Comments on: Oh yeah. People use bikes here too, don’t they? http://ourpdx.com/2009/02/oh-yeah-people-use-bikes-here-too-dont-they/ Collaborative coverage of news and events, with a focus on community. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: morganpdx http://ourpdx.com/2009/02/oh-yeah-people-use-bikes-here-too-dont-they/comment-page-1/#comment-4701 morganpdx Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:36:18 +0000 http://ourpdx.net/?p=3769#comment-4701 Yeah, wondering why bikes are included would be my first thought, if it weren't for the fact that so many people in portland rely heavily on biking as a means of commuting, and really as their *only* mode of transportation. My roommate for instance, hasn't owned a car in years, and does everything by bike. I love that portland is so bicycle-centric. And the mayor has positioned himself as very bike-friendly, so the irony of the fact is that much more...well, ironic. Wait. Did I use ironic correctly? (little Ignite joke there) Yeah, wondering why bikes are included would be my first thought, if it weren’t for the fact that so many people in portland rely heavily on biking as a means of commuting, and really as their *only* mode of transportation. My roommate for instance, hasn’t owned a car in years, and does everything by bike.

I love that portland is so bicycle-centric. And the mayor has positioned himself as very bike-friendly, so the irony of the fact is that much more…well, ironic.

Wait. Did I use ironic correctly? (little Ignite joke there)

]]> By: Endless Monkeys http://ourpdx.com/2009/02/oh-yeah-people-use-bikes-here-too-dont-they/comment-page-1/#comment-4691 Endless Monkeys Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:26:57 +0000 http://ourpdx.net/?p=3769#comment-4691 The state of biking in Portland is such a strange thing to me. People seem to almost go to war over this. To be honest, I really didn't know about Sam's survey and, furthermore, am not entirely certain how bikers really factored in. As it was inclement weather, I don't see how a bike could have been at all useful, so the survey doesn't seem like it'd have a need to include them. But for full disclosure, I really don't bike, so I could be talking right out of my butt here. I think it comes down to traction. Cars and the like can be given traction tires. Walking, of course, is pretty much nothing but traction-control. Skis... well, they're skis. There's probably traction tires for bikes too (again, bear in mind I'm absolutely bike-ignorant), so who knows. That said, the fact that Portland's bike community wields such power in this town is pretty cool and shows that the city really does work to keep everyone in mind. The state of biking in Portland is such a strange thing to me. People seem to almost go to war over this. To be honest, I really didn’t know about Sam’s survey and, furthermore, am not entirely certain how bikers really factored in. As it was inclement weather, I don’t see how a bike could have been at all useful, so the survey doesn’t seem like it’d have a need to include them. But for full disclosure, I really don’t bike, so I could be talking right out of my butt here.

I think it comes down to traction. Cars and the like can be given traction tires. Walking, of course, is pretty much nothing but traction-control. Skis… well, they’re skis. There’s probably traction tires for bikes too (again, bear in mind I’m absolutely bike-ignorant), so who knows. That said, the fact that Portland’s bike community wields such power in this town is pretty cool and shows that the city really does work to keep everyone in mind.

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