Comments on: Biking to Work Is a Great Idea, But…

By: Nick Aster

Nick Aster — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:23:06 +0000

Congrats. You win the prize for most incoherent rant this month!

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:33:38 +0000

Sadly, the poor American workers are forced by American convention to subsidize the most profitable locations for their vulture capitalist exploiter corporations, and are even thankful for the opportunity! In China, free dorms are provided! free cafeterias, free company garb for the shift duration, and free transport to and from the factories! Americans are forced by American convention and corporate propagandists to spend a huge portion of their wages on automobiles, then run them at the corporation’s convenience, to fit the corporations shifts! Wouldn’t the proletariat, the peons, the “armpits” of America rather work in “sessions”, domiciled for free, in the factories, and return at the end of a “session” or “work-period” back home, paycheck intact! Totally applicable to the individual’s pet project? An “Eco-Ark” retirement dream home? A place in the country? Instead Americans line themselves up on roadways in expensive and brren suburias and wear out very expensive and not to durable cars and burn enormous amounts of very expensive gasoline, not even the cheaper diesel? and oblige employing corporations to “rip them off” with ridiculously short shifts, the only provision in some cases, free drinking water and toilet paper! Nobody should be forced to play this game of exploitation just to have a job! It is inhumane and cruel punishment for the honest, eager, and willing worker, at best!

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:22:38 +0000

That’s great to hear Greg. I recently discovered that a friend is making electric bikes and trikes, called Smile Bikes. And they make “pushalong trailers,” which do as they say, push you along, from behind. Check them out at http://smilebikes.com/

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:34:31 +0000

I ride an Ezee Torq electric bicycle to work everyday. It has really worked well as a commuting vehicle. The ride is 4.5 miles. Here in Mississippi, it gets quite hot and humid. This bike has allowed me to ride my bike to work without sweating so much that it becomes a problem for my coworkers. I have put 1,400 miles on the bike just commuting to and from work.

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:08:27 +0000

That’s great Michael. Any electric or folding bikes in particular you recommend?

By: Michaelc

Michaelc — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:53:53 +0000

Using an electric bike cuts your effort in half so you do not end up sweaty on arrival and there are plenty of folding bikes that collapse in seconds and easily fit under a desk or in a closet.