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In article <1992Apr8.223131.7705@unixland.natick.ma.us> bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) writes:
>tarl@sw.stratus.com (Tarl Neustaedter) writes:
>>Not in Massachussets. Riding a bicycle in Mass. traffic is equivalent to
>>committing suicide. 
>
>That's right.  I spend $500 on a bicycle a couple of years ago, and have
>only ridden it about a hundred miles!  Part of the reason, granted, was
>laziness, but the biggest reason was the fact that it is SOOO unpleasant
>to ride on the roads around here!  (Natick MA).  Of course the pothole-
>ridden roads don't help either when you're riding a racing-style bike.
>Maybe one of those "mountain bikes" with big tires would be better!
>-- 



Hear, hear!  As an ex-Virginian, I can, too, attest that riding a 
bike in most of "suburban" MA. is death.  Frugal (aka "cheap") 
New Englanders apparently do not consider bike paths a useful
thing to fund with their taxes.  While I can understand pinching 
one's pennies in a recession like this, to my knowledge this sorta
"frill" has never been funded in this state _except_ in a very 
few locals near Boston and "The People's Republic" :-) of Cambridge...
The only place I could bike out on from my apt. are RT's 9 and 20
YEAAAAH! There aren't even any sidewalks in most towns, let alone
bike trails...









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