Bike To Work Month!

[mimitabby]

how many of you are on teams? who's commuting!!

Today's my 3rd commute of the week. Scary wet skies didn't stop me today.

[sbctwin]

Is this bike to work month? I rode my bike today. When I looked out the window at 3:30am, I saw dry ground and a slight breeze. When I took off at 4am, it was still dry at my house and 40F. One mile into my ride, the ground was wet and I noticed a little 'stuff' falling (not sure if it was snow or elm trees dropping seed pods). Within the next mile, there was snow on the grass and the ground was very wet. Half way to work, temp now 35 and more 'stuff'. At work, the grass was white, but no stuff falling. Temp now is 34 and it is snowing:eek:...Maybe I will have to take the bus home tonight:o

[bounceswoosh]

Colorado's bike to work day is later in the year. The weather in May is just too unpredictable (she says, looking out the window and seeing the rain turn to big white fluffy things).

*checks*
ahah.

http://www.dot.state.co.us/BikePed/COBikeMo.htm

COLORADO BIKE MONTH
June is Bike Month

BIKE TO WORK DAY
The Fourth Wednesday of every June

So, is it May for the rest of the country?

[alpinerabbit]

Ours is in june and I am the team leader in a team of 4. We're calling ourselves City chicks... I'll send out motivational quotes every other day :D

[Grog]

Here it's in June, but I don't know about teams.

I'll actually start my "long distance" (12 km, compared to the current 1 km) commute tomorrow. Should be fun!!

[Geonz]

We are never organized around here :( :( We have more cycling commuters than most places but all too little happening to get other people to cross the line. Still trying!

[Eden]

I'm on a team - since I only work 2 days a week and only commute 12 miles a day I'm not adding too much, but hey, miles is miles. (if I bike to my volunteer position that should count too though - right?) that would put me up to 3 days and more miles.

[GLC1968]

I'm not on a team of any sort, but I did ride today. Today was the first time since moving here I had trouble finding a place on the bike rack to lock my bike though!

Either people are thinking in terms of 'Bike to Work' month...or they are just itchin' to get out when the sun is shinning! (I'm putting my bet on reason # 2 ;)).

[dingster1]

I cant bike to work, I live next door to my job! :( no matter which way I go its still less than half a mile!

[bounceswoosh]

I cant bike to work, I live next door to my job! :( no matter which way I go its still less than half a mile!

Sounds like a great excuse for a cute little cruiser bike. I wish I had an excuse to get one ...

[Eden]

I cant bike to work, I live next door to my job! :( no matter which way I go its still less than half a mile!

Yeah - I used to work 2 blocks from my house- probably would have taken me more time to get the bike out of the basement than it did to walk.... too bad is was such an awful place to work, I loved the commute.....

[alpinerabbit]

Here, this is supported by the department of health and other orgs. It does not matter how many miles you cover "human powered", you can even walk, but it matters that you do at least 50% of your working days in June.

You can even win prizes. Hope we get something...


Scary skies?

how about a hail shower 3 weeks ago, that left over an inch of hail on the ground. I thought I could do it. Then I got scared. Hitched the bike on the tram and 2 stops later, it was gone. Sorta like in cartoons where they have the cloud just over their heads....

[uforgot]

I'm commuting by bike, but then I always do. I'm also going to declare a "bike to school" day on the 16th. I did this last year and it was a huge success. Students who ride their bikes to school will receive a Gatorade, and we take their picture for the local paper. They can park their bikes in my room. I think about 10 bikes were in my room last year. Crowded by fun!

[mimitabby]

ramp it up, Uforgot, make them do it 5 times in a month for prizes

Dingster, do you walk to work ? (that's just as good IMHO)

Alpinerabbit you always make me look like the coward that I am.
You won't see me riding if there is a chance of hail.

[shootingstar]

Ours is next month. I'm not on a team / no team organized for the Bike Month.

This spring, so far, have been bike commuting only several times per week.
For some previous employers, I lived only 3 kms. one way from work. So to make bike commute, fitness-oriented/worthy, I quadrupled the distance one-way with a modified route before I got into work.

