What an awesome article!


I have to say, I feel quite spoiled at work too. The company I work for provides bikers with their own dedicated bicycle garage, with 30 lockers that are heated and vented and an additional 50 that aren't. The garage is adjacent to the gym, which has 8 showers (in two separate locker rooms; one for the women, one for the men).

And here's the best part: the Belgian government really tries to motivate people to bike into work by allowing companies to compensate their employees who commute by bike with tax-free benefits. I get paid 0.21€ per kilometer (so almost 0.50$ per mile) to bike to work. Not too shabby eh? Since I work about 24 miles from home and I ride my bike into work every day, I get an extra 500$ a month NOT to drive my car/motorcycle and spend a freaking fortune on gas (which costs about 8 bucks a gallon here).