Comments on: The kid ain’t too bright… http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/ Bike Your Drive! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Val http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15080 Val Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:50:01 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15080 Mike: When I was 16, I was riding a bike, and had decided that motor vehicles were for chumps - way too expensive, way too dangerous, and usually unnecessary. It took a lot ot thought and soul searching, inspired somewhat by the aftermath of a freind's death in a car crach, but I stuck with that decision; when I moved away from home and went to college, I specifically told my parents that I did not want to own a car. Now I do, but that's another story. Mike: When I was 16, I was riding a bike, and had decided that motor vehicles were for chumps – way too expensive, way too dangerous, and usually unnecessary. It took a lot ot thought and soul searching, inspired somewhat by the aftermath of a freind’s death in a car crach, but I stuck with that decision; when I moved away from home and went to college, I specifically told my parents that I did not want to own a car. Now I do, but that’s another story.

]]> By: Paul http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15060 Paul Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15060 I'm single and in my 40s, women haven't outgrown that "Boy needs car..." crap. Even recently dated a woman who loves to bike, owns a minivan, and was making fun of past relationships with guys who didn't own a car... right in front of me. I don't own a car and dumped her soon after that! I’m single and in my 40s, women haven’t outgrown that “Boy needs car…” crap. Even recently dated a woman who loves to bike, owns a minivan, and was making fun of past relationships with guys who didn’t own a car… right in front of me. I don’t own a car and dumped her soon after that!

]]> By: Tom http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15059 Tom Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:13:42 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15059 good point mike good point mike

]]> By: Mike Myers http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15058 Mike Myers Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:54:09 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15058 Geez, guys. It's hard to get laid on a bike. Try to remember when YOU were 16. LOL!! Boy needs a car.... Geez, guys. It’s hard to get laid on a bike. Try to remember when YOU were 16. LOL!! Boy needs a car….

]]> By: Rolling Resistance http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15039 Rolling Resistance Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:01:03 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15039 There needs to be a follow up, a few years later: He's gained a bunch of weight, he's stuck in traffic, the car still doesn't run all that well, and he's paying $4 a gallon for gas on top of insurance and the still steady flow of repairs the car continues to require. To his right, a bicyclist passes him, and all the other traffic, and he starts to remember why the bike was so great in the first place. There needs to be a follow up, a few years later:

He’s gained a bunch of weight, he’s stuck in traffic, the car still doesn’t run all that well, and he’s paying $4 a gallon for gas on top of insurance and the still steady flow of repairs the car continues to require.

To his right, a bicyclist passes him, and all the other traffic, and he starts to remember why the bike was so great in the first place.

]]> By: Val http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15033 Val Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:22:54 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15033 As I mentined over at Copenhagenize ( http://www.copenhagenize.com/ ), the message that I choose to take away from this ad is that if you're going to use a car, you'll need a bike for backup. I always try to carry one on the increasingly rare occasions when I drive. As I mentined over at Copenhagenize ( http://www.copenhagenize.com/ ), the message that I choose to take away from this ad is that if you’re going to use a car, you’ll need a bike for backup. I always try to carry one on the increasingly rare occasions when I drive.

]]> By: tadster http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15031 tadster Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:23:13 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15031 I thought it was kinda funny. Besides, I go to the auto parts store a lot but I don't stop bike commuting. (I bought parts to fix up our second car and then we sold it). I thought it was kinda funny. Besides, I go to the auto parts store a lot but I don’t stop bike commuting. (I bought parts to fix up our second car and then we sold it).

]]> By: Tom http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15025 Tom Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:52:33 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15025 Thats funny when i saw this I thought the same thing. They should show how he all overweight and broke like two months later lol. Thats funny when i saw this I thought the same thing. They should show how he all overweight and broke like two months later lol.

]]> By: Stuart M. http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15020 Stuart M. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:40:51 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15020 Let's see, if it took the kid all summer to fix that jalopy, how much money did he spend? How did he get the title to the car? I bet if he shows up at the car owner's house to claim it, the owner will say, "Hey, thanks for fixing my car, now hand over the keys and beat it." Let’s see, if it took the kid all summer to fix that jalopy, how much money did he spend? How did he get the title to the car? I bet if he shows up at the car owner’s house to claim it, the owner will say, “Hey, thanks for fixing my car, now hand over the keys and beat it.”

]]> By: Shek http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/08/21/the-kid-aint-too-bright/#comment-15014 Shek Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:09:36 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1248#comment-15014 The ad is silly. Complete misrepresentation of bicycle commuting..and people are going to buy that... The ad is silly. Complete misrepresentation of bicycle commuting..and people are going to buy that…

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