Bike to work day

Gary Wheeler

Today is Bike To Work Day[^]. How many of you commuted to work under your own power this morning? This is the second time this week I rode in; I've got a 12 mile (one-way) commute. And no, this does not include you yahoos that telecommute from home in your bathrobes and bunny slippers; quiet down! :-D

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Mark_Wallace

It takes me six minutes to walk to work. I have *so much* free time; it's unbelievable!

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Jorgen Sigvardsson

Sad to say that I didn't this week. Came down with a bad case of sore throat/cold last week through the weekend. Still haven't recovered fully. :( I feel like I'll be well enough on monday though. :beer:

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Rama Krishna Vavilala

Gary Wheeler wrote:

I've got a 12 mile (one-way) commute

Almost as much as me I got 15 miles. Takes me 1 hr. How much did it take for you?

Dr Walt Fair PE

Actually I walked to work, just as I have most every day for the last 18 years. This morning my commute took 2 minutes, including putting on a pot of coffee in the kitchen on the way. For the last 10 years or so, I walked about 6 blocks. These days I walk down the hall past the kitchen to my home office.

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Lost User

I got a day off, but otherwise I'd be biking in as usual. Just over 5 kilometers, enough to wake up and get some fresh air :)

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Gary Wheeler

With me, it depends on the route: Route 1: Mostly bike path, 12 miles; takes about 40-45 minutes. Route 2: Back roads, mildly rolling, 11 miles; about 50 minutes. Route 3: Back roads, hilly, 13 miles; 60-70 minutes. I usually take route 2 or 3 into work, and then always take route 1 home. I've found the morning traffic is pretty polite to cyclists. The afternoon drivers simply see us as extra points, since we're moving targets :sigh:.

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Todd Smith

I will ride after work this evening. Riding to work in LA would get me killed and I say that as an experienced rider.

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Rama Krishna Vavilala

Gary Wheeler wrote:

Mostly bike path,

You are lucky. I don't have a single bike path on my route. Which city do you live in? Somewhere in California?

Maximilien

I'm on a bike break... my last 2 bikes were stolen (in the last 2 years)! And I don't have the money to get a new one this years; but my eyes are fixed on a DeVinci [^]"Sidney" or "Helsinki" hopefully my evaluation and most importantly, the bonus, will let me buy myself a nice gift.

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Chris Losinger

there's no way in hell i'd ride my bike to work, given the roads i'd have to take.

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Gary Wheeler

I live in Xenia, Ohio. We're a major junction point for a number of local bike paths[^].

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Gary Wheeler

Todd Smith wrote:

Riding to work in LA would get me killed

I can believe it, as I've driven through downtown LA a couple of times :omg:.

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Gary Wheeler

That's too bad. Maybe there's an advantage to living in the sticks (Xenia, Ohio)...

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Chris Losinger wrote:

given the roads i'd have to take.

I have to take a highway (not express way of course), go through a national park, a busy road where the traffic is jam packed, and not to mention up-hills. Surely, yours can not be as complicated.

Dan Neely

Not I. Only 6 miles, but where i work is 1000' higher than the river I have to cross on the way. Looking at google's map it looks like I'd have almost a mile at a 10% average grade. :doh: Also, as penance for my ability to not wear a coat in the dead of winter, I break out in a sweat if exercise looks at me cross eyed; even on a cool morning I'd need a shower by the time I arrived. X|

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Douglas Troy

No, I walked to work like I normally do ... Got up. Got dressed. Walked out to my car. Drove 25 miles Parked Got out of car, walked all the way from the parking lot to the building, up the stairs to my office. See. Walked to work. ;p

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Gary Wheeler

That sounds like a pretty nasty climb.

dan neely wrote:

even on a cool morning I'd need a shower by the time I arrived

That's a given for me; my body's best athletic event is sweating :sigh:. Fortunately, we have a locker room with showers here at work. I'll end up showering three times today: once on arrival at work, once at lunch (I ran 7.5 miles), and then once after I get home tonight. Normally I don't run on days I bike to work, but I missed Wednesday and yesterday, so I'm making up for lost time.

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kinar

I walk to work frequently about 2 miles...Up hill...both ways (literally...I live and work on a hill with a valley in between).

Gary Wheeler

Douglas Troy wrote:

Drove 25 miles

Now that would be a commute on the bike. Depending on hills and such, 90 minutes to two hours each way.

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