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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
By Yokota Fritz
I'll be encouraging bicycles as transportation at lunch today during an Earth Day event at my job. Interest was fairly high last year; it should be interesting to see what happens this year.
Zero Per Gallon: I saw gas priced at $4.05 for regular in Palo Alto and Menlo Park this morning. While I was stopped at a light this morning a pair of wild women in the Jeep Cherokee next to me started shouting at me. "I LOVE your sticker! Zero dollar gas! WAY TO GO! Woooooo!" I think they might also have been attracted to my Chrome cycling knickers. They come with some wicking padding in the seat so I tried wearing them commando today. It doesn't work; I need more support than they provide.
Danes ride their bicycles at The Happiest Place on Earth.
The Magic Kingdom: Every other bike blog's gonna mention it, so I might as well jump on the bandwagon about this news that Denmark is The Happiest Place On Earth, as long as you don't dress funny, look funny, and talk funny (like the old B'nai B'rith radio spot used to say).
Sea Otter: Rich Kelly was at Sea Otter and he posted several good videos to Interbike Times. I have video of Rich doing unmentionable things with Arleigh's new handlebar which I'll try to post in the near future.
...well now, the denmark thing is a huge dichotomy...a country to be greatly admired for it's bicycle consciousness but apparently lacking in certain social concerns... ...what a shame as the tag "the most racist country in europe" doesn't quite match up well w/ "the happiest place on earth"...
Sorry Michael. The Chromes seem like they might be designed sort of like bike shorts with a thin chamois-like pad in the seat area of the pants. Unfortunately, they don't work that well for me.