I hope Catie one day will transfer more interest to bicycles, but while intrepid in her own way, she's not a "physical activity" focused person, her interests being drawing and painting, music choral and instrumental, and cooking. I started with high hopes and expensive rides -- at 2 she had an $80 trike with (odd) freewheel, pneumatic tires, and remote, removable, parent-steering, and graduated through a couple of small-kid Goodwill bikes to rather expensive cruisers, until she lost interest at about age 12 (Dad, I'm embarrassed to ride it, it's *pink!*). We did have some good times with a child trailer pulled by a 67" fixed gear, but when it came to a Burley trail-a-bike, she refused to cooperate.
As to the car, while she was away this summer -- she spent most of the summer at various camps and stays out of town -- the car sat in the garage undriven. But starting next week, I have to drive her 2Xweek 30 miles rt to skating and, of course, there's picking her up from and dropping her off at her mothers, taking her to church, dates with friends, shopping (Target this morning, drat), and so forth. And Albuquerque, while bicycle friendly, is typically sprawled out SW style. If it were just me, there's Enterprise, the ever improving bus system; and Home Depot rents pickups by the hour. I have a Dahon Hon Solo due to arrive before too long, and I'd seriously consider some sort of transport bike, perhaps with an electric assist; tho' 3/5 of my shopping can be done with road bikes and racks, and 3/5 of the rest by Amazon and other online purveyors. And before the end of the year, God willing, I should have 2 customs with rear and (at need) front racks -- the '03 and what I hope will be a Matthews "road bike for dirt." *And* our weather lets us ride just about year 'round. The cost of the PTC is largely sunk now, please God, and roughly 1600/year in operating costs is rather less than I end up spending on bikes, so .... But I *do* like those Ahearns! On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 8:34 AM, KC <kathyscarr...@gmail.com> wrote: > These bikes look so cool and I am jealous of anyone that can go carless. > I dream of a day when a car is a rarity for me. But right now we live in > (a beautiful wonderful small) community where you pretty much have to drive > about 25 miles, starting through a mountain pass, to get anywhere. And I > know I am lying to myself a little here. We can't dump the car, but we > could ride bike daily to the store to pick up groceries. Sure, the > groceries cost more, but that's the price of good entertainment, right? > AND that's great justification for adding racks and nice bags to my bike > because then I will truly need them. I will start making that a priority, > at least until the weather makes it not a good idea for me. And if I make > it until the weather turns, maybe I'll figure that one out a little better > but for now me on icy hilly roads don't seem like a good idea. > > Of course, what struck me immediately in Patrick's posting was "think how > many cool bikes they could have if they would both go carless" I realize > that may not be practical, just like it isn't for me right now. But I'll > bet Patrick's daughter will follow in his footsteps and look at her car > some day and think "how can I get rid of this?" > > > >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
