How do you get to the trail?

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

Depends. 5 out of 6 times I ride because there are rides that I can reach
riding. When I get bored with those I throw the bike on top of the Jeep.

Greg

Bit of both - although I stick mine on the top of the car :-)

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

G.T. said:

Doki said:

Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

Depends. 5 out of 6 times I ride because there are rides that I can reach
riding. When I get bored with those I throw the bike on top of the Jeep.

Same here. I end up riding the same few trails quite a bit, just because
they're convenient. My Subaru gets pretty good gas mileage, so driving
isn't too bad either - its just the time that keeps me from doing it.

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-BB-
To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)

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Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

97% ride. I don't care for driving after a couple hours riding - seems like
I'm a little spaced out when I drive in that condition. Sometimes I wonder if
that how Abibe Bakeba got his - supposedly he and Malmo Walde crashed their Land
Rover coming back from a training session.
--
PeteCresswell

On Sun, 2 May 2004 19:55:34 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>

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Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

Most of my rides are trails that are right up the street from my house
1/4 mile to trail head.

Or at work we have several trails right near the office , and we ride
about a mile for our lunch time rides .

Bu t I still do drive some times to get to trails that are a little
farther away.

"Doki" <[email hidden]> spake thusly on or about Sun, 2 May 2004
18:55:34 UTC

-> Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

what's a car?

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I hurt before the ride so fibro gives me a head
start on the rest of the pack. silver lining?
[email hidden]

you must be one of Jerry's kids.

I MTB 2004

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

I don't own a car and ride to the trails most of the time. Road
tripping requires use of my truck.

JD

Doki said:

Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

I drive my H2 now matter how close I am to the trails. I'll drive through
the car wash while getting fuel (lots and lots of fuel!) weather it needs it
or not. All the chrome can never be too shiny - I've got people to impress!

Matt

"MattB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Doki said:

Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

I drive my H2 now matter how close I am to the trails. I'll drive through
the car wash while getting fuel (lots and lots of fuel!) weather it needs

it

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or not. All the chrome can never be too shiny - I've got people to

impress!

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Matt

For my local S Florida rides, I have to drive either 30 minutes for Quiet
Waters, or one hour for the Fort Pierce trail.
I use my Honda Insight ( gas /electric hybrid) and get 50 mpg, with the
bonus of not polluting nearly as much as normal cars.

I don't want to give the stinking Arab Oil consortiums one penney more than
I have to ( that goes for our own as well ;-)

Dan V

MattB said:

Doki said:

Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

Argh. Should be "there" of course.

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I drive my H2 now matter how close I am to the trails. I'll drive
through the car wash while getting fuel (lots and lots of fuel!)
weather it needs it or not. All the chrome can never be too shiny -
I've got people to impress!

That's the way 😄.

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

I live on an island with no cars, and so , have to get a ferry to the
trail, if I'm riding elsewhere.

cheers

g

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1083523943.6031.0
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Do you ride out their or stick your bike on the back of the car?

Drive to friend's house, unload bike, ride trail. Most of the time we leave
a car at the bottom. 8 miles of downhill sucks if you have to pedal home...

"Dan Volker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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For my local S Florida rides, I have to drive either 30 minutes for Quiet
Waters, or one hour for the Fort Pierce trail.
I use my Honda Insight ( gas /electric hybrid) and get 50 mpg, with the
bonus of not polluting nearly as much as normal cars.

I don't want to give the stinking Arab Oil consortiums one penney more than
I have to ( that goes for our own as well ;-)

Dan V

Just an observation, no flames or any nasty mana intended, but why do
people think that (a) just because you can't see the pollution from
generator plants, electricity is "cleaner"? The pollution is only not
as immediately noticeable e.g. car exhaust you can see compared to a
remote plant miles away from built up areas.
(b) Turbines used for electricity generation is at the very best about
30% efficient. Since most plants rely on burning fossil fuels -
including oil, you are still indirectly feeding the oil complanies.
Ok, there are plants that suppliment their output using renewable fuel
sources e.g. wind and of course hydroplants but in the main fossil
fuels are the bread and butter. Oh, not forgetting radioactive sources
but that's another matter.

