Green my ride

According to the Sierra Club (How Green Is My Bike Ride?), I am 86% green.
"American Flyer (80-100 points): You're truly using your bicycle to save the planet. Keep pedaling!"

I lost points for having a bike frame made of aluminum instead of renewable bamboo (picky picky!), failure to wear organic hemp underwear (damn you, Bike Snob NYC, that phrase is too catchy), keeping the chain gunky instead of cleaning it with a nice citrus-based eco-solvent (would lemon juice suffice?), and foraging amid the local convenience-store fare instead of baking my own trail treats (presumably fair-trade and 100% organic, of course--and in a solar oven made completely from recycled materials, and let's say I was planting native prairie grasses while they were cooking, too). Man, saving the world is hard.

Hey, all the hype about bamboo bikes just gave me an idea. There sure is a lot of corn growing around here in the midwest--what happens to the stalks? Those things are tougher than they look.

[Corn: What can't it do?]
[Helmet tip to Biking Bis.]

Update: DJWriter took that quiz too, and it looks like the "deserted country roads" preference is driving down everyone else's score. (What can I say, I love the BLT. *smugness*)

I was curious (and this proof is really boring), so I took the quiz again and pretended that it was still the summer of love 2005, when Avenger was still shiny and new and I was still wondering when I'd get around to getting a car. Surprise surprise, only 76 out of 100:
"Three-Speed (60-79 points): You're on the right track, but maybe your wheels are just a little wobbly. Perhaps a tune-up's in order."
Tune-up? I just bought a brand-new bike!

So apparently I've ratcheted up 10 Sierra Club points in two three years (sorry, I was thinking of my psuedo-promotion to Bike Person at work for some reason)--and all I had to do was become more rude. Hooray!

By the way, here's what they have to say about all those evil country roads that everyone shamelessly enjoys so much:
"If you're serious about being a green cyclist, you'll do most of your riding in your own neighborhood -- replacing trips you might otherwise have taken by car. But there's nothing wrong with riding just about anywhere that's legal (and that doesn't damage sensitive landscapes like damp mountain meadows). As for spinning class -- hey, at least you're staying in shape."
Preachy, much? They also take off a point if you don't know how much your bike weighs. Hmph.