Ouch. Suburban ‘Mountain’ Bike. Weak on the trails, worse on the road. No fenders, nowhere to attach a rack, no ergonomics = no commuting. This is the Wal-Mart version of a roof rack ornament. Such a great idea with Mr. Burns execution. Next year, maybe expired bus passes to get employees into transit?
Additionally, if anyone was thinking these were going to be used to bike to work - have you ever seen a more bike commute unfriendly location than your average IKEA store?
OLB Greeting Bad River Ojibwe To Milwaukee, 1/8/13
Walker Killed Emerging WI Train Jobs, Industry
Worsening a stalled economy...click the photo.
Why, thank you, righty commenters:
"Jimbo, I'll give you credit; you are like the mosquitoes in Alaska, you never go away."
And on my Purple WI blog:
"I can't believe I am saying this, but I actually have to agree with Jimmy on the [proposed, new $200 million] DOT building. If the current place is functional, why do we need a new one? PS: As usual, the rest of his article is complete liberal garbage."
Wisconsin's environment imperiled by Scott Walker. Click the photo for more information.
James Rowen's Biography
James Rowen, a writer and consultant, worked for newspapers, and as the senior Mayoral staffer, in Madison and Milwaukee, WI. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007.
1 comment:
One of the comments was priceless:
rolfsy
December 9, 2010 at 10:02 am
Ouch. Suburban ‘Mountain’ Bike. Weak on the trails, worse on the road. No fenders, nowhere to attach a rack, no ergonomics = no commuting. This is the Wal-Mart version of a roof rack ornament. Such a great idea with Mr. Burns execution. Next year, maybe expired bus passes to get employees into transit?
Additionally, if anyone was thinking these were going to be used to bike to work - have you ever seen a more bike commute unfriendly location than your average IKEA store?
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