[SDCBC] Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear

[John Eldon]

It's 1973 (and, to a lesser extent, 1979) all over again. So much for the
naysayers who deny that bicycles can be used for transportation by some of
the people some of the time.

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AP
Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear
Sunday May 11, 1:07 pm ET
By James Macpherson, Associated Press Writer
$4-a-gallon gasoline knocking bicycle sales, repairs into a higher gear,
dealers say

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business -- if
you
run a bike shop. Commuters around the country are dusting off their old
two-wheelers -- or buying new ones -- to cope with rising fuel prices,
bicycle
dealers say.