🐝🐝66Hayles 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️May 10, 2023
Elisabeth Anderson 

Recently a neighbour looked at one of my bikes and said "you must have lots of money".

He owns a soft-top Audi and a new city van which he's just bought.

It's amazing how people can erase/ignore the cost of motor vehicles from their minds. It's a really impressive trick. You hear the same when people comment about cargo bikes which could actually replace a car!

May 10, 2023 at 9:28amWeb
Show threadMilonguero cyclistaMay 10, 2023
@velobetty 'Yes, I have a lot of money because I don't waste it on cars.'
Show threadClive PotterMay 10, 2023
@velobetty And I bet he's often stationary with his engine idling, wasting fuel.
Show thread⚙️ Roy PhillipsMay 10, 2023
@velobetty Audi, average yearly mileage, prob. costs something like £1,800 to fuel for a year. You could buy a decent amount of bike for that - every year.
Show threadedgeoforever 🍎May 10, 2023
@velobetty during Occupy Wall Street, a frequent talking point was: they aren’t poor, they have phones! Replaced the old “but they have fridges!”😱
Show threadElisabeth Anderson May 10, 2023
@edgeoforever That whole trope about people not being poor because they have phones is so disingenuous too.