+1, Ray. As far as commuting/my workplace, my commute is 17 miles one way and I currently work at a large facility that was recently voted a high- level bicycle friendly business by the League of American Bicyclists. They have great bicycle parking in a garage outside the main entrance, and even have a workbench with tools in the lower level of the garage. It's pretty awesome. That being said, due to the location of my work I have to leave home *really* early to get to work if I want to miss a $&*#storm of rush hour traffic, and leave late if i want to miss it again.
My last job had even better parking- I just brought my bike into work and leaned it up against a wall. That was ideal. -Matt On Jan 22, 3:37 pm, Way Rebb <grayc...@mac.com> wrote: > Some of us use bikes as a primary means of transportation. > Transportation involved going to places you may not really want to get > to (jury duty, dentist appointments, etc) with varying levels of being > late. I don't believe transportation is chosen on the fun factor, > cars are just the default. Judging by the people who arrive at work > exhausted from traffic I certainly enjoy my ride to work more. > Judging by the people who made a fuss about orbiting around finding a > parking spot at jury duty, I certainly enjoyed my bike/BART ride to > the Hayward courtroom more. > > The fun factor is only a part of the reason I use a bike. Other > reasons are I've saved literally thousands of dollars, which is > reflected in my bank account, by not driving. Although I've donated > $0 directly to oil companies I have donated $bazillions in taxes for > freeways; to huge military projects to protect the oil fields; to > police, fire, clean up crews that have to respond to pile ups etc. > This cheap oil is terribly expensive. > > Let's fund "cheap oil" the way we fund schools and people will be on > bikes soon enough. > > -Ray > > On Jan 19, 7:39 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The best post of this thread! I agree: if it's not fun, why do it? Too > > much modern neo-puritanism out there already. > > > Tho' kudos to those who ride in snow and *enjoy* it. > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Kelly Sleeper <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > and then there is organized bike rides that have 100's of people driving > > > many miles to ride a bike a short distance then drive back home. In St > > > Louis, Mo Trailnet has one of these type rides weekly. I would wager a > > > single weekend ride here wipes out all the progress the comuters make in > > > one > > > day. Not saying don't comute, just saying I don't see cycling as green. > > > It's > > > entertainment for most folks or exercise but also an excuse / reason to > > > drive thier cars many more miles. > > > > Cycling has many uses and is wonderful .. but riding just for green > > > reasons > > > is or would be weak for me. I ride because I like riding. > > > > Kelly > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > For professional resumes, contact > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
