SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides
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steve mercier
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In honor of our American brothers and sisters on the 4th of July I offer up these red white and blue (British ) cars of the day:
steve mercier
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Perhaps you prefer these red white and blue (German) cars? :
steve mercier
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Or these red white and blue American cars (-:
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Art Deco
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Nice to see you on this thread, but this being EBR, they are going to want to know more about the trike than that. Just saying.
Art Deco
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I'll take the blue convertible, please. It looks more like my era, it actually looks 1940s, but close enough.
reed scott
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Definitely! So please go out with your phone and take a straight up pic. My neck doesn't bend that far over.
reed scott
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YEAH! That is one awesome ride. If I win the lottery I'm gonna find that guy and make him an offer he can't refuse.
steve mercier
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I stumbled upon this informal car show today so here are the remaining American car pics I got.
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Last and possibly least this Econoline Van is included as it brings back fond memories of touring BC and the Prairies (in WInter no less) with one just like this full of rock and roll gear in the early 70s .
PedalUma
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Can you lace in a rear hub-drive? It is a cool ride! Full disclosure is imperative.
Check out this one with a BBS0X. It has the worst balance of any bike I have seen so far. Can you imagine riding it? Talk about inane courage.
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fooferdoggie
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I could almost fit one in my pocket.
steve mercier
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Today I encountered this group of over a dozen cyclists. The average age had to be close to 80. At least 10 of the 13 bikes were Ebikes which ranged greatly from inexpensive to higher end. I drank coffee and watched as the group waited while one octogenarian took an excruciatingly long time ( 3 -5 mins I reckon) to unlock his bike. While it might be fun to ride with a large group like that someday I do not have the patience for that yet.
steve mercier
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"5 Reasons Why You should go Car Free " by Mark Cramer .
Reason no. 1: The car is a time thief. For argument’s sake, let’s say you’re in the gig economy, netting $40,000 per year. This means that 25% of your work hours go to paying for the car. Without a car to feed and assuming your work week is 40 hours, you could accept 25% fewer gigs and spend the 10 hours extracted from weekly work time on hanging out with friends, visiting family, hiking, bicycling, writing a novel, improving your bowling score. Or don’t immediately withdraw those liberated hours until they can be used for a longer vacation or early retirement.
Reason no. 2 to go car-free: The bicycle is faster than a car. When you count the hours spent working to support a car as part of net commuting time, including external costs, you see that the net or “effective” speed of a car in New York City comes to 5.7 miles per hour. In Los Angeles that effective speed amounts to 8 mph. Slower than a bike! (See Tranter & Tolley, “The ‘slow paradox’: how speed steals our time” from Slow Cities: Conquering our Speed Addiction for Health and Sustainability.)
Reason no. 3 to dump your car: When you dump your car, you get healthier. Numerous studies show that switching from car commuting to public transport (where one walks to and from the train station or bus stop) leads to a decrease in BMI (Body Mass Index), a key health indicator. According to the CDC, adequate access to public transportation systems is associated with a range of positive health outcomes, including more physical activity, fewer traffic injuries and better air quality.
Reason no. 4 to go car-free: Regular bicycle commuters have zero net commute times when longer life expectancy is considered. Studies published by The Lancet and CDC refer to the exercise benefits of walking to public transit compared to the sedentary lifestyle of car commuting. The health benefits of bicycling to work are even more pronounced. A 2015 research project found that regular bicycle commuters have a half-year longer life expectancy, which translates to an hour of quality life added for every hour cycled. Thus, the hours you commute today are returned to you down the road. This equals zero net commute time.
Reason no. 5: Why haven’t I mentioned the environment yet? So far, I have purposely excluded environmental arguments since the best social policies involve legitimate self-interest – in this case, health and financial freedom. However, Science magazine tells us that “living car-free” is the second most effective way to reduce our carbon footprint, the first being “have one fewer child.”
