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  1. #1
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    Mar 2006
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    This old gal riding to College

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    Well, not so old. I'm taking a 4-week summer school class at the community college 4X a week. It really cuts into my normal riding opportunities so I decided to ride the bike. It's just nine miles, relatively flat with just a big hill at the end- takes me 33-36 minutes. There's no bike lane between towns- so I have about three miles of "share the road" through a canyon- no shoulder but the traffic is really light. 'In town' is another story!

    Today I got out of class and surprise- rainy and windy.

    I have only seen one other bike on campus. I thought bikes and college students went together? But as I said there is no bike lane (from either direction to the school) and it does take a certain amount of nerve to ride.

  2. #2
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    Nov 2007
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    Western Canada-prairies, mountain & ocean
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    Hope you find your bike commute during course weeks enjoyable.

    As for lack of more bikes on campus..maybe it's summer time when student enrollment is lower? Or there's a bus system?

    Not sure if college and university student modes of transportation have changed in past few decades. Surely, there has been a study done somewhere..

    Admittedly whenever I do lock up a bike on a university/college campus outside, I always worry about theft which is slightly irrational if you think about it.
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  3. #3
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    Mar 2006
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    I bring my bike in the classroom. It is not a "bike friendly" campus- there is not even a decent bike rack- just one "wheel bender" near the student store. I know bike lanes are on the city bike plan, and surely some good racks would help, but there is no money in California. This state is a mess.

 

 

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