-=> Quoting Leah Rozhon to Ken Peck <=-
 KP> It is about the same here.  I ride between 5-6 thousand miles a year
 LR> Yikes!!  When do you drive a car?? :-)   I would like to use my bike a
When its freezing.  Actually I probably do about a third of my traveling by
bicycle.
 LR> lot more than I do, but traffic here is awful, it seems there's always
 LR> some kind of construction going on, and I dislike the exhaust fumes. 
Dallas has some pretty heavy traffic, construction, and exhaust fumes.  My
solution to all three problems is simple: ride a bicycle.  That reduces
traffic congestion, the need for construction, and exhaust fumes.
 LR> I need to get away from here when I ride.  My husband and I drive to
 LR> meet others in the club where it's not so congested.  There was an
I do rallies and club rides too, although I've been known to ride my bicycle
to and from club rides.
 LR> effort at one time to get our commuter train service to allow bikes,
 LR> but it never happened.  That would have been nice as it goes into some
 LR> small towns where biking is friendlier.
There needs to be more battling on commuter trains and busses.  It is
absolutely ridiculous to try to combat air pollution and make it impossible
for folks to use bicycles to get to and from mass transit terminals.
 LR> What do you use your bike for?  Do you commute or just ride and ride
 LR> and ride?? :-)  It's winter here now and there's little/no biking going
Actuall a bit of both.  I ride to work about four times a week (unless its
freezing), to church a couple of times a week, to the barber shop and grocery
store, and sometimes to bicycle club meetings and rides. I also try to ride
during my lunch break about three times a week, eliminating a drive to the
gym for a workout.  That directly impacts on my automobile usage.  And then I
will do club rides and bicycle rallies.  In the summer I'll be getting in a
couple hundred miles a week.
 LR> on. There isn't any snow at the moment for skiing, either, so the club
 LR> gets together and hikes in a forest preserve or on a trail.  At least
 LR> it gets us together and keeps us moving.
Our winters are pretty mild, but we aren't really prepared for it.  I don't
have good cycling clothes for when it drops below freezing and we seem to
have drawn a lot of that lately.  And the club activities really slow down,
partly because of the weather, but also 5:30 pm sunset pretty well precludes
evening rides.
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