Bike to Work Week!

[Skierchickie]

I think I can safely say I'll be the only one at my workplace. Out of about 30 people, I'm the only person who ever rides to work. I do have one coworker who lives about 2 miles away, and he has ridden his mountain bike to work a couple of times, but he complained a lot about the 1/2 mile long gradual uphill from the corner. Maybe I'll work on him. Other than that, almost all of the guys make fun of me for it (in a "gotta give her a hard time over something" kind of way). We're part of a university, but several miles from campus, which is on one end of town. I'm sure lots of people on campus will be commuting. This year the city is having a big Ride to Work Day event, put on by the bike shops & other businesses. Of course, my commute would grow by 12 miles in order to hit the events, since work is between town & home, so I guess I'll skip that.

My plan (tentative) is to ride to work every day this week. We'll see. There is a chance of thunderstorms later in the week, but I'll hit as many days as I can. Tuesday maybe I'll ride the snowmobile trail to work on my MTB, and then hitch a ride with DH on his way into town for swimming afterward, and a ride with my buddy back home. Tomorrow I'll ride the touring bike, and load the panniers with lunches and clothes for other days. The roadie is the most fun for commuting, but only if I don't have to carry too much stuff on my back. I don't do this often enough that it ever seems like it doesn't take extra planning. Such as: how early do I have to leave to ride the MTB? Do I have my underwear ? Do I have any appointments tomorrow? Will anything come up today that will prevent me from leaving work at my usual time? What if I get grease or hydraulic fluid all over my clothes at work? And, right now I have a sore throat - what if I get sick? I see why people see bike commuting as some sort of really difficult thing, if they never do it. It seems hard before you've actually tried it.

Have fun, everyone!

[reddDesign]

Didn't even know about this...

I'll be biking to work/school. At one job it's just my boss and I, so I know I'll be the only one there, and at my other job I highlyhighly doubt anyone else will...

[Tri Girl]

Oklahoma had bike to work week the last week in April and our Bike to Work day was May 1st (boo on them because I couldn't take the day off to be part of the festivities).
Everyone have fun commuting this week and enjoy the day on Friday.

[indigoiis]

I am leading the 30 mile train in from Hope Valley RI to Providence on Friday. Might get one person... maybe. Last year had no one.

[limewave]

Sadly, I can't bike to work--I work from home. And when I do go to the office, it's 75 miles each way.

HOWEVER, I am biking DD to and from daycare every day!

[alacarte]

I biked to work for the first time all year and I plan to do it everyday this week. I'm trying to get my students on board but I haven't had many takers yet.

[ginny]

at my little lab with two of us here all the time... we BOTH commute by bike rain/snow/or shine... It's fun having another dedicated commuter. Also, suiting up in gore tex in the middle of winter with another commuter in the lab isn't so strange... I may have call a meeting on Friday at the local coffee shop