tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post3500718635863904039..comments2024-03-23T13:25:40.836-05:00Comments on Simple - Green - Frugal: Pedal Power Update - October 2008Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-40810915873536677562008-11-06T13:29:00.000-06:002008-11-06T13:29:00.000-06:00beany - oh, yeah! We have lots of pecan. They shou...beany - oh, yeah! We have lots of pecan. They should hit our farmers market in the next couple weeks too, although I saw a news report that this year's harvest has suffered. We'll only get about 1/2 the normal this year. <BR/><BR/>All the bikers must be in North Texas. We have some here, but not all that many. Most are students of the university or the poor trying to get to work. We have very few who actually choose to bike, but there are a few.<BR/><BR/>sunflowerchilde - I agree that once you get comfortable enough, you are safer biking in the street than on the sidewalk. You are FAR less visible to a car on the sidewalk. As far as selling your old bike, have you tried Craigslist or perhaps you have a university near by that has a for sale list on google? We have one here for our university called tamuforsale. It's a great place to post items. Hope this helps!hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-8624562169241071662008-11-06T11:28:00.000-06:002008-11-06T11:28:00.000-06:00Great job with the bike! And I'm jealous you have...Great job with the bike! And I'm jealous you have a Prius (I have a Matrix, which works better for us b/c we need a station-wagon-type car). I live in Davis, which is an incredibly bikeable city, so I've always felt comfortable on the roads, but it takes a lot more nerve to ride around Sacramento, where I work. I honestly do feel that riding on the street is safer than riding on the sidewalk, though.<BR/><BR/>I have a really nice road bike that I use to commute for work, but I need a more useful bike for running errands. I bought an older road bike and put a newspaper-delivery-style basket on it, but it keeps having mechanical problems and the basket is really heavy. I want to sell it and start over, but I don't know what to do. Any suggestions?sunflowerchildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376313910816560117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-16958922494651259582008-11-06T08:44:00.000-06:002008-11-06T08:44:00.000-06:00I didn't know pecans grew in Texas. I had some rea...I didn't know pecans grew in Texas. I had some really amazing pecan waffles in Decatur, TX a few days back and learned that pecans are now in season. <BR/><BR/>The other thing that really shocked me was how many bicyclists Texas has. I thought you were some sort of anomally but then we keep running into lots of bicycle commuters. Its so encouraging and wonderful to see this. The more bikers the better.<BR/><BR/>Good job on the bicycling!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068855919147458057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-12856406387379575312008-11-05T18:35:00.000-06:002008-11-05T18:35:00.000-06:00story girl - Unfortunately, apples don't grow here...story girl - Unfortunately, apples don't grow here in the BV. The closest you can get is north Texas. Here's a link to some orchards in TX: <BR/><BR/>http://www.allaboutapples.com/orchard/tx.htm<BR/><BR/>I've been eating a lot of citrus lately (from South Texas), but you might call the Farm Patch and see if they have any fruit from inside the BV. Let me know what you find out :)hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-16368947659219063102008-11-05T17:50:00.000-06:002008-11-05T17:50:00.000-06:00This is way way off topic - but do you know when i...This is way way off topic - but do you know when in where in the Brazos Valley we can get good, local apples?? It's fall and it feels like we should be eating lots of apples, but I don't even know where to look!story girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876607625116932174noreply@blogger.com