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We have a president who rides a bike!
Not only does he ride, he supports bike initiatives. Here's what he has to say:
As president, Barack Obama will re-evaluate the transportation funding process to ensure that smart growth considerations are taken into account. Obama will build upon his efforts in the Senate to ensure that more Metropolitan Planning Organizations create policies to incentivize greater bicycle and pedestrian usage of roads and sidewalks, and he will also re-commit federal resources to public mass transportation projects across the country. Building more livable and sustainable communities will not only reduce the amount of time individuals spent commuting, but will also have significant benefits to air quality, public health and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Lets see if he sticks to it.
Update: This looks promising. Thanks for the link, Txdelsol!
...it does look like he's biking in a crosswalk getting ready to get on the sidewalk...at least it's going with traffic though. hehe.
yea but i mean... he's pulling his kid in a trailer i think
http://www.good.is/?p=13094
yeah but bush is a crap hole
... but crap hole or not, the man does take serious care of himself, and apparently rides the hell out of his bike. He used to jog, but his knees couldn't take it anymore.
There's a story out there on the Internets where he went on a mountain bike ride with a pretty serious MTBer and the guy was quite impressed. Also, he's pushing through some legislation or rule changes or something to open up the national parks more to mountain bikes. Enemy of the world or not, he may have done some good things for cycling.
And of course he's gone on at least one bike ride with Lance. (Not that this means anything, of course ...)
There's another story out there about a guy who rode with Kerry (remember him? Four years ago?) and apparently he's pretty good on a (road) bike as well.
And in this picture, Obama is riding a practical bicycle, wearing normal clothes, pulling a trailer (presumably with kids?) ... sounds like a winner to me, even if he needs a bit more air in that back tire.
If McCain ever rode a bike, he probably stalled and crashed it ...
All in all, things are looking up! Invite him (Obama, or any of them really) to the next Full Moon ride ...
Bush mountain bikes all the time. I heard he trying to pass legislation to build more mountain biking trails.
Yes, Bush rides around his mountain bike, but he also appointed a secretary of transportation who said that bicycles were not transportation and the infrastructure for bikes was not worth funding. BIG DIFFERENCE HERE.
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