The best and worst part of your commute

[withm]

hmmmm - what an interesting thread:

Best Part: every day I ride!!

Worst Part: drivers that turn right without using a turn signal! lol

Sigh. Imagine having a $40,000 automobile that doesn't have turn signals. LOL.

[bikerHen]

WORST:
The "big long hill" only 1.5 miles into my ride.

Not long enough. It's 3 miles straight up the highway, or a 6 mile loop, or a twelve mile wandering path through good and bad neighborhoods and really busy streets.

The road I have to ride on my twelve mile loop has good wide shoulders but they are filled with all kinds of sand and gravel, sharp things, and stuff that fell from passing traffic. It's a very busy road with lots of big fast trucks.

Road Construction! Seriously disrupting my route right now.

Having to cross four lanes of 60+ mph traffic to get home, w/o a light.

BEST: Nothing very pretty to look at, but I'm riding my bike to work and for errands. And it feels great! bikerHen

[tulip]

Sigh. Imagine having a $40,000 automobile that doesn't have turn signals. LOL.

Ah, the Budget Model Lexus...I know them well!

[Geonz]

Best: the little sprints on smooth roads, the friendly people in cars and on bikes.

Worst: the hostile souls and the road construction, and the left turn across (student!) traffic to get across campus.

[HappyAnika]

Worst:
- Squeezing between big trucks and the median curb at an intersection on a 65 mph hwy (I approach slowly hoping I'll catch the red light).
- Afternoon thunderstorms
- The big hill I have to go up to get home toward the end of my ride when I'm exhausted
- Erratic prairie dogs who wait until just the right moment to run out into the path/shoulder

Best:
- The view on the way into work, the next best thing to being in the mountains is looking at them while riding my bike!
- Getting in 37 - 42 miles a day, saving gas and time by combining my workout with my commute
- A long list of possible routes (most of which are very nice)