Price of Gas Affecting You, Too?

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Originally Posted by MarkS

Actually it works out to about $5.19 US since a US gallon is about 0.833 of an imperial gallon, what is the current rate of exchange anyway? . In any case we should be there next year. I do find it kind of funny though since I live in MN and we get about 90% of our crude oil from Canada yet pay less for it then they do in Canada. :confusd:

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Oh, my bad. I just used googles converter lol.
And yeah, it's absurd! I cringe every time I pull into a gas station.

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Originally Posted by Raptor

I'd really like to see you try and walk/bike anywhere in 110+ degree weather and not have a heat stroke.

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My commute is about 20 miles and I've done it on a bike many times in temps over 100 degrees and humidity close to 100 percent. My camelback kept me hydrated and never had problems with heat stroke. Now on the other hand, temps below 30 and I have a problem jumping on the bicycle. Between 25 degrees and 40 degrees, I use the motorcycle.

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Originally Posted by Don

My commute is about 20 miles and I've done it on a bike many times in temps over 100 degrees and humidity close to 100 percent. My camelback kept me hydrated and never had problems with heat stroke. Now on the other hand, temps below 30 and I have a problem jumping on the bicycle. Between 25 degrees and 40 degrees, I use the motorcycle.

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Good for you. I'm not heat tolerant, add in a 15 pound backpack, it'd end up killing me. Not to mention I don't think biking at 6 am in the dark is safe.

for the US citizen: be flexible, be prepared, be willing to adapt. And please dont get sick. The 3 positive attributes i just typed out do work, except if you ever get sick, or just old, you better would have emigrated before you turned 50. If you want to live the american dream, go to Denmark, or to a lesser extent Sweden or Australia. No american dream to be had in the USA.

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Originally Posted by Raptor

Good for you. I'm not heat tolerant, add in a 15 pound backpack, it'd end up killing me. Not to mention I don't think biking at 6 am in the dark is safe.

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I've biked in the dark many times. As long as you can see and will be seen, you're good to go. It's not much less safe than biking in the daytime as long as you're willing to invest in a decent set of lights. (By decent, I mean a real, see where you're going front, and BRIGHT, preferably blinking/flashing/attention grabbing rear.) Granted, it's $100+ to get a good set of lights like what I've got (10 watt halogen w/big rechargeable battery pack), and if you want to go *really* nice, you can easily spend $400-500 on an HID setup for your headlight, but you can get a decent basic set for more like $30 that will at least get you by for a while until you can afford something better. The main difference will be brightness of the front light, and that the front will take a bunch of AA batteries instead of having a rechargeable battery pack. That obviously means that it'll cost over the long term to replace batteries, but it's a viable option if you're cash-strapped at the moment.

Edit: Also, in the summer, at least, protective eyewear is imperative. Bug/eye impacts @ 20MPH HURT.

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Originally Posted by olstyn

I've biked in the dark many times. As long as you can see and will be seen, you're good to go. It's not much less safe than biking in the daytime as long as you're willing to invest in a decent set of lights. (By decent, I mean a real, see where you're going front, and BRIGHT, preferably blinking/flashing/attention grabbing rear.) Granted, it's $100+ to get a good set of lights like what I've got (10 watt halogen w/big rechargeable battery pack), and if you want to go *really* nice, you can easily spend $400-500 on an HID setup for your headlight, but you can get a decent basic set for more like $30 that will at least get you by for a while until you can afford something better. The main difference will be brightness of the front light, and that the front will take a bunch of AA batteries instead of having a rechargeable battery pack. That obviously means that it'll cost over the long term to replace batteries, but it's a viable option if you're cash-strapped at the moment.

Edit: Also, in the summer, at least, protective eyewear is imperative. Bug/eye impacts @ 20MPH HURT.

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....Yeah. I'm a college student with no income outside financial aid with the majority of that goes towards tuition/books.

Regardless, biking isn't a viable option. I'd end up too exhausted to focus on lecture. Not to mention, it's dangerous for me, physically as a person.

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Originally Posted by Raptor

....Yeah. I'm a college student with no income outside financial aid with the majority of that goes towards tuition/books.

Regardless, biking isn't a viable option. I'd end up too exhausted to focus on lecture. Not to mention, it's dangerous for me, physically as a person.

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Augh on the same boat with ypu concerning financial aid and stuff. I HATE buying textbooks.

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Originally Posted by Raptor

....Yeah. I'm a college student with no income outside financial aid with the majority of that goes towards tuition/books.

Regardless, biking isn't a viable option. I'd end up too exhausted to focus on lecture. Not to mention, it's dangerous for me, physically as a person.

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I don't mean to be rude, but I assume there's a medical condition involved in the exhaustion and danger?

I have a charger :tears:
Love it, but damnnn

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Originally Posted by olstyn

I don't mean to be rude, but I assume there's a medical condition involved in the exhaustion and danger?

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I live 32 miles away from college. It takes me about 40 minutes to get there. A quick google search says the average bike speed is 13 mph. Assuming I maintain a constant speed, it would take me two and a half hours to get to college. Meaning I'd have to get up at 4 am vs my usual 5 am to get to class by 7. If I'm lucky, I average 5 or 6 hours of sleep a night. This is ignoring the fact that I go up to college twice on Mondays and for my evening class have to drink an energy drink to stay awake (it usually doesn't work).

As for danger, I'm 4'11". Think about it.