My bike commute portion 1 way is 13 kms. --part of a 40 km. total commute 1way. To cycle the whole distance just for work commuting, would be quite circuitous.. in order to deal with bypassing part of a major highway where bikes are forbidden, major road bridge where there are enough car collisions, etc.

The only thing that I have done for my workplace is to provide bike maps and some distance summaries for some suggested bike trips. To my surprise I did get at least 15 people asking for bike maps...which for a suburban and industrial workplace area, where 98% of our employees drive, is a good start.

[NMSunshine]

Our city and cycling advocacy group get together on May 16. We don't have teams, but there are five locations around town that you can stop at that day on your morning commute and get a free breakfast burrito!
http://www.bikeabq.org/

I've been commuting in 2-3 days/week (only 12 mi round trip). But instead of stuff falling from the sky, Albuquerque has sand and dirt flying thru the air. Wind is blowing 25-30mph now w/ gusts up to 50! I drove today. Getting flung into other lanes or parked cars unexpectedly is not too fun!

[dingster1]

Mimitabby: Yep, I just walk around the fence and I'm there! 4 minutes from my front door to the x-ray tube.

[dingster1]

I forgot to add I am the "guru" at my job though, so I'm promoting all things bike. We have a wonderful trail just down the street that links up with Black Hill Regional Park so I ride there a bit. I've posted the flyers for this years event and hope I get some takers.

[madscot13]

once again I am unemployed but I think I'll bike to the meet ups. I don't think I'll be biking in my graduation dress/ gown. I'm already an accident waiting to happen; let's not make me a dressed up accident.

[IFjane]

But MS - if I can wear a veil, you can wear a mortarboard! :D

I have not biked to work yet because:

1. I was waiting for my blinky light from TE (it came today - yay!)
2. I need my car periodically to drive from school-to-school.

So....NEXT WEEK I plan to ride to work twice - Wed & Thur, probably. I need the car Monday, Tuesday & maybe Friday. Stay tuned! Gas is up to $3.55/gal here now. :mad::mad:

[madscot13]

i've been meaning to say congratulations- so congratulations!

does your artsy friend have a way to attach my motarboard to my helmet? I won't ride without it.

[NbyNW]

I'm the only one at my office who is commuting by bike, so I've registered as an "individual" team.

The commute is 5-6 miles, depending on my route, and it's downhill in the morning, uphill in the afternoon (oof!).

It's a nice, doable distance for me, as I am currently going from being injured and unable to do much (from an accident 2 years ago) to being just a bit sore and stiff but nowhere near the fitness level I had before my accident. (Didn't do much cardio during PT, but was somehow very tired after each workout)

Last week I just did a one-way commute -- my Dahon rode home in the trunk of DH's car. Yesterday was my first round-trip commute. Had to walk a couple of the hills and stopped for a good rest and peeling-off-the-layers when I was just 10 blocks from home.

Planning to add a bit more each week. I think my goals for the summer are just building stamina and getting better at climbing.

[mupedalpusher]

In Columbia, MO today was the kickoff celebration of the 7th annual Bike Walk & Wheel week (BWWW). Our mayor is an avid commuter and started this to get people to consider active transportation. The goal this year is to get 5000 people to sign up and participate, we had about 3500 last year. There are lots of scheduled events including breakfast stations, scavenger hunts, organized rides, bike maintenance classes etc.. This should be the best year yet.:D

[indigoiis]

Providence RI has bike to work day May 16th. I'll be leading the long n hilly 33 mile commute from South County up to the big city. Meantime, I'm commuting to varying bus stops about three days a week. I have my choice of six, eleven, or fifteen miles to catch the bus. I have been upping my miles to train for the Tour De Cure June 1st.

[Tuckervill]

I don't have a job, but I did finally get to ride my bike to boot camp this morning! It's all about the weather for me, and daylight. It's less than 3 miles, but three miles when it's less than 30 degrees is just too much for me!

Karen

[bikerHen]

Spokane is finally getting on the ball with cycling. :D We have over 500 people registered for bike to work week and lots of activities planned. May 12 - 16 is bike to work week here. I volunteered to lead a ride to downtown a couple of days that week. There's a Road One class offered, which I'm taking and a number of workshops around town this month for new commuter. May be the $3.59 gas price is a good thing if it means more people riding their bikes. :p I'm very excited about bike to work week! I miss out the planned this year, but plan to be more involved next year. bikerHen

[kfergos]

Wow, it sounds like all sorts of fun stuff happens in Bike to Work Month and on Bike to Work Day -- you'd never know it around here, though.

