Biking to work?

[Kristin6]

Has anyone started riding to work with the gas prices going up??? it went up 6 cents within 2 hours this morning here. I am thinking about it, its probably close to 20 miles to work for me tho.

How many miles do you typically put in per week? 20 each way may be doable if your used to riding lots. I had a friend who was commuting 40 each way. Its a kind of long commute though.

At my last job, I worked 8 miles away from home (Downers Grove, IL), over wide, decent streets, through nice neighborhoods. Riding to work was great. AND there was a SHOWER at the office. They had a whole gym actually.

Today I work in a far more rural area (Peoria, IL), but the ride to work would take me down congested streets with no shoulders, through major construction, past "crack" row, and by stores that are frequently robbed at gunpoint, accross a heavily trafficed bridge to an office with no showers, no gym, and no closets. No thanks. I'm not sure I'd look good with the butch cut I'd need to have, and I know I wouldn't smell good with just fresh wipes.

I'll just go broke instead!