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		<dc:creator>Hermes Birkin bag 25 Bougainvi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Hermes Replica</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hermes Replica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love Bike-to-Work, it&#039;s a good sport for today&#039;s busy people. And most important, it&#039;s good to protect our earth. 

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		<dc:creator>lacoste online</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 11:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: lacoste polos</title>
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		<dc:creator>lacoste polos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s seems to be more interest than ever in transportational cycling, with particular interest in commute-specific bikes (particularly folders). I fielded an endless stream of questions regarding my Brompton folding bike. </description>
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		<title>By: Midohossy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Midohossy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, people. There is a fresh design to warrant dough from PPC campaigns. Inhibit it into the open air!</p>
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		<title>By: Andy B from Jersey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy B from Jersey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 20:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not to jump on you some more Spud but you are WAY off base with your 150 bad days to ride estimate.  I&#039;m in Central Jersey and I ride 2.5 miles to work nearly every day of the year and do it in &quot;office casual&quot; clothing and nice (expensive) leather shoes.  Once in a while I will need to put on rain pants but most days are manageable without any special clothing.  In winter, a ski helmet and goggles help keep my head very warm and comfortable and I only need to break out the long johns and winter boots once in a while.

However, I got to admit that this past Friday was pushing my tolerance for rain.  It didn&#039;t help that I over slept and woke up just in time for the heavy rain to hit Central Jersey.  But it was Bike to Work Day so I just pushed on and made it happen.  I was a little damp at my desk for a half an hour but not much more.  Coming home was just mist so I left the pants in my bag and just dealt with it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to jump on you some more Spud but you are WAY off base with your 150 bad days to ride estimate.  I&#8217;m in Central Jersey and I ride 2.5 miles to work nearly every day of the year and do it in &#8220;office casual&#8221; clothing and nice (expensive) leather shoes.  Once in a while I will need to put on rain pants but most days are manageable without any special clothing.  In winter, a ski helmet and goggles help keep my head very warm and comfortable and I only need to break out the long johns and winter boots once in a while.</p>
<p>However, I got to admit that this past Friday was pushing my tolerance for rain.  It didn&#8217;t help that I over slept and woke up just in time for the heavy rain to hit Central Jersey.  But it was Bike to Work Day so I just pushed on and made it happen.  I was a little damp at my desk for a half an hour but not much more.  Coming home was just mist so I left the pants in my bag and just dealt with it.</p>
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		<title>By: Spud Spudly</title>
		<link>http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/16/open-thread-share-your-bike-to-work-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-50387</link>
		<dc:creator>Spud Spudly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love the four seasons and being outdoors in all of them, but riding a bike to work in all of them is a different story and I think that&#039;s more representative of the public&#039;s overall views.  But hey, good for you guys.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love the four seasons and being outdoors in all of them, but riding a bike to work in all of them is a different story and I think that&#8217;s more representative of the public&#8217;s overall views.  But hey, good for you guys.</p>
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		<title>By: paulb</title>
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		<dc:creator>paulb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 12:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>NYC is an excellent place to ride a bike, year round. I agree with ben and beng722. Days like Friday with rain all day are very unusual. (And riding was pleasant even then with fenders and a rain jacket.) This past winter, there were only a few snow days, and on any winter day there were plenty of bike riders out there. I&#039;ve ridden to work on W. 18th street from Prospect Heights, Bkln every day since I bought a folding bike in August. I&#039;ve taken the subway a dozen times, at most. A 5 mile ride even in very cold weather is not a big deal.

