Would You Trade Your Car for a Bike (at Tour de Fat)!

Would you trade your car for a bike?

Not just any bike, a New Belgium, fully-loaded, hand-crafted, Fort Collins-built commuter bike. By agreeing to trade your polluting car for a new bike and committing to sparkle motion, human-powered transport, on stage at Tour de Fat, you become an inspiration to the congregation and beyond. Your vehicular cleansing is filmed, as are your car-free trials and triumphs over the following year, causing thousands to idolize your efforts and begin commuting by bike!

Plus, your old car will add to your good deed when it is auctioned off and the proceeds go to West Town Bikes, the leading provider of youth bicycle education in Chicago. To find out more visit http://www.newbelgium.com/trade

If you have been thinking about dumping your car, here's a chance to not only become car(e)free but get a fantastic bike to replace it and become a super star in the process!

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on June 11, 2010 at 3:18pm

Can it be retroactive?

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 11, 2010 at 4:36pm

So why not take this opportunity to go car-free?

Adriana said:

No kindly, but I would like to know if you are able to order the 2.1s, also kindly... I like'em fat thank you thank you thank you. Please forgive me if I am overstepping my bounds here, I'm just very impulsive :o) I know I should have ordered them thru Mia, but I can't get down there today and I'm leaving tomorrow.

If it provides you any comfort, I barely touch my car.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on June 11, 2010 at 4:37pm

I loves the Tour de Fat. It is hands down my favorite summer festival in Chicago and that is saying a lot! I will probably miss it again this year. I'd shake my fist at my schedule, but it would not do any good. I sometimes violate my Drink Local directive to swill a New Belgium something or the other just because they are such a completely awesome brewery.

but

Do we know for sure that West Town Bikes is THE "leading provider of youth bicycle education in Chicago"? What do we mean by "leading"? If we mean blazing the trail, Uptown Bikes was doing it at least a decade before West Town existed. If we mean sheer numbers, well I have none, but I know that Blackstone educates tons of youth in the bikey way albeit in a far less fashionable part of town. Perhaps we should consider saying "A leading provider..."? I mean, even if West Town IS number one, it seems a bit creepy to use this sort of language which suggests that those who educate youth are somehow competing with one another. I'm almost sure that they are not.

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Permalink Reply by Shay on June 11, 2010 at 7:21pm

Adriana said:

I like'em fat thank you thank you thank you.

Um....what?

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 12, 2010 at 1:09am

LOL!

Shay said:

Adriana said:
I like'em fat thank you thank you thank you.

Um....what?

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Permalink Reply by T.C. O'Rourke on June 12, 2010 at 2:10am

How many "emergencies" do you have in a given week?

And in the immortal words of Morrisey, how soon is now?

Adriana said:

I need to be able to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible in an emergency... I mean, I don't think my car is hurting anyone if its parked... maybe if I lived in San Diego, who knows. Though I did picture myself picking up my girl on one of those newfangled passenger bikes...I'm sure my teenager would love that in front of all her friends :p 'Your crazy mom is here' I do want to get her into biking soon, though I fear her being in traffic...self-sacrifice is easy.

H3N3 said:
So why not take this opportunity to go car-free?

Adriana said:
No kindly, but I would like to know if you are able to order the 2.1s, also kindly... I like'em fat thank you thank you thank you. Please forgive me if I am overstepping my bounds here, I'm just very impulsive :o) I know I should have ordered them thru Mia, but I can't get down there today and I'm leaving tomorrow.

If it provides you any comfort, I barely touch my car.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 12, 2010 at 7:14am

What is your "effort here?" What means "here?" Here in Chicago? Here on chainlink? Here on Earth?

Adriana said:

Just shut your mouth, how can you say I go about things the wrong way...don't you bring my baby Morrissey into this.

You know when they show the guy who brings daisies to his girl and some jerk shows up with a big bouquet of roses, ya that's how I feel about my effort here. I do my best, its all about moderation. Yes, there will always be those who do better and there will always be those who do worse. Nothing can be measured without having something to compare, its all relative. The Fine line, making distinctions in everyday life, great book, you should read it.

Can't believe I am up this early...

T.C. O'Rourke said:
How many "emergencies" do you have in a given week?
And in the immortal words of Morrisey, how soon is now?

Adriana said:
I need to be able to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible in an emergency... I mean, I don't think my car is hurting anyone if its parked... maybe if I lived in San Diego, who knows. Though I did picture myself picking up my girl on one of those newfangled passenger bikes...I'm sure my teenager would love that in front of all her friends :p 'Your crazy mom is here' I do want to get her into biking soon, though I fear her being in traffic...self-sacrifice is easy.

H3N3 said:
So why not take this opportunity to go car-free?

Adriana said:
No kindly, but I would like to know if you are able to order the 2.1s, also kindly... I like'em fat thank you thank you thank you. Please forgive me if I am overstepping my bounds here, I'm just very impulsive :o) I know I should have ordered them thru Mia, but I can't get down there today and I'm leaving tomorrow.

If it provides you any comfort, I barely touch my car.