A different trans****tation threada (Re: Aside from THE ROLLING STONES)

In article <wodTj.2452$Eh7.1174@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Dan Tilque <dtilque@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"David DeLaney" <dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Is there much SF that features bicycles?
>>
>> 2001 The Movie? (And some other Clarke works?) [BICYCLES! INNN! 
>> SPAAAACE!]
>
>Don't remember a bicycle in 2001 (it's been a long time since I've seen 
>it, though), but I do remember a kid riding a recumbent in the movie 
>2010.
>
>_Rendezvous with Rama_ had a pedaled skycycle that they used to explore 
>the artifact.
>
>In _Pacific Edge_ (Kim Stanley Robinson), the people mostly use bicycles 
>for local trans****tation. Well, everyone except the fat lawyer from the 
>Midwest who obviously needs to get out and cycle more. They also have a 
>pedal-powered airplane that they fly for recreation.
>
>In _Needle_ (Hal Clement), the kids mostly get around by bike when on 
>land.

	That's set on an island, isn't it? Although I can't recall
if we're talking something like Hans Island (1.3 km^2 and still 
devoid of human life since the rapacious Danes got done with it),
PEI (5700 km^2, rejected as a possible site for the Island Games
on account of being too large) or even larger, like New Zealand
(Less likely because anything that big would have to be a known
spot of land and I think Clement made it up). Potentially, the
kids could range all over the island on a bike.

	Changing the subject somewhat: 

	In those setting that have city-sized or larger constructions,
how are people getting around inside. A lot of the examples that come
to mind have some sort of centralized, possibly public funded transit
like a monorail (B5, for example) but there have to be places that
are not conveniently served by that system. I could see bicycles being
very popular in structures like an Island Three.

	

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