Wed 9 Jun 2010
New Hampshire Media Makers Spoke Card 1
Posted by dr.hypercube under gearheadism , information sys , making things[6] Comments
Rewards drive behavior.
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As regular readers know, I’m trying to re-integrate bicycling into my life as an enjoyable, practical transportation option. Given the ongoing nightmare in the Gulf, I’m feeling pretty evangelical about biking, so I thought I’d see if I could encourage locals (or folks from a distance, if they’re up for a big ride) to come to this Sunday’s NHMM meetup via bicycle. I was inspired when I fell across spoke cards while looking at commuter bikes on Flickr – you can see the results of said inspiration above.
The first 8 people to ride to NHMM get a spoke card on the spot – if there are more riders than that, I’ll have more made up and make good on my offer within a week. If there are less than that, anyone from further away than, say, 20 miles can have one if they tell me that they’ve ridden a bike to and from the grocery store this week (6/6) – knowing my own problems with good intentions, it’s gotta be a completed ride.
A shoutout to the good folks at Infinite Imaging who did a bang-up job on printing and lamination.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:37 am
I’ve wanted to get a bike for awhile now.
First I wanted to bike to work. 45 minutes by car each way kind of precluded that.
Now I work at home. So I suppose I can get on the bike, then get back off – and I’m at work.
The only other issue with biking is where I live. Twombley Road and Route 4 are both a bit of a death trap. They’re also the only way to get from here to there (wherever there is).
Someday. Probably a wheelchair.
s
June 9th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Rte 4 isn’t too bad – I used to ride it quite a bit. Its saving grace is a w-i-d-e shoulder allowing you a bit of distance from the car driving pinheads. I’d have to look at a map, but I’ll bet if you wanted to you could take a nice ride on the west side of Bauneg Beg.
June 9th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Twombley is the west side of Bauneg Beg.
People drive like idiots on Twombley – and there are no shoulders to speak of.
Route 4 isn’t terrible – it’s just the texting/swerving drivers that would give me the willies.
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June 10th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Good point – texting wasn’t an issue when I was riding Rte 4 – yikes.
June 10th, 2010 at 11:00 am
I walk to work every day and I don’t even OWN a bike (my brother does, but I’m not commandeering it to bike all the way to Newmarket without previous experience biking in this area).
June 10th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Walking rules! It does creates some spoke card placement issues, though – imaginary bike fail!? If pedaling around a bit hits your must-do list, and you want to go for a short ride, let me know.