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“In the Limo”
The Cadillac Escalade “Fame” commercial https://youtu.be/-E_84YVEB88 is the very definition of Freudian slip Fame, what you like is in the limo Fame, what you get is no tomorrow Fame, what you need you have to borrow The obvious concept is … Continue reading
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Fall 2013 Bike Retail Inventory
Finally… there are more bicycles (7) than kayaks (6) in the weekly edition of the local sporting goods (i.e., bike retail) shop in our town. At least weapons — guns (20) and crossbows (6) — are outnumbered by athletic shoes. … Continue reading
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Seasonal Bike Inventory, Spring 2013 Edition
What’s the health of the local bike economy? Still struggling, according to my occasional inventory of bikes vs other stuff, in the weekly newspaper ad by the sporting goods store in town. The latest numbers, from the first week in … Continue reading
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NoWhere Are The Bikes
An update on bicycle retailing: The Sunday, September 1 advertisement from local sporting goods store still features more kayaks than adult bicycles. Both numbers — 6 kayaks and 3 bicycles — are down from my earlier survey of these two … Continue reading
Where are the bikes?
The Sunday paper contained an ad from a local sporting goods store. Now, we’re in the Midwest, and this chain is primarily Midwestern. But the ad contained more kayaks than bicycles. You’d think we lived in Venice… So much for … Continue reading
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More on Economic Density
Pick up one of those auto shopper newspapers, and add up the prices of all the cars on a typical page. Now imagine a page of bikes instead of a page of cars. Knock off a zero or two… and … Continue reading
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Bicycling and a Smaller Economy
Bicycling has less economic density than driving. Compared to a private automobile, the total cost of operation of a bicycle is probably ten times less: “According to a 2004 American Automobile Association study, the average American spends $8,410 per year … Continue reading
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