If someone enjoys the outdoors but only when the weather is like in Southern California, why be living in NYC? Being outdoors in different weather is the biggest pleasure of riding the bike.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NYC is an excellent place to ride a bike, year round. I agree with ben and beng722. Days like Friday with rain all day are very unusual. (And riding was pleasant even then with fenders and a rain jacket.) This past winter, there were only a few snow days, and on any winter day there were plenty of bike riders out there. I&#8217;ve ridden to work on W. 18th street from Prospect Heights, Bkln every day since I bought a folding bike in August. I&#8217;ve taken the subway a dozen times, at most. A 5 mile ride even in very cold weather is not a big deal.</p>
<p>If someone enjoys the outdoors but only when the weather is like in Southern California, why be living in NYC? Being outdoors in different weather is the biggest pleasure of riding the bike.</p>
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		<title>By: beng722</title>
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		<dc:creator>beng722</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 17:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ben, 
i am in complete agreement.  Winter is not only managable for biking, it&#039;s actually preferable for all the reasons u listed.  I LOVE getting on the bike path when it&#039;s a bit chilly cuz it&#039;s empty.  When it&#039;s warm and sunny out, the &#039;bike paths&#039; are over-run with pedestrians (even when, just a few feet away there is a clearly labelled &#039;walking path&#039;).  And, yes, it&#039;s great arriving w/o being drenched in sweat.
Does anyone know the answer to my earlier question?  ARE VENDORS ALLOWED ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE?  they really seem dangerous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ben,<br />
i am in complete agreement.  Winter is not only managable for biking, it&#8217;s actually preferable for all the reasons u listed.  I LOVE getting on the bike path when it&#8217;s a bit chilly cuz it&#8217;s empty.  When it&#8217;s warm and sunny out, the &#8216;bike paths&#8217; are over-run with pedestrians (even when, just a few feet away there is a clearly labelled &#8216;walking path&#8217;).  And, yes, it&#8217;s great arriving w/o being drenched in sweat.<br />
Does anyone know the answer to my earlier question?  ARE VENDORS ALLOWED ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE?  they really seem dangerous.</p>
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		<title>By: ben</title>
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		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 15:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#21,  Winter may be at least 150 days, but most of winter is 35-42 degrees and fairly dry, the best cycling weather in the world, in my opinion.

throw on a sweatshirt, gloves, a knit cap under your helmet, maybe an extra pair of socks, and you&#039;re good to go.

the bike paths are uncrowded, and i arrive to work with not a drop of sweat on me. what more could you want?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#21,  Winter may be at least 150 days, but most of winter is 35-42 degrees and fairly dry, the best cycling weather in the world, in my opinion.</p>
<p>throw on a sweatshirt, gloves, a knit cap under your helmet, maybe an extra pair of socks, and you&#8217;re good to go.</p>
<p>the bike paths are uncrowded, and i arrive to work with not a drop of sweat on me. what more could you want?</p>
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		<title>By: paulb</title>
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		<dc:creator>paulb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 13:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There was a cycler down in the center of the intersection of 2nd Avenue and 14th St. yesterday when I was riding home at about 7:30 pm. He&#039;d collided with a taxi and he was like a snow angel on the pavement, not moving, with a civilian leaning over him trying, it seemed, to tuck his poncho over his head.

I thought, &quot;He&#039;s dead! My god, he&#039;s dead!&quot; But the police came a few moments later, stood around (don&#039;t they have emergency blankets in patrol cars? I was afraid the guy might be going into shock) and then, after awhile, the cycler lifted his head. It was a food delivery guy and the taxi driver said, he didn&#039;t see him. I took the opportunity to remonstrate, without getting personal, with the driver that too many yellow cab drivers get too close to cyclists (i.e., me).

Conditions like last night, I can see the cars but, streaky wipers, fogged windows...could they see me?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a cycler down in the center of the intersection of 2nd Avenue and 14th St. yesterday when I was riding home at about 7:30 pm. He&#8217;d collided with a taxi and he was like a snow angel on the pavement, not moving, with a civilian leaning over him trying, it seemed, to tuck his poncho over his head.</p>
<p>I thought, &#8220;He&#8217;s dead! My god, he&#8217;s dead!&#8221; But the police came a few moments later, stood around (don&#8217;t they have emergency blankets in patrol cars? I was afraid the guy might be going into shock) and then, after awhile, the cycler lifted his head. It was a food delivery guy and the taxi driver said, he didn&#8217;t see him. I took the opportunity to remonstrate, without getting personal, with the driver that too many yellow cab drivers get too close to cyclists (i.e., me).</p>
<p>Conditions like last night, I can see the cars but, streaky wipers, fogged windows&#8230;could they see me?</p>
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		<title>By: Angus Grieve-Smith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Angus Grieve-Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 02:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My first customer was in the next building, my second was two blocks away, and my third was eight blocks away.  I could have ridden to the third, but I had to pick my son up afterwards and I don&#039;t have a child attachment.

