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Colorado Bicycler said:
When was the earliest post (of anyone currently around/posting) to RBR
or RBM?
Looks like I go back to '92 on r.b.tech, and early '93 on r.b.misc
- Frank Krygowski
In a casual search of rec.bicycles.* on Google Groups, they don't seem to
have anything earlier than fall of 1989. This could be because the
rec.bicycles newsgroup (ancestor of the rec.bicycles.* groups) didn't start
until then, or because Google didn't have / put up the older postings.
I wasn't around then, but I scanned some of the messages and found Jim Dyer,
who still posts.
Dyer's post:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.environment/browse_frm/thread/76b297636fb1bdb5/68b1b70d06037d2f?lnk=st&q=group%3Arec.bicycles.*&rnum=3&hl=en#68b1b70d06037d2f
could have been made yesterday:
"(In our last thrilling episode, Steve Izen calculates his commute
costs about one watermelon and two bran muffins if done by bi-
cycle. Mark Interrante uses Cheerios. Both calculate that it's
cheaper to pay for gas.)
Now add in the cost of the car payments, insurance, repairs,
maintenance, parking, storage, and tolls. Watch the price rise!
Longer-term costs include the costs of pollution from drilling for
oil, oil spills, refining oil, and burning oil. The latter, of
course, includes major contributors to the greenhouse effect.
Other long-term costs include the massive waste of land and road
maintenance, though I don't see bicycling to work as a way to
address that problem anytime soon.
Another argument in favor of bicycles are the health benefits.
And the more your health benefits, the less it costs! Also,
if you really want to cheapen your "fuel" costs on the bike,
try drinking water and eating oatmeal. "
which says something about its timeless content, or the slow pace of
argument in newsgroups 😉
