How many of us cringe to see this sign of impending doom… It is our feared overlord (aka gaslor, aka petrol demon, aka Dick Cheney). He determines our weekly grocery budget, if we can ‘afford’ to surf or not and more importantly if we can purchase rare collectables from ebay.
However,
There is a unitarian solution to end this reign of terror.
Invented around the mid 1880s, and already utilised by our ‘frothing grommet’ population The Bicycle is becoming a fashionable, stylised mode of transport.
Exhibit a is what we like to call a ‘fixed gear’ bicycle. Note its clean lines and lack of brakes. Originally used in the velodrome these bikes have stolen the hearts of many inner city Americans, spawning a huge ‘fixed gear’ subculture. Whether in retalliation to rising petrol prices, the ineffeciency of cars, the dying planet or simply because they look cool… they are damn fun to ride.
Start saving today!
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1 Comment
June 18, 2008 at 6:49 am
costs $1.73/litre here in margaret river