Biking to work?

[pkq]

I commuted for a month last year and loved it. My work schedule then went to pot with out of town travel so wasn't able to pull it together for the rest of the year. I was fortunate to have showers available at work. I got lots of comments from the guys about spandex and loud jersey's. They thought my bike was cool. Management was less than thrilled with it but they're too stuffy anyway. When I gain employment again, I hope to commute more.

[Blueberry]

Management was less than thrilled with it but they're too stuffy anyway.

It's really funny - the day I rode home, I had nothing but positive comments from my managing partner. It was my co-workers who thought I was crazy and/or going to get killed.

Of course, I'm not sure how cool the managing partner would think it was if I showed up all sweaty having biked to work...That remains to be seen.

If gas prices keep going up, they may have to modify their way of thinking a wee bit My co-workers are still driving around in their SUV's, complaining about how much it costs them to fill up the SUV's...

[wabisabi]

A harbinger of things to come---I saw gas for $3.09 here on Sunday--we are usually higher than most places. I work at a university where there is a big bike culture and everyone is encouraged to ride to work, and, for now, I live pretty close. When it is dark and rainy in the winter it is harder to get out at 7:30 in the am., though

[Hetty]

we will be at $3.00 soon!

Is that $3 for a US gallon?
At my local petrol station it is £0.94 per litre of unleaded. There are 3.785 litres in a US gallon which makes my gallon £3.56 or $6.44 per gallon !!!

I originally started commuting by bike to lose weight and try to beat the stress of the job, but a big bonus is that I'm saving lots of cash. I think I'd do better with the getting fit part if I stopped spending the money I save on cheese and wine!

[nuthatch]

Is that $3 for a US gallon?
At my local petrol station it is £0.94 per litre of unleaded. There are 3.785 litres in a US gallon which makes my gallon £3.56 or $6.44 per gallon !!!

I originally started commuting by bike to lose weight and try to beat the stress of the job, but a big bonus is that I'm saving lots of cash. I think I'd do better with the getting fit part if I stopped spending the money I save on cheese and wine!

We've got nothing to complain about, do we Hetty? When gas gets up that high here in the US, we will see alot more people on public transport and on their bikes.