It use to be asked of me "why do you ride your bike to work?" I would answer I don't have a car and blah blah blah. A lot of people in this area of Idaho are under the impression thats bikes are for 2 types of people. Little kids and Lance Armstong type roadies.
As the gas prices climb higher and higher I get less strange questions about why i'm riding a bike. Now I get more questions like...
"How much did that bike cost you?"
"How far do you ride each day?"
"Can you lock the bike up at your job?"
"Wheres the bike shop you got that bike at"
Basically more and more people are going to be turning to bicycles, motorcycles, and gas scooters to commute back and forth to work. $4.00 a gallon is way to much and certain people are beginning to revolt against supplying the middle east with anymore of their money than is necessary at the gas pump.
Hopefully we as bike riders can educate more people on the benefits but with gas prices climbing some of those people will educate themselves and pull that old bike out of the garage. Gas prices will probably never go back down to $1.50 a gallon.
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