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In article <LOTTO.92Apr8081612@laura.harvard.edu> lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto) writes:
>I ride a motorcycle in Boston, year round.  I enjoy it, it does not
>present any major problems 360 days out of the year - especially
>downtown.  Bicycling or motorcycling may not be an option for you, but
>don't impose your limitations on others.

I don't believe I was.  To be truthful, given the choice, I would not
travel *AT ALL* to get to work.  I would stay in the comfort of my own
home, logged in remotely, listening to my stereo, eating meals out of my
kitchen, and causing no pollution or road congestion.  Unfortunately, in
today's society that is not yet an option.

>Sean> Tell me, is the opera very enjoyable if it decides to downpour half way
>Sean> there, wrecking your suit, or if you come out afterwords and find all
>Sean> your ham radio gear gone?
>
>If you prepare so poorly that these things happen to you, I can see
>how you would be disillusioned to the sport.  Perhaps you should
>reconsider what mental skills are involved in riding?

I don't see where preparation quite comes into it.  Sure, you can always
wear your So'Wester every time your ride your bike, but the poster's
attitude seemed to be "I ride my bike under any circumstances uphill both
ways to weddings, the opera and the academy awards, and yer a wimp if you
can't do the same."  While that may be a commendable attitude in San Jose,
IMHO if you do that in Boston you must be a martyr, and the poster is
somewhat ignorant of the road and weather conditions here.  

And it still won't keep you dry, planning or no planning, if it rains
unexpectedly or a truck splashes you or simply douses you with grit and
grime on your way to your destination.

I would love bike riding -- if there were no other vehicles on the road.
It was marvellous when I lived in Maine.  It might be nice if I lived in
China, where there are several orders of magnitude fewer cars and the city
is more amenable to bikes.

-- 
Sean Colbath
sean@think.com					...harvard!think!sean
"...and now for something completely different..."