[SDCBC] Auto Show at Convention Ctr?

[Jim Baross]

I have a plastic sign I got from San Francisco bike advocates that has this

      BICYCLING
   a quiet statement
AGAINST OIL WARS

I had two of these. One got taken off of the back of the bike I had 
it on... I'm not sure if the thief agreed with the statement and 
wanted it for themselves or if they disagreed with it and wanted to 
destroy it.  :-(  Anyway, I got 99% favorable responses from people 
who read it, though one fellow yelled that "don't you know that your 
tires are made with petroleum?" He wasn't belligerent and agreed that 
I was getting lots of miles from the minor amount of oil used for my tires.

Oh, Adventure Cycling Org sells a t-shirt with a photo of a small boy 
furiously pedaling a small tricycle and a similarly aged girl on the 
back, both grinning and enjoying the breeze. The text below says, 
"Remember the Thrill"

At 12:56 PM 12/26/2007, Neil Brooks wrote:
>Attendance, but with a well-thought message emblazoned on your t-shirt??
>
>Examples might include nearly /any/ non-antagonistic, 
>cycling-friendly message,
>like:
>
>  - Cars are cool, but bikes are better (w/ a bicycle icon*)
>
>  - MPG = ∞ [infinity symbol}, [again: w/ a bicycle icon]
>
>  - Two wheels are twice as good as four (ditto)
>
>  - Cycling Saves Lives (ditto)
>
>  - [pushing it here, but ...] "No more wars for oil" (w/ a bicycle icon)
>
>  - Two birds, one stone (w/ bicycle icon)
>
>etc., etc.
>
>
>* icon like this:
>
>http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:wDfKKg7tSN1NLM:http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/bike/KidsandBikeSafetyWeb/images/smallBike.jpg
>
>OR:  http://tinyurl.com/3yb743
>
>???
>
>
>--- Jim Baross <JimBaross at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Anyone got an idea for how to point out to the auto show attendees
> > that the over-use of over-powered petroleum guzzlers isn't "cool"?
> >
> > I'm not exactly "up" for picketing...
> >
> >
> >
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