[SDCBC] Efficiency & Bicycles

[Gale Chan]

I think recreational cycling is an easier "sell".  I've
persuaded 7 friends/family to ride bikes--3 now bike commute
to work occasionally but they did not have that in mind
initially.  

-- Gale


--- James Hotchkiss <jhotchkiss at cox.net> wrote:

> A friend of mine who is a nutritionist always says that eating healthfully
> in today's world is like being a fish trying to swim upstream.  Everything
> in this society is against it... advertising, ease of prepared foods,
> friends good intentions, etc.
> 
> I've always felt that way about commuting on a bicycle.  It goes against so
> much... the trillion dollar automotive industry, the esteem of the
> automobile, friends good intentions, etc.  
> 
> I bike anyway... and I love it.
> 
> But damn if I have been able to persuade any of my friends to do the same.
> 20+ years of commuting on my bike and not one convert.  
> 
> Maybe tomorrow.
> 
> JimH




 
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