How Was Your Commute Today?

[NadiaMac]

Kelleil- yes, talking about SF2G, but I only go to SSF. I'm generally a bit too slow at the moment for style 3 SF2G but I've been doing the FFFF (first Friday friendly frolic) for the last few months and it's been been highly enjoyable (and as an aside, Gary Fisher was on the ride last week).
Thanks for the heads up on a rack. I'll have to look into it

[kelleil]

Kelleil- yes, talking about SF2G, but I only go to SSF. I'm generally a bit too slow at the moment for style 3 SF2G but I've been doing the FFFF (first Friday friendly frolic) for the last few months and it's been been highly enjoyable (and as an aside, Gary Fisher was on the ride last week).
Thanks for the heads up on a rack. I'll have to look into it

I unfortunately live in RWC and commute to SF. I have never made that ride. Also I'm not taking my road bike up to the city cuz I can't take it inside the building. But you just made my jealousy worse!

[kelleil]

Omg crosswind!

[ZenBiker]

Omg crosswind!

Ahhh, gotta hate those. I end up leaning into it without realizing it - then a big truck goes by and temporarily blocks the wind, and I have to swerve to correct! Or a nice big gust will come up and move me sideways on the road bike. Well, at least it's never boring.

[kelleil]

Commute was fine. Meh.

[NadiaMac]

I rode home today with my giant brick-like laptop in my chrome backpack (along with clothes and other miscellany), and while the pack did a great job with the load in terms of feeling balanced and comfortable, my neck was stiff this am I assume from the weight of the strap on my left shoulder/neck. Arhgggg. Need to sort this out!

Otherwise, my ride was delightful. Took a new way home which involved three blocks of > 18% climb, but otherwise much calmer traffic than my usual route. May do this in the future

[Crankin]

Not my commute, but just got a Skype from my son. He did his first commute from his new home and he got a ticket in Cambridge for riding through a walk sign in the cross walk on a red. Serves him right! Well, he said the commute was still good.

[Catrin]

I really enjoyed my first commute, and the two rides were so different from each other, both in route and conditions! It was 45 degrees for my ride in, and over 70 for the ride home Drivers were courteous for the most part and while 2 were quite close I didn't feel in danger. Riding around downtown at lunchtime was certainly well outside of my usual cycling frame of reference

[azfiddle]

Nice morning commute, and I brought Madei along for the ride. She must have been tired from her travel to Tucson, because she slept in the backpack on the way in, but enjoyed a good view from the mesh side pocket on the way back.

I never seem to overlap with anyone else doing the bike commute, but today just as I thought about stopping to refill my bottle with ice to cool off a little, a guy passed me on a bike. So I didn't turn into the convenience store, but caught up with him. He actually wasn't commuting, just getting in an afternoon ride, but it was nice to have company for a few miles.

[Catrin]

What is a co-working office space? Renting space in a shared office?

[Crankin]

My son works in a place like this. Albeit, the other tenants are Google, Apple, etc. He has been reaping the rewards of a free breakfast for over a year...

[tulip]

What is a co-working office space? Renting space in a shared office?

Basically yes. Freelancers, start ups, remote workers (telecommuters)...I work remotely and do my own consulting. Working from home all the time can get very isolating. There's no one to bounce ideas off of and no spontaneous conversation that often leads to a creative idea or a better way to do something or just learning something new. And then there's just the lack of motivation at home, and the distractions.

The people who work there are in all different fields, seemingly unrelated. But conversations and collaboration happen. I also find that I'm more focused with my work while I'm there. And when I got home, I wasn't tempted to keep working into the evening.

I don't have a dedicated office there. They have different spaces for working quietly or being more open to conversation. I rode my bike with my mobile office in my pannier (laptop, iPad, phone, headphones, etc). I was there for 5 hours, met some interesting people and got a lot of work done. I was home by 3:30 and had ridden my bike 13 miles. What's not to like? I plan to work there a few times a week (bike commuting again is so much fun).

[carlotta]

I haven't been much for commuting lately (below 20F and any amount of wind and I'm usually on the train...) but it was a balmy 35F today so I got a day in while I can. Only saw a couple other bikes and a handful of runners, but it was a nice morning- the trail was fairly clean and the studs were probably overkill, but I'm more comfortable with them and when I'm only getting a couple commutes a week the added drag/weight is probably good to keep me in shape

[Catrin]

Congratulations! Beautiful!

[rebeccaC]

yes!!!...a beautiful mixte!!!!!!!

enjoy the miles you'll ride on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!