Bike to work day
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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:.
Software Zen:
delete this;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?
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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
Software Zen:
delete this;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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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
Software Zen:
delete this;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 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?
I live in Xenia, Ohio. We're a major junction point for a number of local bike paths[^].
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I will ride after work this evening. Riding to work in LA would get me killed and I say that as an experienced rider.
Todd Smith
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:.
Software Zen:
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there's no way in hell i'd ride my bike to work, given the roads i'd have to take.
That's too bad. Maybe there's an advantage to living in the sticks (Xenia, Ohio)...
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there's no way in hell i'd ride my bike to work, given the roads i'd have to take.
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.
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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
Software Zen:
delete this;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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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
Software Zen:
delete this;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
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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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|
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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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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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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
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas 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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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
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
up the stairs to my office
I hope the stairs did not look like these: http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/gym-escalator_copy.jpg[^]
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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.
i'm pretty wary of riding in traffic. i've been hit, riding, before, and it's much less fun than you might expect. when i got down off the windshield and picked my bike up from the back of the car, the front and rear axles were touching. wear a helmet!
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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.
Software Zen:
delete this;I have a co-worker who bikes that distance (sometimes). Actually he bikes from the same city where Doug lives and he does it in 1 hr 10 mins. But he has been biking a long time.
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i'm pretty wary of riding in traffic. i've been hit, riding, before, and it's much less fun than you might expect. when i got down off the windshield and picked my bike up from the back of the car, the front and rear axles were touching. wear a helmet!
That is scary.
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I have a co-worker who bikes that distance (sometimes). Actually he bikes from the same city where Doug lives and he does it in 1 hr 10 mins. But he has been biking a long time.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
Actually he bikes from the same city where Doug lives and he does it in 1 hr 10 mins
I have two things to say about that 1). We have no showers here 2). I would die.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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Douglas Troy wrote:
up the stairs to my office
I hope the stairs did not look like these: http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/gym-escalator_copy.jpg[^]
I've seen that picture before, but I laugh every time ... ... and "No", these are real stairs you have to actually use your legs to walk up. :-D
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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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
Software Zen:
delete this;I barely got out of bed under my own power!
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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
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
And no, this does not include you yahoos that telecommute from home in your bathrobes and bunny slippers; quiet down!
Are corduroy ones OK?
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