RE: Bicycling To Work

I actually have a much different problem in bicycling to work. Even though it’s only just under 7 miles of pleasant country roads to travel on, it’s a serious climb from 1100 ft above sea level to 1700 ft. One cannot just jump on their bike and do this on a realistic daily basis, especially after a lazy winter. It takes (me) 50 grueling minutes or so to get there and about 15 fun filled minutes to get home once I’m able to make it at all. There is no public transportation that way at all. No reason whatsoever to actually lock the bike up though…

In the summer I sometimes do it once or twice a week, mostly for the exercise, but also it tends to stretch gas buying out just that much more.

On another rant, like many cities and towns, the city I live near has almost no allowance in certain sections for anyone who wants to walk or bike from one place to another unless they take their life in their hands. One section which goes between shopping areas gives you several choices. 1. Drive 2. Walk a busy road along a guardrail with a 2 inch wide lane between yourself and traffic. 3. Walk on the other side of the guardrail with a 1 foot wide dirt path between you and a fairly deep rushing river 10 feet below. People do all 3, but mostly they drive. Or, try crossing a 5 way 2-3 lane intersection with no crosswalks or islands…

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