Comments on: Why Do You Bike Commute? Why Don’t You Bike Commute?

By: dave

dave — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:03:37 +0000

My job is 43.5 miles from home Will take me 4hrs 32 minutes to get to work My start time at work is 6:30am I love to ride my bike to work just getting up at 1am I am not crazy about
dave

By: dekorasyon

dekorasyon — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:29:44 +0000

On the lateness issue:

I’ve found that having to take a bus as part of my commute (stupid 520) helps quite a bit in making me ‘on time’ to work. Although my workplace doesn’t really care when I’m at my desk, it does help for keeping the rhythm.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:02:49 +0000

I am your typical hyperactive college student/collegiate cyclist and I have found that bike commuting is the fastest way to get around in college, especially when your ccollege is spread around 4 campuses and 2 cities (go Rutgers-New Brunswick!). I also found that commuting is a great way to get in some recovery miles after a long weekend of racing. So in short, I do bike commute b/c

It’s fast, It’s fun, and I get to show off my hairless legs in the summer

By: Arnie

Arnie — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:12:02 +0000

I have really enjoyed reading all of your remarks. I’m glad that I stumbled across your site. I’m really looking forward to the time when I can start riding my bike to work.

By: Marge Evans

Marge Evans — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:39:05 +0000

I normally commute. I fractured my wrist in August on my way home from work. Well, I wasn’t cleared to bicycle until October. You can’t believe what you lose. Then winter came and it was dark and I was afraid of breaking it again, because of crashing into something I couldn’t see. Then it started to get lighter so, I
would bus in and bike home. Daylight savings time is just around the corner! Let’s face it.
Driving is so joyless. I hate it.

By: Tadashi

Tadashi — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:00:51 +0000

I do commute everyday. It is mainly because finding parking in DT Portland is really hard. I have 2 spots but I give it to my assistant manager and my other team members. i only live 2 miles from my store so it was great. I started in August last year and my starting weight was 285. My BP was way out of control. Without any real dieting my weight is now 245ish and my BP is 100/80. I freaked out when the nurse told me my BP. i had her recheck it 5 times to make sure. I’m a big guy. I have been since high school football. I used to be a big time bike rider but then lost it when I moved to Portland from San Jose, Ca. Now that I’m close to work and really embrassing the DT lifestyle and green lifestyle, I ride everywhere. I purchased a xtracycle a few weeks ago partly due to this site. I love Anna’s bike. I put Albatros bars on when I saw yours. I have a brooks green special b17 that I got here in town. I am getting new pedals today and I hope to get some otherstuff soon. It has taken over my life. I’m looking to go to UBI the bike school in Ashland, OR. I want to build frames and be a bike mechanic. No more corporate life for me. Thanks for the great site. Keep up the good work.
Tadashi

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:07:14 +0000

I don’t, although I’d like to. I’ve been enjoying reading your blog!

My reasons? Well, for one, I don’t have a bike and haven’t prioritized getting one since my last one fell apart. Mostly I am a stay at home mom to a three year old and one on the way and while I yearn for one of those bikes with the trailer setups, I find myself being afraid for our safety. I do know that’s silly, but my brother was in a biking accident a few years ago plus I come from a very bike-unfriendly town, so it’s hard to get over those prejudices. I am looking forward to when the kids are older and we can all go biking, but just find the idea of doing it right now with little ones plus hauling our crap around to be a really daunting prospect.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:49:10 +0000

On the lateness issue:

Now that the weather’s getting nicer, it looks like there’s going to be lots of rides across Mercer Island in my morning commute.