5/28 I'm thinking about biking. What do you guys prefer, street bike
or mountain bike? What is more dangerous statistically speaking--
if biking in SF/Oakland I might get hit by a car (and die), and
if biking in mtn I might break a bone or two.
\_ Statistically speaking, biking is safer than driving in any
case, so don't worry about it. If you like being in control,
or the idea of going long distances, go with road biking. If
you like being out of control, and the idea of getting to very
remote areas, go with mountain biking. -tom
\_ Stastically speaking anyone can make statistics say anything they
want to support or oppose any position. "How to lie with
statistics" is available through amazon, thin, and cheap.
statistics" is available through amazon, thin, and cheap. And
no, there's no point in countering one set of statistics with
another. And none of this has anything to do with the original
question anyway. -reiffin
\_ Oh, so statistics are inherently useless--instead of
trying to figure out what happens in the real world, we
should just use reiffin's world view as the authoritative
source for all information! Man, no wonder you don't
sign your posts, and delete anything which disagrees with
you. -tom
\_ The motto of the Berkeley Statistics department is:
"No prior knowledge required." (See if anyone gets the
inside joke, alice should).
\_ the amusing thing is that reiffin used to work
for the statistics department.
\_ Heheh, I guess Blackwell didn't have a say in this
motto. -- alice
\_ Heheh. -- alice
\_ You are not alice.
\_ I am Alice. -alice@97.3
\_ Says who? -- alice
\_ Ok, if you are alice, explain the inside
joke.
\_ statistically, little children bike. are you a man or a baby?
\_ Statistically speaking, fat slobs drive, are you a fat slob?
\_ You can get a pretty nice road bike for less than you'll have
to pay for a pretty nice mountain bike, it seems. Neither seems
more dangerous to me with respect to cars since the road rides I
go on aren't on crowded roads during commute hours or anything
like that.
\_ Any ideas where to buy a good street/road bike and how much it
could cost?
\_ I like Missing Link. Pretty much any road bike carried by
a local bike shop will be good--they usually don't carry
anything under $600. -tom
\_ Mountain bike for me. If you went through Berkeley without
mountain biking the Berkeley/Oakland hills, you are missing
out on a fabulous experience.
\_ If you're not planning to ride anywhere but streets,
a road bike (or even a hybrid) will be a much easier ride.
I have to expend much more energy to ride a mountain bike
than a road bike, I assume because of the larger wheels. |