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		<title>It Never Hurts to Ask for a Better Price</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/11/01/it-never-hurts-to-ask-for-a-better-price/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans tend to be very shy about asking for better prices. Maybe it&#8217;s part of the reason we accept having obnoxious pitchmen shouting Sale! Sale! Sale! at us. It compensates for our own reticence to initiate a deal on our own. When I returned from two-and-a-half years of living in Cameroon, I couldn’t pay retail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyclists on the Sidewalk: What&#8217;s&#160;a&#160;pedestrian&#160;to&#160;do?</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/10/27/cyclists-on-the-sidewalk-whats-a-pedestrian-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So a cyclist is cruising down the sidewalk, and there&#8217;s a close call with a pedestrian &#8212; or maybe even a collision. Harsh words are exchanged. You should be in the street, you mountain of mad flesh! I can&#8217;t ride in the street, you cockered dread-bolted strumpet. There&#8217;s no bike lane! Listen, you rampallian, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you realized your racks, bags, and panniers are junk?</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/08/19/have-you-realized-your-racks-bags-and-panniers-are-junk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commutebybike.com/?p=13628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was younger I used to buy my bike bags at the army surplus store. They weren&#8217;t actually army surplus equipment. There was nothing army about them. They were cheap junk. I still have some of them. I&#8217;ve bought several cheap bike rear racks too, including the classic cast-aluminum &#8220;mousetrap&#8221; rack, shown here pinching [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>How does your town say &#8216;No Bicycles?&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/08/11/how-does-your-town-say-no-bicycles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I managed to forge a cycling purpose into a non-cycling vacation in August, 2011, using the brute force of a big-ass 1996 GMC camper van. Here are the posts: Vapid Transit, Snap Judgements, How to Blow $20 in Boulder, Public Art You Can’t See from a Car, and How does your town say ‘No Bicycles?’ [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Snap Judgements on Silverton, Montrose, and Salida</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/08/04/vapid-transit-2011-part-2-snap-judgements-on-silverton-montrose-and-salida/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I managed to forge a cycling purpose into a non-cycling vacation in August, 2011, using the brute force of a big-ass 1996 GMC camper van. Here are the posts: Vapid Transit, Snap Judgements, How to Blow $20 in Boulder, Public Art You Can’t See from a Car, and How does your town say ‘No Bicycles?’ [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cyclovia Tucson 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/04/05/cyclovia-tucson-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Meyers Colavito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyclovia is not a race; cyclovia is not a parade; cyclovia is simply a temporary space that springs up for people to interact with each other, get some exercise, and do so in safe, car-free environment.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Recovering and Rediscovering Cycling after 20 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/01/25/recovering-and-rediscovering-cycling-after-20-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/01/25/recovering-and-rediscovering-cycling-after-20-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme Willgress</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used be a cyclist. Then I wasn’t. After almost twenty years I’ve started cycling again. Why such a big gap? What has changed in that time?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Commuter Profile and Commuting Stories: Thomas Brock</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/09/15/commuter-profile-and-commuting-stories-thomas-brock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/09/15/commuter-profile-and-commuting-stories-thomas-brock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bike Shop Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Thomas and I commute about 3-5 times a week by bicycle in Jacksonville, NC. It&#8217;s home to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (where I work) and isn&#8217;t known for it&#8217;s advanced urban or transportation planning. My daily commute is between 10 and 11 miles (one-way) and is from the deserted urban area [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tools for Normalizing the Bike Commute</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/07/27/tools-for-normalizing-the-bike-commute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/07/27/tools-for-normalizing-the-bike-commute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Lipton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come on now.  I know that you think of yourself as a bike commuter. But all too often something gets in the way. As a small business owner who also likes calling himself a bike commuter, I&#8217;ve become quite familiar with all of the reasons (excuses) that it often seems much easier to take the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are Electric Bikes Part of Our Future</title>
		<link>http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/06/02/are-electric-bikes-part-of-our-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bike Shop Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s E-Bike Wednesday Guest Article is brought to you by Elise Giddings.  Elise is co-owner of Cycle 9 bike shop in Carrboro, NC, which specializes in electric assist, cargo bikes, commuting and city bikes. http://www.cycle9.com Elise will be featured in one of our upcoming Commute By Bike Podcast, look forward to the series starting next [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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