Reason no. 1: The car is a time thief. For argument’s sake, let’s say you’re in the gig economy, netting $40,000 per year. This means that 25% of your work hours go to paying for the car. Without a car to feed and assuming your work week is 40 hours, you could accept 25% fewer gigs and spend the 10 hours extracted from weekly work time on hanging out with friends, visiting family, hiking, bicycling, writing a novel, improving your bowling score. Or don’t immediately withdraw those liberated hours until they can be used for a longer vacation or early retirement.
Reason no. 2 to go car-free: The bicycle is faster than a car. When you count the hours spent working to support a car as part of net commuting time, including external costs, you see that the net or “effective” speed of a car in New York City comes to 5.7 miles per hour. In Los Angeles that effective speed amounts to 8 mph. Slower than a bike! (See Tranter & Tolley, “The ‘slow paradox’: how speed steals our time” from Slow Cities: Conquering our Speed Addiction for Health and Sustainability.)
Reason no. 3 to dump your car: When you dump your car, you get healthier. Numerous studies show that switching from car commuting to public transport (where one walks to and from the train station or bus stop) leads to a decrease in BMI (Body Mass Index), a key health indicator. According to the CDC, adequate access to public transportation systems is associated with a range of positive health outcomes, including more physical activity, fewer traffic injuries and better air quality.
Reason no. 4 to go car-free: Regular bicycle commuters have zero net commute times when longer life expectancy is considered. Studies published by The Lancet and CDC refer to the exercise benefits of walking to public transit compared to the sedentary lifestyle of car commuting. The health benefits of bicycling to work are even more pronounced. A 2015 research project found that regular bicycle commuters have a half-year longer life expectancy, which translates to an hour of quality life added for every hour cycled. Thus, the hours you commute today are returned to you down the road. This equals zero net commute time.
Reason no. 5: Why haven’t I mentioned the environment yet? So far, I have purposely excluded environmental arguments since the best social policies involve legitimate self-interest – in this case, health and financial freedom. However, Science magazine tells us that “living car-free” is the second most effective way to reduce our carbon footprint, the first being “have one fewer child.”
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Prairie Dog
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Not much to report other than another regular outing on the local trails. The city park crews finally got around to removing a section of a large spruce tree which blew down several weeks ago (June 14 to be exact) on a local single track. I was glad to see it out of the way......
only to encounter another tree that had fallen further up the trail.
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My hometown has recently launched a pilot program for e-scooters that will continue on until 2023. Similar to other such scooter initiatives introduced in Calgary and other Canadian cities, these scooters are GPS tracked, are restricted to 20 kph and have enabled sensors to detect bad riding behavior. 
They will be restricted to municipal paved pathways and sidewalks.
They will be restricted to municipal paved pathways and sidewalks.
PedalUma
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Bad in a weird way ride, good in a weird way ride, conversion in a Show Us Ur Pix project ride.
1) Bad eBike ride with ten wires with connectors at the handlebar.
2) Good eBike ride with three wires at the handlebar and no connectors. Yes, this second bike is electric and clean and hygienic.
3) The Show Us some pix project bike, is a mid-eighties chromo, with a Chris King headset in yesterday and on the way to electric bliss riding the San Francisco hills in style. It will not look electric as it passes new LBS and internet rides.
1) Bad eBike ride with ten wires with connectors at the handlebar.
2) Good eBike ride with three wires at the handlebar and no connectors. Yes, this second bike is electric and clean and hygienic.
3) The Show Us some pix project bike, is a mid-eighties chromo, with a Chris King headset in yesterday and on the way to electric bliss riding the San Francisco hills in style. It will not look electric as it passes new LBS and internet rides.
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Goodleg
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Don't have too. ICE offers a Bosch mid drive right from new but I was too stubborn to get one.
Maybe its good I waited because I would not be on two wheels now.
Electric assist has changed me. I do more and talk more out there.
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