BIKE: Dell bike commuters?

[A. Gelfand]

Hi, guys--

I had a very exciting/exhausting evening speaking to the mayor and the head 
of Parks and Rec, and then, at a separate meeting, to the other newly 
appointed mayor's fitness council members. Drinks at Main Street Bar and 
Grille in between meetings (highly recommended). My main goal with the 
mayor was to extract a promise for meetings to revisit the so-called bike 
plan (they didn't even dispute that the trails plan is not for 
transportation). We got it. There is still time for negotiation. I also 
have contacts for potentially hudreds of cyclists in the area. I'm very 
excited at how things have come together so nicely recently. We really have 
something going on here.

(The mayor is afraid that we will train cyclists to ride properly in the 
lane and someone will get killed. I am afraid that the cyclists who hug the 
curb going in the wrong direction at night without lights or helmet (like 
the one I could have easily killed on the way home) will be killed if we do 
not train adults to ride properly in the lane. I have no idea how someone 
hasn't been killed already, what with all the bad riding I see every single 
day on 620 and I-35.)

I know I'm being vague. I am really too tired to report more than that I 
daresay I have officially become a force to be reckoned with.

AND--the real subject of the message---
I am looking for Dell (or other Round Rock-based companies) employees who 
bike to work. I had gotten an email from someone named Chuck but lost the 
address. If you're out there, Chuck, please contact me. I want to start 
talking to those who commute from Austin.

Also, I set up a Web site (under construction) at 
geocities.com/cycle_roundrock.

Amy