Bicycles better than cars

I was thinking the other day and something came to me: Could bicycles replace cars on the road? The answer would most likely be no but believe it or not the technology exists that can get a bike to 60 MPH and above. Before I get into describing what exactly these technologies are lets take a look at the benefits of a bike that powerful.

1. Money, Money, Money: Bikes can cost anywhere from between $50 to a couple grand and even the most expensive are still allot cheaper than a car. Furthermore you never have to fill a bike with gas or pay to insure it the only thing you would pay for would be food to fuel yourself, which brings me to number two...

2. Fitness: I previously blogged about how overweight America is, what better why to loose that weight than riding a bike instead of sitting your fat ass in a car. I can feel the burn already.

3. No Gas, No Oil, No Evil: If you didn't know already I'm all about saying no to oil. Oil pollutes in so many more ways than just greenhouse gasses, take oil spills for example. Oil breeds corruption, don't believe me Oil On The Brain is a great book that I've been reading lately that opened my eyes. We send Billions of dollars over to The Middle East yearly, this is stupid for two reasons. One: we could be keeping that money in the U.S. think of how that money could create jobs and strengthen the economy, not to mention the impact on the deficit. Two: Terrorism, we are supposed to be fighting terrorism but what the hell are we doing sending billions over to countries that support our enemies? I could go on about oil but this post is about bikes so I'll stop with the ranting and raving here.

4. Coolness: You Can Get 60 MPH or more on a bike! Tell me that's not cool.

5. Traffic: It's 5'o'clock and you just got off work there's a party you promised you would go to but traffic is at a stand still, bumper to bumper packed. 15 minuets latter you've moved 3 feet, the guy behind you wont let off of his horn and your fantasizing out and kicking him in the face. Another 15 minuets and your about to call and send your regards because you can't make it to the party suddenly you see a blur wiz by you on the shoulder, it was the 60 MPH bike, the one you laughed at and decided to buy a nice car instead. You shoot the bird to that blur that's now way out of sight secretly wishing that you would have bought that bike and start fantasizing about kicking in your car salesman's face.

This blog has gotten pretty wordy so I’ll end it for now and pick up with describing the technology in my next post. If you can think of any other benefits of owning a 60 MPH bike tell me. For example: this bike would be great for outrunning zombies, it’s silent, maneuverable, and you don’t have to stop to refuel. I would have put that in the list but I doubt that the average person is as concerned about zombies as I am.