{"id":665,"date":"2010-11-23T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2010\/11\/23\/shopping-by-bike\/"},"modified":"2014-02-10T15:51:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T23:51:40","slug":"shopping-by-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/11\/23\/shopping-by-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping by Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>The following guest post was submitted to us by member <b>Woody Wheeler<\/b> of Seattle.\u00a0 You can also follow Woody on his own blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/conservationcatalyst.org\/woodysblog\/blog1.php\"><b>Conservation Catalyst<\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\", \"serif\"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;\">Many car trips in the United States are less than one mile, a readily bikeable or walkable distance. Yet, some of us drive our ton+ vehicles and ignite fossil fuels to go this far. There are better ways to go. \u00a0Cities like Seattle are promoting non-car alternatives\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/waytogo\/drivelessefforts.htm\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/waytogo\/drivelessefforts.htm<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\", \"serif\"; font-size: 12pt;\">I hate shopping, but biking makes it not only tolerable, but fun. You get exercise, and you experience the simple pleasure of cruising around in the open air, including up and down hills. You see more people; you experience the wind, the weather, the birds and wildlife, the changes in seasons, the interesting yards, landscapes, buildings, and other surroundings in your neighborhood. At the end of your trip, you feel good, as opposed to drained or lethargic from a car trip.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\", \"serif\"; font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TOHQvLHezII\/AAAAAAAAAUw\/W8bGFy01fZQ\/s1600\/Bike+shop+001.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"239\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TOHQvLHezII\/AAAAAAAAAUw\/W8bGFy01fZQ\/s320\/Bike+shop+001.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Photo by Woody Wheeler.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\", \"serif\"; font-size: 12pt;\">Mike Royko, the late great Chicago columnist used to lampoon a mythical lazy American prototype he called \u201cRollin\u2019 Wheels.\u201d Rollin never went anywhere \u201cwithout steel belted radials underneath him.\u201d It\u2019s time to substitute two bicycle tires, or our own two feet for the steel-belted radials. If you insist upon having big wheels beneath you, take public transit. 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