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Any one else get mistaken for a Hobo?
Originally Posted by mr,grumpy
"I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the flip-side I was driving through Boston and Cambridge yesterday. WOW! Peddlebike Meca! All KINDS of bikes, every where with all kinds of riders. I was all like...wow......." *** It's the same down here, particularly when you carry panniers ("bags" to the lay people). Actually I'm so pro about it that I don't know if I look like a VIP hobo or eccentric millionaire. I like to consider myself an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS, but some people fail to get the distinction between that an hobo, or between that and a millionaire. I have even made a t-shirt that announces that in bold letters, so there's no confusion. "I'm an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a land where SUVs rule, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution |
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On Aug 18, 3:03*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote:
Originally Posted by mr,grumpy "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the flip-side I was driving through Boston and Cambridge yesterday. WOW! Peddlebike Meca! All KINDS of bikes, every where with all kinds of riders. I was all like...wow......." *** It's the same down here, particularly when you carry panniers ("bags" to the lay people). Actually I'm so pro about it that I don't know if I look like a VIP hobo or eccentric millionaire. I like to consider myself an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS, but some people fail to get the distinction between that an hobo, or between that and a millionaire. I have even made a t-shirt that announces that in bold letters, so there's no confusion. "I'm an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a land where SUVs rule, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. *http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution Pretty soon gas will be a lot more expensive that people will think that those of us who have been riding bikes are, the opposite of "hobos", totally wealthy folks... |
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On Aug 18, 5:54*pm, Cully J wrote:
On Aug 18, 3:03*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote: Originally Posted by mr,grumpy "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the flip-side I was driving through Boston and Cambridge yesterday. WOW! Peddlebike Meca! All KINDS of bikes, every where with all kinds of riders. I was all like...wow......." *** It's the same down here, particularly when you carry panniers ("bags" to the lay people). Actually I'm so pro about it that I don't know if I look like a VIP hobo or eccentric millionaire. I like to consider myself an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS, but some people fail to get the distinction between that an hobo, or between that and a millionaire. I have even made a t-shirt that announces that in bold letters, so there's no confusion. "I'm an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*----- In a land where SUVs rule, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. *http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution Pretty soon gas will be a lot more expensive that people will think that those of us who have been riding bikes are, the opposite of "hobos", totally wealthy folks...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I've been praying for that for a long time, but God seems to be on the side of the polluters. |
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Per KingOfTheApes:
"I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. -- PeteCresswell |
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per KingOfTheApes: "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. I believe it. I'm a cyclist and a taxpayer and I sure can't afford the rate of flow down the public transit money rathole. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Aug 18, 9:40*pm, AMuzi wrote:
(PeteCresswell) wrote: Per KingOfTheApes: "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. I believe it. I'm a cyclist and a taxpayer and I sure can't afford the rate of flow down the public transit money rathole. -- Andrew Muzi * www.yellowjersey.org/ * Open every day since 1 April, 1971 And it sucks! At best it works in combination with bikes: The bus is late? You take off on your bike! |
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On Aug 18, 6:31*pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Per KingOfTheApes: "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. -- PeteCresswell It was Bicycling magazine I think. And Los Angeles was the town discussed. But it was not people who could not afford public transportation as the subject. Public transport is cheap. Even $2-3-4-5 each way for bus or subway. Compared to gas and parking, cheap cheap cheap. Especially parking. The main bike riders were homeless, unemployed, day laborers, poor people in this magazine article. They could not afford a car, gas, insurance, parking, etc, etc. Lots of costs with owning a car. |
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On Aug 19, 10:11*am, "
wrote: On Aug 18, 6:31*pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote: Per KingOfTheApes: "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket... Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of bike riders were people who could not afford public transportation. -- PeteCresswell It was Bicycling magazine I think. *And Los Angeles was the town discussed. *But it was not people who could not afford public transportation as the subject. *Public transport is cheap. *Even $2-3-4-5 each way for bus or subway. *Compared to gas and parking, cheap cheap cheap. *Especially parking. *The main bike riders were homeless, unemployed, day laborers, poor people in this magazine article. *They could not afford a car, gas, insurance, parking, etc, etc. *Lots of costs with owning a car. I call them the "SURVIVORS"... Those poor souls don't even know bikes are good for the environment, and probably wished they had a car. The solution is to GET RID OF HOMELESSNESS, which I think our rich societies can afford. Here the homeless and the fashionable (see post elsewhere) converge at the local park, where the down and out spend the whole day --and night. |
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On Aug 18, 5:29*pm, ComandanteBanana
wrote: On Aug 18, 5:54*pm, Cully J wrote: On Aug 18, 3:03*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote: Originally Posted by mr,grumpy "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the flip-side I was driving through Boston and Cambridge yesterday. WOW! Peddlebike Meca! All KINDS of bikes, every where with all kinds of riders. I was all like...wow......." *** It's the same down here, particularly when you carry panniers ("bags" to the lay people). Actually I'm so pro about it that I don't know if I look like a VIP hobo or eccentric millionaire. I like to consider myself an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS, but some people fail to get the distinction between that an hobo, or between that and a millionaire. I have even made a t-shirt that announces that in bold letters, so there's no confusion. "I'm an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*----- In a land where SUVs rule, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. *http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution Pretty soon gas will be a lot more expensive that people will think that those of us who have been riding bikes are, the opposite of "hobos", totally wealthy folks...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I've been praying for that for a long time, but God seems to be on the side of the polluters. At the risk of asking silly questions, aren't you BOTH "Comandante Banana" AND "King Of The Apes?" Aren't you, then, arguing against yourself on this forum? There's a pill for that, you know.... |
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On Aug 19, 11:39*am, Neil Brooks wrote:
On Aug 18, 5:29*pm, ComandanteBanana wrote: On Aug 18, 5:54*pm, Cully J wrote: On Aug 18, 3:03*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote: Originally Posted by mr,grumpy "I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk- basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the flip-side I was driving through Boston and Cambridge yesterday. WOW! Peddlebike Meca! All KINDS of bikes, every where with all kinds of riders. I was all like...wow......." *** It's the same down here, particularly when you carry panniers ("bags" to the lay people). Actually I'm so pro about it that I don't know if I look like a VIP hobo or eccentric millionaire. I like to consider myself an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS, but some people fail to get the distinction between that an hobo, or between that and a millionaire.. I have even made a t-shirt that announces that in bold letters, so there's no confusion. "I'm an ECCENTRIC PENNYLESS" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------**----- In a land where SUVs rule, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. *http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution Pretty soon gas will be a lot more expensive that people will think that those of us who have been riding bikes are, the opposite of "hobos", totally wealthy folks...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I've been praying for that for a long time, but God seems to be on the side of the polluters. At the risk of asking silly questions, aren't you BOTH "Comandante Banana" AND "King Of The Apes?" Aren't you, then, arguing against yourself on this forum? There's a pill for that, you know....- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I thought they were both related to monkeys. I will be Comandante Banana until the final stage of the revolution, and then I'll become King of the Apes. |
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