How was Bike To Work Week for you?

[taterguy]

[AndyA]

1. Rain + tornados = no bike to work. n/m

[taterguy]

3. All week? Bummer

But being in a tornado on bike would be a helluva rush.

[HipChick]

2. Dunno...I have a BMW SUV loaner all week...

its been nice looking down on cyclist..

[DevonRex]

4. Kinda hard to bike downstairs to the kitchen for coffee and then to the study for work.

:evilgrin:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. But it would make for a million-view YouTube video...

[kdmorris]

10. LOL I don't have a two-story, but same here

I still have to make it through the living room and all the way down the hallway.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Public transportation fueled by hydroelectric power.

Almost as green (if not more), and works in all weathers.

[taterguy]

8. Biking works in all weathers

Except for the aforementioned tornadoes.

But I wouldn't want to be in a train during a tornado either.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. We don't have tornadoes, but we do have a lot of rain.

I'll stay with my non-petrol-consuming train, thanks.

[John Q. Citizen]

18. Biking on ice and packed snow is a little dicey.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

27. Not to mention rain.

Will do wonders for your appearance when you reach the office.

[happyslug]

30. Not with Studded tires

I biked to work all winter long with studded tires. I was glad when the snow was gone, I switch back to slick. I can feel the increase roll resistance when I use Studded tires instead of slicks. Go with the tire with the least studs unless you are going off road (And this is true even if you are on a dirt road i.e. on dirt roads go with the studded tires with the LEAST studs). The studs help with the ice and pack snow and on any type of road (dirt or hard pack) all you need is some additional traction NOT the traction provided by the tires with the most studs.

If you want studded tires go to Peter White Wheels, that is where I obtained my studded tires:
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/

His Studded tire page:
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/studdedtires.asp

Picture of the tire with the least studs (Sells for $44 each)


Ice biking (Biking on ice with studded tires:
http://www.icebike.org/

[Edweird]

7. I've been commuting by bike for about a month.

It's hot in the afternoon, but I work outside so....

[kdmorris]

9. Well, I work at home

It's hard to maneuver the bike down the hallway (especially with all the animals), so I had to just ride my bike after work instead.

[maxsolomon]

12. Rainy

every morning. :(

BTW: May is Bike-to-Work MONTH, today is Bike-to-Work DAY.

[ieoeja]

13. Other: it was bike to work week? (nt)

[John Q. Citizen]

16. Who knew?

[HuckleB]

14. Other: I walk to work, so I'd be increasing my carbon footprint if I biked.

Right?

:shrug:

But I am all for making communities more bike and walker friendly!

[taterguy]

32. Honestly, it probably depends on your diet and the length of the trip

Bicycles are very efficient machines so if you use them you burn fewer calories.

And as much as I hate to admit it, food choices probably have more of an impact on carbon footprint than transportation choices.

The ideal diet would be locally grown organic vegetables.

But I'm too fond of pork, steak & coffee to pull that off.

[HuckleB]

33. Food choices certainly are a big part of the equation.

I'm not sure if we've come close to figuring out what's truly most efficient, but your point is taken.

My thought on the cycling-walking piece is that I'm not using a bicycle, helmet, etc... so I'm not using resources to produce and maintain them.

At the end of the day, I live too close to work to make cycling there make any sense. If I lived farther away, I'd cycle.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Cheers!

:toast:

[Book Lover]

15. Unemployed, so no need

Except for my two trips over the bridge, which were 1 hour car rides, I took the bike everywhere, including grocery shopping. Much much fun!

[gratuitous]

17. Damn, but it was cold, wet and windy this week

In addition, I had a blow-out (tube and tire) on Thursday. I rode the 100-mile Reach the Beach cycling challenge on Saturday, Sunday Parkways on Sunday. So I only rode four times this week.

Out of the first 100 work days of the year, I have ridden 82 times.

And how was it for you?

[taterguy]

20. It rained Monday but the other four days were great

Except for the asshole that almost hit me with a cigarette he/she threw out their window yesterday.

Would have been nice to see more bikes on the road though.

[gratuitous]

26. I will say

That lousy weather makes for a much clearer route. I only had a couple of people driving in "ignore," so it was a pretty good week.

[WeDidIt]

19. I did not bike to work even once even though I live less than 1 mile from work

I work from home. Fuck biking down the stairs.

[jillan]

21. I don't know - I'm unemployed.

[Ikonoklast]

22. I drove 3118 miles last week.

I made up for the rest of you.

[taterguy]

24. If that's your daily commute . . .

Lessee: 3000 / 5 = 600 miles per day.

When the hell do you sleep?

But I'm guessing most of those 3,000 miles were spent on company bidness which is a different matter entirely.

[slackmaster]

23. Other - I didn't know about it until this morning

:argh:

[taterguy]

25. Shame shame shame

For not reading every damn thread I start . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8346994&mesg_id=8346994

[damntexdem]

28. What's a bike?

What's work?

;-)

[ProgressiveProfessor]

29. I rode the 650 to campus every day this week. Its a little warm for the Connie in traffic

Then again I ride most days to begin with

[X_Digger]

31. I work from home these days.

Actually, I didn't even start my car until this evening to take the wife to go pick up some groceries.