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To: Ilaine who wrote (69892)	7/6/2008 8:34:21 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

In Beijing, our son [Tarken] and I bought a couple of new simple bicycles for only about $50 each, including with a basket on the front. He gave his to the 14 year old boy who was working day and night, literally, in the Youth Hostel. Poor kid. From the countryside and no doubt paid nothing except room and food. Tarken was teaching him a bit of English [giving him the change if he could say how much change it should be [for the meal]]. Being given a bike would have been a big deal for him. I have had a motor scooter for a few years [bought from a daughter who went to Australia]. It's a little cute one, top speed about 35 mph [on level ground]. It's nice to get around traffic and park anywhere at all. I was going to get a little 250cc Suzuki GN250 motorbike too, to get up to 100 kph, but I don't really need it and now they have zoomed up in price due to global demand due to fuel prices. 40 years ago I had a Yamaha YDS5E 250cc which was great fun and my primary transport for a while. Mqurice

To: Ilaine who wrote (69892)	7/7/2008 6:16:45 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

My bike is a 27-speed, with 3 sprockets in front and 9 in back. There's some overlap, but I use the full range. A CVT hub would be better if it actually works. In the summer I average 15 miles/day on my bike. Just got back from a long cloudy night ride along the coast, which was delayed by a cow moose with twin calves on the trail. Yesterday I had a fun twilight ride with great views of the distant mountains. At one point I pedaled 50 feet behind a fox hunting along the trail, and watched it make a flying leap to pounce on a vole. The trails here are passable for biking from about May 15 to October 15. Recently we had a young cyclist on the east side of town attacked by a brown bear, but she was rescued and should make a full recovery. The brownies mostly stay away from my end of town, but I carry bear spray just in case... Cyclist's cool thinking saved bear attack victim adn.com