Bicycling for Work

About 20% of Americans people are physically unable to ride
bicycle because they are too fat.

Oh Thanks to God I am not American

Lol LOL

Dre said:

About 20% of Americans people are physically unable to
ride bicycle because they are too fat.

Oh Thanks to God I am not American

Lol LOL

Good point!

On 18 Apr 2004 00:00:47 -0700, [email hidden] (Red Cloud) wrote
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Anyone uses bike going to work?

I do, but I live in the UK.

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On 18 Apr 2004 00:00:47 -0700, [email hidden] (Red
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Anyone uses bike going to work?

I do, but I live in the UK.

Me too - bike to work that is - not living in the UK.
Not that there's anything wrong with that - living in
the UK that is.

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Anyone uses bike going to work???

No. I tried, but...

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and ride bicycle. About 20% of Americans people are
physically unable to ride bicycle because they are
too fat.

Everything was going okay for the first tenth of a mile.
Then I bruised my love handles with my knees when I reached
down for the drops. I decided cycling was too dangerous; now
I just read this group for the political arguments.

Thanks for asking.

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Anyone uses bike going to work??? Gas price is all time
time now. Perhpas it's best time to ride bicycle to work.

I love it when Americans grumble about the high price of
gas. Let's see, regular gas in the Denver area is $1.70 -
$1.90 per US gallon (~3.8 liters), and in my corner of
Colorado it's $1.80 -$2.00. Would any British readers like
to give us an update on the price of gas in their corner of
the world?
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Dre said:

About 20% of Americans people are physically unable to
ride bicycle because they are too fat.

Oh Thanks to God I am not American

Lol LOL

laugh it up croatia. the devil is in your midst & it's just
a matter of time.

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"Red Cloud" wrote ...

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Anyone uses bike going to work??? Gas price is all
time time now. Perhpas it's best time to ride bicycle
to work.

I love it when Americans grumble about the high price of
gas. Let's see, regular gas in the Denver area is $1.70 -
$1.90 per US gallon (~3.8

liters),

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and in my corner of Colorado it's $1.80 -$2.00. Would any
British readers like to give us an update on the price of
gas in their corner of the

world?

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A few weeks ago when I was in the Czech Republic,
gasoline was about $3.30/gal (22.5 korunas/L). It's
probably higher now.

I was happy and amazed to see that many fuel stations in CZ
also sell biodiesel. It's comical to me that in the US, only
a few researchers and activists have even *experimented*
with using biodiesel. In CZ, it's already a commodity.

Laugh at Americans in their ridiculous gas-hogging SUV's. Go
ahead and laugh at them. They deserve ridicule.

R

Dre said:

About 20% of Americans people are physically unable to
ride bicycle because they are too fat.

There are certainly a lot of Americans that are incapable of
riding a bike because of weight, but I don't believe it's
anywhere NEAR 20%. Is there any evidence to support that
statistic?

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Oh Thanks to God I am not American

We do too. ;-)

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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:53:37 GMT, "loki" <[email hidden]> wrote
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Not that there's anything wrong with that - living in the
UK that is.

Dolan thinks there is ;-)

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Would any British readers like to give us an update on the
price of gas in their corner of the world?

£0.769/l, £2.91 per short measure US gallon (is that right),
so $5.23 per US gallon.

And even then road fuel and vehicle excise dutes fall short
of the costs of private motoring to the economy. Even before
we start invading people for oil.

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About 20% of Americans people are physically unable to ride
bicycle because they are too fat.

I'm glad to see a fat American on a bike, in time this will
be one less fat American.

It's probably closer to 2% who actually can't ride due
to obesity.

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Mark Hickey said:

There are certainly a lot of Americans that are incapable
of riding a bike because of weight, but I don't believe
it's anywhere NEAR 20%. Is there any evidence to support
that statistic?

I have seen some REALLY fat people on bikes...

If you change "physically unable" to "fat, and too lazy",
the percentages will likely quadruple.

Eric S. Sande said:

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About 20% of Americans people are physically unable to
ride bicycle because they are too fat.

I'm glad to see a fat American on a bike, in time this
will be one less fat American.

Yes!

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It's probably closer to 2% who actually can't ride due to
obesity.

From what I've seen, it seems like more than that can't even
walk, or have a hard time of it. That said, cycling is the
easiest way for most people to burn a lot of calories,
without stressing their body in other ways.

Matt O.

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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:59:30 GMT, "mark"
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<[email hidden]>:

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Would any British readers like to give us an update on the
price of gas in their corner of the world?

£0.769/l, £2.91 per short measure US gallon (is that
right), so $5.23 per US gallon.

And even then road fuel and vehicle excise dutes fall short
of the costs of private motoring to the economy. Even
before we start invading people for oil.

For a while, I've thought that the US should change how it
funds the military. Rather than using income tax, 60-70% of
the military budget should come from a tax on petroleum, not
just a gas tax. Not owning a car, I still benefit from
trucks being able to deliver food at low cost, at cheap
plastic products, etc.

If people don't like the price of gas, they cut back and the
military is forced to reduce operations. They like having
lots of gas, they pay and the military is able to keep the
oil coming in. A self-regulating system in ways.

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About 20% of Americans people are physically unable to
ride bicycle because they are too fat.

I'm glad to see a fat American on a bike, in time this
will be one less fat American.

It's probably closer to 2% who actually can't ride due to
obesity.

I thought the problem was all those hyperexpensive carbon
frames that can't take more than 200lb riders. That'd
disqualify at least 20% of Americans.
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"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote

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Guy gets his cheap. In my bit of the UK, it's a sniff
under 80p per litre

which

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works out considerably more than in the USA. I must admit,
I have a wry

smile

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when I hear of complaints about the price of fuel on
t'other side of the

pond

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;-)

Cheers, helen s

A few years back I spent some time bicycling around England,
Wales, and a little bit of Ireland. Occasionally when I
passed a gas station I would try to convert the posted
prices from pence/liter to US$/gallon, doing the math in my
head. At first I thought I had made some gross blunder in
the computation, but it finally dawned on me that people
really were paying that much money for gasoline. Made me
damn glad to be on a bicycle, instead of driving!
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Matt O'Toole said:

Eric S. Sande said:

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About 20% of Americans people are physically unable to
ride bicycle because they are too fat.

I'm glad to see a fat American on a bike, in time this
will be one less fat American.

Yes!

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It's probably closer to 2% who actually can't ride due to
obesity.

From what I've seen, it seems like more than that can't
even walk, or have a hard time of it. That said, cycling is
the easiest way for most people to burn a lot of calories,
without stressing their body in other ways.

I've seen some incredibly heavy people on bikes - some who I
would expect to have trouble walking (at least very far).
It's nearly the perfect workout for them since they're not
damaging their already overloaded joints. There is one
particular very, very heavy woman I passed on my regular
ride - she would ride a heavy upright bike on the sidewalk
at a very, very slow pace. As the months went by, she lost
probably 50 pounds (22kg) and got faster. I haven't seen her
for a while (my schedule changed), but I wouldn't be
surprised to see her riding faster (and thinner).

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Anyone uses bike going to work??? Gas price is all time
time now. Perhpas it's best time to ride bicycle to work.

I do, to my "part-time job", as I call my refereeing.
Bikes aren't allowed on one of the bridges I have to cross
to my day job.

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I don't know if a car addicted American can leave their
addiction at home and ride bicycle. About 20% of
Americans people are physically unable to ride bicycle
because they are too fat.

That would change in a hurry if they just started riding
even a little.

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