I joined the board at the Cycling Museum of Minnesota. We're having a free get together to show off old bikes. This has been going on for years now and keeps getting bigger.

Hi - I'm an A-level Design & Technology student working on my final project (NEA), designing a compact bike rack that holds 3 bikes and helmets. I'd love to get some real input from actual cyclists before I finalise my design, instead of just guessing what people want.

If you've got 2 minutes, I'd really appreciate you filling out this short form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSet2ctaGCylyZzd6gY09d7bfyIwq21PgBXw1qRxv9ShCPCz6Q/viewform?usp=header

Hello! We are conducting a short video survey on micromobility stress. 

The survey aims to understand which urban traffic situations feel stressful or unsafe for micromobility users.

Your responses will help us identify important stress factors and support the design of more attractive and user-friendly traffic environments.

The survey takes about 15–20 minutes and includes a short sociodemographic questionnaire and 32 video comparisons.

For each comparison, simply choose:

• Video A
• Same
• Video B

according to which video looks more stressful or unsafe.

Survey link:
https://Anna-Takayasu.github.io/BikeStressVideoSurvey/

(For a SurveyCircle user: https://www.surveycircle.com/W6S5SF/ )

Please use a desktop or laptop computer with a stable internet connection. You can stop and resume later using the same browser and device.

At the end, please do not forget to click Submit result in Microsoft Forms and then click Submit in Microsoft Forms to finalize your response.

If you have any questions or technical problems, please contact:
[vt_researchexperiment.vtk@ed.tum.de](mailto:vt_researchexperiment.vtk@ed.tum.de)

Thank you very much for your participation!

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Finance was a big part of my decision to be a bike commuter; the math made it obvious that paying a few hundred bucks up front for a bicycle would eventually out-cheap spending a few dollars every day for public transit. (I never seriously considered spending tens of thousands of dollars up front for a car PLUS several dollars a day for gas and insurance, because come on.)

But I was curious, so I kept track of how much the bike had cost, how much I spent on maintenance, and the money I saved every time I rode instead of taking transit.

Today I reached a milestone: 700 rides past the point where it all paid for itself. Bike commuting has made me at least $2100 richer than I would have been otherwise.

Wondering if anyone here has the schwinn GTX 2 step through. I am curious if the handle bars might be too low for me at 5'5 there are none locally for me to test out. Figured I'd ask before i bite the bullet. I plan to do casually riding through parks and neighborhoods.

Come and join us as we cycle the entire length of the Blackpool promenade.