National Bike to Work Day show of hands

[Bike2Work4Me]

Who rode their bike to work today? If so, how far is your commute?

[Veronica]

1.6 miles each way to work. I ride nearly everyday.

V.

[Biking Kitsune]

1.5ish miles to work and home again. so 3 miles a day, near every day.

[pedalfaster]

I commute to my downtown job 3 days per week (~3 miles each way).

My bike shop job is two blocks away, so I walk instead. Today my boss shooed me out for a 2 hour ride. The pay is low, but there are some definite advantages to working at a shop! :D

p.s. Is this (http://www.nike.com/wearyellow/seelanceride/main.html) considered biking to work if your job is "professional racer"?

[fultzie]

about 10 miles each way... every day! i got my boss and his colleague to bike too, woo hoo!! (they occasionally bike anyway :) ) and it turns out that the "new guy" (started this week) is a mountain biker :D


i got goosebumps watching that video! that's a good commercial...

[annie]

Haven't done it yet. Was going to today. So tell me, did I wimp out? I had the bike ready to go. I had me ready to go. 5 minutes before time to leave, the skies opened up, lightening and thunder, wind and rain coming down in sheets. I actually waited an extra 10 minutes, hoping it would pass, willing to be a little late. Still pouring rain, plus lightening. Just rain, okay, I would have gone. But lightening scares me. I ended up driving. I still feel bad about it. I plan on riding everyday next week just to make up for it. I needed to get it off my chest. like a confession, almost. I'm going to feel bad about it till I get the commute in next week.

annie

[kpc]

I keep planning to, now that the daylight is here earlier. My commute is 10 miles each way, very scenic but some biggish hills. For instance, my bike club uses them for hill practice. My only concern is showering before actually changing. we have a little hazmat shower in the basement. THAT will take some chutzpah to use. I just have to work myself up to dealing with all of the commentary I'm sure to hear. I used to bike evrywhere when I lived in town. The rural area is so beautiful, but more of a challenge to commute in. I bow to you real, committed commuters and plan to join you soon.
And no Annie, i don't think you are a wuss for not riding in lightning. My first rule is that biking is my fun and lightning is not fun, unless you're under a porch roof!

[Cdalekat]

Count me in for about half of bike-to-work-week. I was upset that I missed the first day, but extenuating circumstances.... :(

about a 7 mile round trip total.

[Trek420]

"Who rode their bike to work today? If so, how far is your commute? "

I cheated; actual route to BART (Bay Area rapid transit aka Barely Able to Run on Time) is about 6 miles each way from my home to BART station. My new home is surrounded by freeway and large urban streets with bikelanes that disapear and deadend. a good training exercise has been to try to find a safer route to BART, I feel like I'm an explorer trying to find the Northwest passage "nope, not that way, nope, that's not the way eaither..."

but I had to ride my new bike on BTW week my co-workers would have been dissapointed if I didn't. So drove part way, parked and rode the rest of the way aprox 2 miles or so. Not much of a ride but I do like biking to work. Makes the workday go well just looking down under the desk and seeing bike shoes ;-)

[Surlygirl]

Annie don't feel bad about not going out in lightning. A very smart thing to do. A very good friend of mine was killed by lightning last year and it was a half hour after everyone thought the storm was over. The rule is you are not safe a half hour before and a half hour after you think there is a storm as well as during. Everyone should go to a site on lightning and get educated. It might save your ***. My friend left a wife and two small children behind.

[pedalfaster]

I'm hijacking here, but it's an important topic.

I agree that there is no shame in bailing on a ride because of electricity! Be warned; if you ride with groups of men (here I go being sexist yet again...) they will often try to ride through or "away from" a t-storm. I always take responsibility for myself and will find shelter, even if this means being left behind. Usually I can convince one or two of the sane ones to stick with me; I think they are secretly glad that it's the girl who's the scaredy-cat :D

Good safety info can be found here (http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.htm)