Boston has a big shindig on the May 16, but for those of us in the "boonies" (20 miles from Boston), zippo. It's like the local towns and businesses don't even know bike commuting exists. I put up a sign at work. Typical coworker response: "I live 60 miles from work. I'd never ride my bike." Well gee, who made you live so darn far from work?:mad:

I'll be biking to work 4 days a week as usual this month, but ironically on Bike to Work Day I'll probably drive. I've been taking Fridays as a rest day, what with riding 100+ training miles on weekends. But if there's anybody else in the Metro West area commuting this month I'd love to hook up, even for just a few miles! :)

[Crankin]

Kfergos, I am riding on the 16th from Concord (near the rotary) to Hudson. I signed up as a team of one, since as you said, nothing going on here in the 'burbs. I sent out an email to the entire staff at my school, with a link to the Mass Bike site and all of the safety information about commuting. I said I would be commuting on Tuesday and Friday next week and I will lead a 10 mile ride after school on Thursday. I have 3 people signed up for the after school ride and one person who is going to commute in. A couple told me I was nuts...
Most of my colleagues are younger than me and in fairly good shape. I planned the after school ride because some do live far away. I hope I get more people. At the most, maybe I've raised someone's consciousness.

[kelownagirl]

Well I rode to school (work) despite the fact that it took a LOT of reorganizing of my life to do so. I had an eye appt 15 minutes after work and DH had an appt after work as well. We all rode to school together in the morning (only 3.5km), then he rode home and got the van and picked up my son (who can't handle the looooong climb home). I rode like the wind to my eye appt after school (only 5km. )Then I rode from there to the YMCA (12km) so I could do my 1200m swim workout. Then I rode 10km downtown to meet DH and son at son's baseball game. Grabbed a sandwich along the way because it was 6pm by the time I got there. Watched the game and threw my bike in the car to come home. 32km for the day. Sigh. I don't think I do this everyday. The hard part was trying to figure out how to carry all my stuff and what stuff I could leave at home.

[shootingstar]

\ 32km for the day. Sigh. I don't think I do this everyday. The hard part was trying to figure out how to carry all my stuff and what stuff I could leave at home.

Yea, commuting does take committment. If it's raining dogs and cats first thing in morning.. I don't kid myself. I don't bike. Already my commute without bike takes 1.5 hrs. one-way. With bike part-way, it's 2 hrs. 1-way. Sometimes I question my sanity.....

I have to leave home at around 5:30 am....regardless of bike or no bike....so no point making myself miserable, if I start off wet as a dog.

And yes, there 1-2 guys who live not far from me and they commute by car to same place. But I'd rather be free to travel on my own time..and I know they would also...since they work more bizarre after-hrs. compared to me.

[missjulied]

My office has two teams - and the team with the least miles at the end of the month has to buy the "winning" team a round of beers! It seems to be a pretty good motivator - I know I'm skipping my one day of telecommuting to rack up the miles for our team. ;)

[GLC1968]

In honor of bike to work month - my goal is to ride to work every single day in May. Considering that the most I've ridden since moving here is 4 times in one week (I usually average 3), this is a big step for me. 4 of 21 commutes so far. (I have 21 work days in May)

Anyone who doesn't normally ride every day want to do this with me?

I figure that I might as well do this now, come June, we could be living much, much further from work. :)

[mimitabby]

ah, just as i was contemplating NOT riding tomorrow. I'll try. no promises.

[Geonz]

I cant bike to work, I live next door to my job! :( no matter which way I go its still less than half a mile!

You obviously need to work on your route :D:p

I commuted to work when I worked in my bedroom. I'd go out for a ride and then settle in and write... and then go out for another ride when I'd gotten enough done for the day.

[bounceswoosh]

You obviously need to work on your route :D:p

I commuted to work when I worked in my bedroom. I'd go out for a ride and then settle in and write... and then go out for another ride when I'd gotten enough done for the day.

That's a really great idea. I don't typically work from home, but what a great way to separate out "work time" from "home time".