Actually, looking at the picture, some of those bikes may be worth a little coin. There is a sub culture of old bike lovers out there that would probably love to take a look at em.

Since everyone is so easily offended here, I will preface my comment by saying that this is a joke.

"Does going from bikes to trikes mean that GM workers are unbalanced?"

Thanks, folks, I'm here all week. Two shows Friday.

Those trikes must be real cool to ride around on. Maybe they will put one of those tall orange flags on em and a basket and a cute little horn or bell too. Bet ya $10 those guys start putting playing cards in the spokes hehehe

No problem at all, RUSerious.
I've read a great deal of GM bashing on here too, and in no way do I wish to add to it.

Sorry pigbrain, if I misinterpreted your comments. If you had just read for the first time all the negative gm-worker comments under any subject (some not even related to GM), then reread what you first wrote under this story, you might understand why it might have initially seemed like more of the same.

Thanks, fldpan, for recognizing lighthearted wit.
GM made the right decision and MSN will put the bikes to good use.
I've also seen how the bikes are effectively utilized down at the plant. I wasn't born an officer.

I think it is a great thing that GM donated the bikes to the cause in Madison and didnt dump them. This could have been a huge waste.
I am in agreement with a lot of you concerning people commenting so negatively. I feel that the ones who are so negative are looking at the glass half empty and enjoy watching people reel in their negatively. I am always very wary of these types of people.

Ugh. Such a nice story about GM helping out and it gets trashed.

Keep your nasty comments to yourself.

Good job GM. Good to know they made an effort, instead of making money. Funny Pigbrain. That's what I pictured also.
Slow news day? Have you heard about NIU? Hello! What's wrong with a little good news here and there? These bikes could have easily been scrapped. The replacements are being bought right here in town. Start up a program Ame8736! Get off your duff!

CLARIFICATION: my previous comments were not meant to be negative. My comments were a response to ames' and were intended to offer a different perspective of why the bikes were not donated within Janesville. I neglected to applaud GM for donating the bikes, which I think is wonderful. Please don't lump me in with ame8736 because I don't see eye to eye with him/her on her comments. I don't know where s/he gets off turning this into a GM worker bash, and buying American. This article has nothing to do with that. That's ridiculous and s/he is just trying to get people worked up. It doesn't hold much weight.

Stacey's comments about what it takes to start up a program like Madison's bike share program are right on target. Dan has a good point, too--with the bike path.

Sure, I'd love to see a program like this in Janesville. It seems a natural, with our bike trails and new bike lanes. But GM should be applauded for this -- it would have been so easy to just toss them in a dumpster.

Unbelieveable... how... people can take a positive and try to make it look like a negative... Wake up people...

Have any of you (people who make thing a negative)
ever been inside the GM plant?? Not only is it large but it is very busy. Some workers have to get from "Point A" to "Point B" in a hurry, try to get around in there with an electric cart in there, is often time a problem. So why not donate to a program with an established track record, and not to someone that will store them until one is in place.
I've lived in both places (JVL and MSN) It took alot of planning and persistence to get the program off the ground (in Madison), only in the past few years has it been working ..so If you are saying to "donate local". think about the demographics, and the people who you would be targeting..
Don't get me wrong, Donating local is a great Idea, but if you are just moving them to a storage facility until you find a use for them .. not good idea

GM management chooses to make a change and it's the "workers" that should've gotten off their duff and created a program in Janesville. Classic. Last time I checked... Madison was in America, and GM is buying the replacement bikes from a Janesville shop. Some people will never be happy.

So many people in Madison get around on bikes. They have all those bike lanes, etc. Janesville doesnt.
Probably why they sent em to Madison.
At least they didn't just throw them all out.

As I read this story earlier, I wondered out loud to the person near me how long it would take for someone to make this story into something negative. It didn't take long at all.
JVLDude: slow news day? Why did you choose to read it instead of the latest murder story-maybe the latest college shooting? Apparently that suits your taste better.
Pigbrain: Do you even know why and how the bikes are used that safety is an issue?
Ame8736 and sfcm: Madison isn't American? Why didn't YOU get off YOUR duff and start a Janesville program? I bet they would have donated them in Janesville then.
I just don't get it. I could get more logical bickering from the nearest 10 year olds.

why not start a program here in janesville. maybe some of those g m. workers could get off their duff and start one. every one says buy american well how about staying here in janesville?

so maybe some of those g m workers could get off their duff and start programs like this in the area. always talking about buying american well how about staying in the janesville area?

Must be a slow news day

ame--those were my thoughts, too. I wonder if that was even considered? It might have taken a lot of effort to set up a program like this in Janesville, whereas the Madison program is up and running already. It was probably just a matter of convenience for the donator.

I'm just laughing at the mental picture this article gave me about workers biffing it on the bikes in front of their peers.....and being told they have to ride a big wheel from now on so they don't get any more boo-boos.
What about training wheels on the existing bikes?

why trek all these bikes to madison? why not start a program like this in janesville and the surrounding areas? those around here who cant afford cars etc sure could use a bike once in awile also!