Comments on: Twenty thousand miles on the meter and counting http://ecojusticechallenge.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/twenty-thousand-miles-on-the-meter-and-counting/ A bunch of people doing their part to make this world a better place for future generations Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:14:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mandarine http://ecojusticechallenge.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/twenty-thousand-miles-on-the-meter-and-counting/#comment-130 mandarine Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:11:28 +0000 http://ecojusticechallenge.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-130 Emily: car are not only a nuisance to drivers, but they also make roads longer and more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. Cars are a little like GMOs: once they get somewhere, they pervade and contaminate everything and people are forced to get one if they want a normal life. Lucky you to live in one of the very few parts of the world where there are real automobile objectors left. Stefanie: the coldest weather I rode in was -5 °C (that would be 23F). It takes special clothing not to turn this into very bad memories of frozen ears and fingers Emily: car are not only a nuisance to drivers, but they also make roads longer and more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. Cars are a little like GMOs: once they get somewhere, they pervade and contaminate everything and people are forced to get one if they want a normal life. Lucky you to live in one of the very few parts of the world where there are real automobile objectors left.

Stefanie: the coldest weather I rode in was -5 °C (that would be 23F). It takes special clothing not to turn this into very bad memories of frozen ears and fingers

]]> By: Stefanie http://ecojusticechallenge.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/twenty-thousand-miles-on-the-meter-and-counting/#comment-111 Stefanie Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:40:09 +0000 http://ecojusticechallenge.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-111 You are an inspiration! I've been bike commuting to work for the past three years and I love it. Mine is only a 6-mile round trip and flat compared to yours, but oh does it make me feel good! I haven't biked in winter before, I usually stop when morning temps are 35F. But this year I have determined that I will ride into the winter as long as I can--until there is too much snow or the temps really are too cold. Even though there may now be other superpeople, you have been a super person for much, much longer :) You are an inspiration! I’ve been bike commuting to work for the past three years and I love it. Mine is only a 6-mile round trip and flat compared to yours, but oh does it make me feel good! I haven’t biked in winter before, I usually stop when morning temps are 35F. But this year I have determined that I will ride into the winter as long as I can–until there is too much snow or the temps really are too cold.

Even though there may now be other superpeople, you have been a super person for much, much longer :)

]]> By: Emily Barton http://ecojusticechallenge.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/twenty-thousand-miles-on-the-meter-and-counting/#comment-108 Emily Barton Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:29:45 +0000 http://ecojusticechallenge.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-108 I've always been amazed by your biking commute, and now I'm even more amazed. Good for you! My commute is non-existent, now, of course, and when I lived in CT and did commute, it was 25 miles one-way with very scary drivers (I pretty much gave up riding my bike when Bob and I moved to the house we lived in for 12 years, because the roads were bad, and the drivers terrified me), but if I had to commute where I now live, I'd do it by bike (lots and lots of near-trafficless country roads). I’ve always been amazed by your biking commute, and now I’m even more amazed. Good for you! My commute is non-existent, now, of course, and when I lived in CT and did commute, it was 25 miles one-way with very scary drivers (I pretty much gave up riding my bike when Bob and I moved to the house we lived in for 12 years, because the roads were bad, and the drivers terrified me), but if I had to commute where I now live, I’d do it by bike (lots and lots of near-trafficless country roads).

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