k</a>. If you *can* get it for $6k, there's a hefty profit to be made if you can bear to sell it again!</b> I have a dream of doing a slow version of what Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman did, all pedal-powered. It's ludicrous, but it's still a dream I have. A couple of really demanding bike-rides will cure me of it, I'm sure. But I'd definitely like to see what China is like by bike – using a mountain bike with a *really good* suspension system, mind.

And I know the Chanel bike. $6k? I thought it was nearer $15k. If you *can* get it for $6k, there's a hefty profit to be made if you can bear to sell it again!

]]> By: Lan http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-90 Lan Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:47:17 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-90 {admission} i am on the market for a bike. that chanel bike is gorgeous and completely out of my price range. if i could plop down £6K i'd totally get *that* bike. my parents live in China for work. i went to visit them for a week. the roads are terrible, hence the bikers being EVERYWHERE, road and sidewalk. i was not impressed with China. {admission} i am on the market for a bike. that chanel bike is gorgeous and completely out of my price range. if i could plop down £6K i'd totally get *that* bike.

my parents live in China for work. i went to visit them for a week. the roads are terrible, hence the bikers being EVERYWHERE, road and sidewalk. i was not impressed with China.

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/16-reasons-we-need-bikes#comment-87 Mikeachim Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:35:21 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=174#comment-87 <b>Ah, but I saw on Twitter that you were coming round to the idea. ;) Regarding looking good on a bike - <a href="http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/lifeandstyle\/2008\/sep\/04\/fashion" target="_blank">no pressure</a>. You were in Beijing? Tell all! And how was the Beijing road system geared up to use bikes (no pun intended)?</b> Ah, but I saw on Twitter that you were coming round to the idea. ;)

Regarding looking good on a bike – no pressure.

You were in Beijing? Tell all! And how was the Beijing road system geared up to use bikes (no pun intended)?

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