I did, however, help &lt;i&gt;him&lt;/i&gt; bike to school for the first time.  We got lost trying to find the route with the least amount of uphill for him, and wound up in a schoolyard full of locked doors.  It all worked out in the end, though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My first customer was in the next building, my second was two blocks away, and my third was eight blocks away.  I could have ridden to the third, but I had to pick my son up afterwards and I don&#8217;t have a child attachment.</p>
<p>I did, however, help <i>him</i> bike to school for the first time.  We got lost trying to find the route with the least amount of uphill for him, and wound up in a schoolyard full of locked doors.  It all worked out in the end, though.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason A</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason A</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Spud, with oil nearing $130 a barrel, soggy shoes are the least of my concerns...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spud, with oil nearing $130 a barrel, soggy shoes are the least of my concerns&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Spud Spudly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Spud Spudly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thirty days?!?!?!  BAH!  That&#039;s ridiculous.  Factor in rainy days, snowy days, days when there&#039;s snow on the ground, slushy days, freezing cold days, red hot days, days when rain or snow are predicted even if they don&#039;t actually materialize, days when it&#039;s pitch black outside before 5PM, and so on.  Winter alone is three months.  Add all that up and it&#039;s easily 150 days.  

You gotta remember that you&#039;re preaching to the choir here on Streetsblog.  Look at Shemp&#039;s comment up above and tell me whether the people here are representative of NYC.  Gimme a break.  Jason thinks today was &quot;mildly inconvenient?&quot;  Have fun getting home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thirty days?!?!?!  BAH!  That&#8217;s ridiculous.  Factor in rainy days, snowy days, days when there&#8217;s snow on the ground, slushy days, freezing cold days, red hot days, days when rain or snow are predicted even if they don&#8217;t actually materialize, days when it&#8217;s pitch black outside before 5PM, and so on.  Winter alone is three months.  Add all that up and it&#8217;s easily 150 days.  </p>
<p>You gotta remember that you&#8217;re preaching to the choir here on Streetsblog.  Look at Shemp&#8217;s comment up above and tell me whether the people here are representative of NYC.  Gimme a break.  Jason thinks today was &#8220;mildly inconvenient?&#8221;  Have fun getting home.</p>
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		<title>By: BicyclesOnly</title>
		<link>http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/16/open-thread-share-your-bike-to-work-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-50288</link>
		<dc:creator>BicyclesOnly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 19:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jason&#039;s got it.  Spud is way off with 150 days being inconvenient to bicycle--that&#039;s almost half the days!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jason&#8217;s got it.  Spud is way off with 150 days being inconvenient to bicycle&#8211;that&#8217;s almost half the days!</p>
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		<title>By: Jason A</title>
		<link>http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/16/open-thread-share-your-bike-to-work-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-50284</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason A</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 19:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;How ironic that today turned out to be one of the 30 days a year that it&#039;s mildly inconvenient to bike to work in NYC, eh?&quot;


Now that sounds about right...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;How ironic that today turned out to be one of the 30 days a year that it&#8217;s mildly inconvenient to bike to work in NYC, eh?&#8221;</p>
<p>Now that sounds about right&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Damien Newton</title>
		<link>http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/16/open-thread-share-your-bike-to-work-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-50272</link>
		<dc:creator>Damien Newton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As Alan said, we have our Bike to Word day early on the West Coast.  For once, we&#039;re not 3 hours behind, we&#039;re 21 hours ahead.

I did a photo diary of biking around town yesterday for LA Streetsblog.  We didn&#039;t have a problem with rain.

http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/16/bike-to-work-day-photo-diary/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Alan said, we have our Bike to Word day early on the West Coast.  For once, we&#8217;re not 3 hours behind, we&#8217;re 21 hours ahead.</p>
<p>I did a photo diary of biking around town yesterday for LA Streetsblog.  We didn&#8217;t have a problem with rain.</p>
<p><a href="http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/16/bike-to-work-day-photo-diary/" rel="nofollow">http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/16/bike-to-work-day-photo-diary/</a></p>
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		<title>By: ben</title>
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		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 17:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I put my fenders on and rode in today (agreed with #2, Paul&#039;s words on WNYC this morning were encouraging).

TA had a nice pit stop set up at the QB bridge entrance, where they served donuts and coffee, and handed out gift bags containing a water bottle, Crumpler cell phone pouch, power bars, TA magazine, bike maps, and other assorted stuff.

Thanks to TA for getting up early and standing out in the rain. Looks like it&#039;s going to be a wet ride home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I put my fenders on and rode in today (agreed with #2, Paul&#8217;s words on WNYC this morning were encouraging).</p>
<p>TA had a nice pit stop set up at the QB bridge entrance, where they served donuts and coffee, and handed out gift bags containing a water bottle, Crumpler cell phone pouch, power bars, TA magazine, bike maps, and other assorted stuff.</p>
<p>Thanks to TA for getting up early and standing out in the rain. Looks like it&#8217;s going to be a wet ride home.</p>
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