2nd post here - woo hoo! This is such an awesome forum! I've really enjoyed reading others' posts here - you are an awesome group of women!!

I commute back and forth (at the moment) between 2 cities 2+ hours apart. I'm one place half of the week and another place the other half. In one city I work at home, so no commute. In the other, I live about 8.5 miles from work, but have to wear a suit to work and there is no shower. It's at the coast, so it's about 85 degrees with 100% humidity by 8AM. I haven't figured out how to look presentable for clients with no shower available. Any thoughts?

I did ride home one day (DH needed the car, so he dropped me and my bike off in the AM). Unfortunately, he can't do this every day since he normally works at home so it's way out of his way! I did get some funny look at the office, though Lots of "you'll get run over" (nope, not yet), "you'll have heat stroke" (nope - I know what I'm doing" and "you can't ride on those roads" (why not, I do it all the time!). Tee hee - I love opening minds!

Back to gas prices - though I haven't been biking to work, I am now biking to the store a significant portion of the time for groceries, etc. Good for me and doesn't use gas! Speaking of which, anyone tried the Arkel Utility Basket? I've had good experiences with their other products, but haven't yet ordered this one. My T42's aren't quite the ticket for hauling lots of food....