I report back that I powered my own sorry ass to work this morning and it felt great.
My current bicycle situation is the following, I have lots of bikes. My quiver has grown significantly in the past month or so. The Niner is still kicking and will until SBC decides they want to send me one of their super trick S Works Stumpjumper 29’r Hardtail Singlespeeds. Until that happens… The Demo is still in the shed, still haven’t ridden it and yes, it is still for sale. Anyone? The Tricross is currently in frame only mode seeing that I stripped it of its parts to build up a sweet Raleigh High Life. I also picked up a Look 566 which I just put Edge 45’s on this past Saturday.
Now, the plan for the ride in this morning was to grab the 566 with the intention that it would be faster, but alas, the forecast was for rain. The High Life with its Phil Wood hubs can get as wet as it wants and I don’t care. So of course, it didn’t rain until I got home, but I still rode. I just didn’t get to ride the 566 and see how the wheels feel.
In unrelated news…
Yesterday morning while reading the New York Times online, I ran across a video of the 2010 auto show in Detroit that took place recently. I’ve been desperately looking for a usable version of this video but no such luck, you’ll have to go to their site to watch it. It focused quite a bit on the new electric cars that everyone is currently pushing and beginning to produce, again. I understand the advantages of the electric car but I don’t see how they can be a long term solution. If the battery used in the Prius completely obliterates any ecological gains than how do the batteries in these new cars stand up to the test.
I would hope that by producing electric cars the goal is to reduce emissions, help maintain a live-able environment and so forth, but if these cars use batteries that create more pollution than driving a regular Hummer then what’s the point. I have a feeling that these new cars are yet another great way for corporations to hide the environmental problems of their products by ensuring the batteries are made where the consumers don’t live.
Anyways…
Peace. Love. and Revolution.