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Gummi Bear

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11 miles to work, but if I rode my bike in I wouldn't have to worry about a shower. Why? Because I would get run over within seconds of hitting the main drag.

Go hang out with the bike messengers downtown. They can show you how to cross town, without getting killed.

Yes, there are bike messengers in downtown ATL, and they usually know the rest of the city too.

I used to ride with a few messengers in Dallas and Fort Worth. Some of them travel, and move from city to city every couple of years or so.
 

ATCDub

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Go hang out with the bike messengers downtown. They can show you how to cross town, without getting killed.

Yes, there are bike messengers in downtown ATL, and they usually know the rest of the city too.

I used to ride with a few messengers in Dallas and Fort Worth. Some of them travel, and move from city to city every couple of years or so.
Yeah, I think it'd be easier downtown. I live on the outskirts and running over a bike is kinda like sport around here. Maybe someday.
 

jwintosh

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paid 3.47 last time i filled up. i've heard we're the highest in the nation!! fortunately, i've got a take home ride,,, comes with it's own gas and mechanic! i get all of 10 mpg with my F250!
 

Fox

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$3.60 this morning. Fortunately, both of our cars are in the 24 - 28 mpg range and the commute is only ~8 miles.
 

CWS

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... vaseline or KY is now required when you go to the local gas station.

"Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:

PRICE OF GASOLINE JUMPS TO $3.22 A GALLON, MATCHING THE MARCH 1981
INFLATION-ADJUSTED ALL-TIME HIGH PRICE FOR GASOLINE IN THE UNITED STATES."
Of course Vaseline being petroleum based that will go up to $20 a jar. Your screwed either way.:skew:
 

tobby4

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I rode to the office and back last night and wanted to die when i got home.. You need to eat a little bit before you ride...

and we now have smoke from the wildfires that has made it up here and it hurts to breath...
 

Electric Sheep

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You guys and your F250s....geez, why'd ya buy gas motors? 10, 15 MPG??? That SUCKS! I get 20-21 MPG in my 10-year-old 3/4-ton Dodge 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel. Shoot, I get 13 MPG when I'm loaded down and hauling 7,000lbs!

Oh, and I'm paying $2.85/gallon for diesel fuel right now, and much of what I purchase is BioDiesel....veggie oil, not Dino-oil.

:grin:
 

cvm4

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We weren't even paying $3.44 when there was a TRUE shortage during Katrina. We were waiting in line 3-4 hours just to fill up the car and were paying $3.22.
 
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