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05/12/2008: "Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear"

Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business if you run a bike shop.



Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers or buying new ones to cope with rising fuel prices, bicycle dealers say.

"Everyone that comes in the shop is talking about the gas prices," said Barry Dahl, who opened Barry's Bikes in Bismarck in April. He sold more than 50 bicycles in the first month, double the projections in his business plan.

Teacher Joyce McCusker of Herndon, Va., owns a bicycle for the first time in years. She bought it last month and uses it to make the eight-mile trip home from work. A friend drives her pickup to take McCusker's daughter home from school.

[ Fitter people and less pollution. Something positive! ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080511/ap_on_re_us/work_bikes;_ylt=Ai5f.2Hfif6EM8XAoQPLmvKs0NUE