"periplaneta" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Dan Volker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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For my local S Florida rides, I have to drive either 30 minutes for

Quiet

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Waters, or one hour for the Fort Pierce trail.
I use my Honda Insight ( gas /electric hybrid) and get 50 mpg, with the
bonus of not polluting nearly as much as normal cars.

I don't want to give the stinking Arab Oil consortiums one penney more

than

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I have to ( that goes for our own as well ;-)

Dan V

Just an observation, no flames or any nasty mana intended, but why do
people think that (a) just because you can't see the pollution from
generator plants, electricity is "cleaner"? The pollution is only not
as immediately noticeable e.g. car exhaust you can see compared to a
remote plant miles away from built up areas.
(b) Turbines used for electricity generation is at the very best about
30% efficient. Since most plants rely on burning fossil fuels -
including oil, you are still indirectly feeding the oil complanies.
Ok, there are plants that suppliment their output using renewable fuel
sources e.g. wind and of course hydroplants but in the main fossil
fuels are the bread and butter. Oh, not forgetting radioactive sources
but that's another matter.

Well, in the case of the Insight, the electric is charged by braking and
coasting--the car charges itself. And all ratings of it showed it polluted
much less than the normal car.
As to electrical plants, looking at the Florida Power and Light plant in
Rivera Beach, Fl ( which powers much of South Florida) it leaves belches out
black soot daily, which falls like pollen all around it for many miles.
Dan V

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"Dan Volker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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For my local S Florida rides, I have to drive either 30 minutes for Quiet
Waters, or one hour for the Fort Pierce trail.
I use my Honda Insight ( gas /electric hybrid) and get 50 mpg, with the
bonus of not polluting nearly as much as normal cars.

I don't want to give the stinking Arab Oil consortiums one penney more than
I have to ( that goes for our own as well ;-)

Dan V

Just an observation, no flames or any nasty mana intended, but why do
people think that (a) just because you can't see the pollution from
generator plants, electricity is "cleaner"?

The "Insight" is not a plug in car. It generates its own electricty,
and as a hybrid gets ~60-65 mpg.

<snip>

R

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"Dan Volker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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For my local S Florida rides, I have to drive either 30 minutes for Quiet
Waters, or one hour for the Fort Pierce trail.
I use my Honda Insight ( gas /electric hybrid) and get 50 mpg, with the
bonus of not polluting nearly as much as normal cars.

I don't want to give the stinking Arab Oil consortiums one penney more than
I have to ( that goes for our own as well ;-)

Dan V

Just an observation, no flames or any nasty mana intended, but why do
people think that (a) just because you can't see the pollution from
generator plants, electricity is "cleaner"? The pollution is only not
as immediately noticeable e.g. car exhaust you can see compared to a
remote plant miles away from built up areas.
(b) Turbines used for electricity generation is at the very best about
30% efficient. Since most plants rely on burning fossil fuels -
including oil, you are still indirectly feeding the oil complanies.
Ok, there are plants that suppliment their output using renewable fuel
sources e.g. wind and of course hydroplants but in the main fossil
fuels are the bread and butter. Oh, not forgetting radioactive sources
but that's another matter.

But...the by-product of some power plants are tomatoes!

<http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2001/Dec-09-Sun-2001/business/17630009.html>

"Dan Volker" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:lSvlc.64724$oN1.50809
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I use my Honda Insight ( gas /electric hybrid) and get 50 mpg, with the
bonus of not polluting nearly as much as normal cars.

I've got one of those as well. It's a great little car, but the bike shops
keeps telling me it's a no-fit bike rack wise. When I want to haul a bike
I have put it in the back. Do you do the same, or have you found another
solution?

--
- Joel C.

Joel Crum said:

"Dan Volker" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I use my Honda Insight ( gas /electric hybrid) and get 50 mpg, with
the bonus of not polluting nearly as much as normal cars.

I've got one of those as well. It's a great little car, but the bike
shops keeps telling me it's a no-fit bike rack wise. When I want to
haul a bike I have put it in the back. Do you do the same, or have
you found another solution?

Seems like a big oversight on Honda's part if that's really the case. I bet
the likelyhood of someone into eco-friendly cars having a bike (that may
need to be driven somewhere sometime) is pretty high!

Matt