What's everyone doing for Bike Month?

Ralph Barone

In article <34850g.s83.ln@vcn.bc.ca>,
tkeats2005@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:

> In article <0dl2vf.tp.ln@vcn.bc.ca>,
> tkeats2005@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) writes:
>
> > I believe the VACC does pancake breakfasts for
> > bike commuters during Bike Month.
>
> Oops. Maybe I was thinking of Bike To Work Week:
> http://www.vacc.bc.ca/index.php?task=btw.main
>
> So many cycling events, it's easy to mix 'em up.
>
> I'm sorely tempted to scare-up a beach bomber, 'n
> do the Solstice Ride this upcoming June.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom

Thanks for the link. I'm signed up for Bike To Work Week now.

Tom Keats

In article <invalid-5FE217.21583910052008@shawnews>,
Ralph Barone <invalid@not_real.ca> writes:
> In article <34850g.s83.ln@vcn.bc.ca>,
> tkeats2005@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:
>
>> In article <0dl2vf.tp.ln@vcn.bc.ca>,
>> tkeats2005@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) writes:
>>
>> > I believe the VACC does pancake breakfasts for
>> > bike commuters during Bike Month.
>>
>> Oops. Maybe I was thinking of Bike To Work Week:
>> http://www.vacc.bc.ca/index.php?task=btw.main
>>
>> So many cycling events, it's easy to mix 'em up.
>>
>> I'm sorely tempted to scare-up a beach bomber, 'n
>> do the Solstice Ride this upcoming June.
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>> Tom
>
> Thanks for the link. I'm signed up for Bike To Work Week now.

Of all the cycling events, Bike To Work Week really strikes
a chord with me. It gently invites people to not only
recognize, but actually experience bicycling as a viable
means of true, meaningful and practical transportation.

I just might participate, myself, although my route to work
is so far off the well-beaten path (Vancouver -> East Richmond
via the Knight St Bridge) I most likely wouldn't get to
enjoy the supportive way-stations of the VACC, which are
typically set up along bike routes like the Adanac. That's
okay, I usually lone wolf it anyways. Any reluctance on my
part to participate is based on the physically demanding
nature of my work at a logistics/distribution warehouse.
After a tough shift of unloading marine containers full of
imported goods, clawing one's way up the South Hill ain't
exactly a piece o' cake.

I shall nevertheless certainly contribute. Bike To Work Week
spreads a good message that needs to be spread. It doesn't
demand that everybody burns their car to the ground. It just
suggests that for some people blessed with conducive situations
they haven't yet realized, there's a better way to get around.
Then they can decide for themselves to burn their cars to
the ground.

Beautie, eh?

Watch out for Mandatory Helmet Law-enforcing cops.
This is when they crawl out of the woodwork.
Bad boyz, bad boyz, what'ch'a gonna do, what'ch'a
gonna do when they come for you ... ;-)

No-helmet fines should go toward putting a cyclists'
push-button traffic light @ Prince Edward St & 41st Ave.


cheers,
Tom

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Dane Buson

Tom Keats <tkeats2005@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Jay" <jbollyn@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Next month, I plan to wake up. God willing.
>
> For me, ~every~ month is Bike Month.
>
> Well, January, maybe not so much.

I recently was introduced to a lass who started bike commuting here in
January and has continued up to the present date. Very impressive I
thought personally. It's hard to start in the middle of the worst
season. Far easier to start when the weather is nice and gradually
accumulate wet weather gear.

--
Dane Buson - sigdane@unixbigots.org
It seems a little silly now, but this country was founded as a protest
against taxation.

Zoot Katz

On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:53:30 -0700, tkeats2005@hotmail.com (Tom
Keats) wrote, in part:

>No-helmet fines should go toward putting a cyclists'
>push-button traffic light @ Prince Edward St & 41st Ave.

And at 33rd.
--
zk

Peter Cole

Tom Keats wrote:

> No-helmet fines should go toward putting a cyclists'
> push-button traffic light @ Prince Edward St & 41st Ave.

Or a repeal fund.

Tom Keats

In article <jkYWj.5676$GK4.49@trndny01>,
Peter Cole <peter_cole@verizon.net> writes:
> Tom Keats wrote:
>
>> No-helmet fines should go toward putting a cyclists'
>> push-button traffic light @ Prince Edward St & 41st Ave.
>
> Or a repeal fund.

Gov't money-grabs are never repealed.

Now, my fellow British Columbians are soon to be
inflicted with a so-called "carbon tax" on our
fossil fuel purchases:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/...898e0b7&k=38130

When we buy coal oil/kerosene and other non-burnt
petrochemicals such as for painting from the hardware
store, we already have to pay a recycling/disposal
premium on those, and that's all right by me.

But watch out -- we British Columbians are the guys who
originally trend-setted MHLs.

It's also not okay to smoke a cigarette near a building
entrance or in a bistro patio, but it /is/ okay to drive
a filthy diesel exhaust-spewing dump truck past it.
Even if it exceeds the posted civic speed limit. Although
those big wobbly clouds of diarrhea-brown diesel exhaust
seem to come mostly from engine-braking (which truck drivers
are politely asked not to do in the city.)

Thus is the People's Republic of British Columbia.

The situation is hopeless but not serious.



cheers,
Tom

--
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I'm really at:
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