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you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
i know i've spent halves of hours extolling the virtues of a solid, mid-range road frame with cruiser bars for yr average commuter, only to sell a forty-pound mountain bike with full suspension and 26x2.75 knobbies. for commuting. in chicago.
people will ride what they will ride. at least they're riding.
- -bB
p.s.: and even if they're not riding, and they just want bmx bikes b/c those are hot commodities that flip easily, hell, you've just encouraged microenterprise!
Rich Points wrote: | Collectives, | We work with the Boulder County Jail's work release program where | inmates begin the program at our shop and Earn-A-Bike. This past | weekend we did a bunch of work in our storage where we keep kids bikes. | Three of the work release guys, in their late twenties and early | thirties, found BMX bikes they wanted to keep as their Earn-A-Bike. Our | response was to discourage this as we generally try to set people up | with commuter style bikes. I especially tried to discourage the six | foot two guy from choosing a BMX. | | We're aware that /some /people are more than happy to commute by BMX but | believe that won't work for most people. So the question is should we | allow the work release guys to choose any bike they want regardless of | the practicality? Are we being elitist bike snobs to make this decision | for them? Should we just be happy we got them back on a bike? | | Feedback is appreciated. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | _______________________________________________ | Thethinktank mailing list | Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org | http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
'every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.' -h.l. mencken