| NAME: Gary Gingras
LOCATION: Boulder, CO
OCCUPATION: Community Cycles Shop Director
Where do you live and what’s it like riding in your city?
I live in very sunny and not ethnically diverse Boulder, CO. Many $5000+ bikes riding around the city and hills. If those same folks would ride the bike to work I might be impressed. Otherwise great bike paths and amazing routes to avoid traffic. Yet we have plenty that are still afraid to ride?
What was your favorite city to ride in, and why?
Boston, Boston, Boston. Driving two miles will take you two hours, riding to the same location 6 minutes! Amazing fun streets to ravage by bike. Getting to see so much buzzing around a city on bike is just the best way to appreciate things around you. The most beautiful ride which I miss dearly; 30 miles round trip to Walden Pond for a nice soak. Get out past the 95-belt and there are the beautiful roads of Concord, MA.
Why do you love riding in the city?
Being on a bike in a city is powerful, everyone in a car will get to their destination slower with slower wits about them. Riding is invigorating, reviving and very awakening. Ride seven miles to work in Boston and tell me you’re not ready for the day! Riding in the city keeps you live and alert–why pay for gas. The saying goes–ride to work–work to live–live to ride.
Or just say whatever you want about riding in the city… Poetry anyone?
Being part of a non-profit bike shop in Boulder, I get to show people what is possible, The photo shows me pulling 800lbs+ of solar panels to an installation. We try to get people out with trailers, etc. and realize bike power is possible and the way to go.
Check out www.communitycycles.org
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Where do you live and what’s it like riding in your city?
What was your favorite city to ride in, and why?
Why do you love riding in the city?
Or just say whatever you want about riding in the city… Poetry anyone?
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