This is the sole reason all teams should collectively post carpool opportunities.
On that subject, if anyone needs a ride to HDRR, I will be leaving the Tigard\Tualatin area Sat. morning. I will not be there in time for the TT. Only doing the Crit. and RR.
Mike Adams
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Dreiling [mailto:ragg-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 8:44 AM
To: eva-@ci.hillsboro.or.us; ob-@topica.com; obra-@topica.com
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Are gas prices keeping you from races?
Kinda hard to do in Oakridge(not drive that
is)...can't buy a lot of stuff here, so you have to
drive to Eugene. It is easy for people in a big city
to drive less, but us in the boonie's must drive at
times
Take Care
Randy
--- Evan MacKenzie <eva-@ci.hillsboro.or.us> wrote:
A gallon of gas still costs less than 20oz of coffee
at Starbucks.
And adjusted for inflation, the price has not risen
at all.
Try that with the Portland housing market, or
$30,000 for an SUV.
Besides, I hardly ever drive anyway. That's what
bicycles are for!
Does gas figure into my "cost" of going to a race,
or even a regular
ride? Sure. It costs more than not going at all. But
honestly, I think
more about the traffic and pollution I generate by
driving to a race
than the cost of the gas. I'm the one that chose
what car to drive based
on a number of factors, including the cost of fuel.
And at the lousy
25mpg that my Toyota Previa minivan gets, yeah, I
think about it. The
irony of the fact that I, a cyclist, only use my car
to get to rides and
races weighs heavily on my mind. But it's my own
damn fault for buying a
car that sucks so much gas to do so. I know I have
no control over the
price of gas, and never will, so I try to plan
accordingly. Ask
yourself: do you?
There's a great joke in the traffic engineering
world: You are not stuck
in traffic, you ARE traffic. If you don't want to
pay the so-called high
cost of gas, arrange your life so you don't have to
rely on it, or rely
on it less, or shut up and quit complaining.
I don't know what all the fuss is about.
Evan MacKenzie
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----------(_)/ (_)______Get OUT OF YOUR CARS and
ride!
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Dreiling [mailto:ragg-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 5:46 PM
To: ob-@topica.com; obra-@topica.com
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Are gas prices keeping you from
races?
As a promoter outside the Portland metro area where
a
majority of OBRA racers live, I was wondering if gas
prices have caused you not to travel to races?
Thanks
Randy
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