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We still can't ride our bikes to work despite $4 per gallon!??

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C'mon people! It was national Ride Your Bike To Work Day yesterday - if you didn't tsk tsk.
googolplexer

17 responses // We still can't ride our bikes to work despite $4 per gallon!??

  • Sorry I didn't ride my bike to work today. Had I only known...Maybe tomorrow.
    lmcniel
  • Everyday is bike to work day for some of us.
    1percent
  • I rode around town, to the library, the store, etc. I was of on the actual day!
    nickwe3d
  • ITS TIME FOR MORE BIKE LANES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Robroy1
  • I live in the suburbs, man. Biking for 50 miles takes a huge chunk of time out of my day. If I lived in a city (I really would love to) I'd bike all the time, even before gas hit such a high. America could use a little tightening , in my opinion. We're a bit too spread out (which is why this gas deal is such an issue).
    SpeedingUptoStop
  • i walked, does that count?
    sustainablejohn
  • john, I commend you for walking, of course! how far's the walk?
    googolplexer
  • I don't have anyplace here at home to park my bike if I were to get one. Plus despite being two miles away from work, the roads here are not equipped for bike riding... nor are the drivers willing to accommodate a bike-rider. They see bikes as target practice.
    DJMatt2
  • really? I have been pleasantly surprised on how drivers have been treating me this past week, but then again I am on the road at 5 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.
    googolplexer
  • DJMatt2, give it another try!!

    No joke, biking to work can be a challenge. But like most challenges, it gets easier the more you do it. SFbike.org has great resources on how to bike to work. In order for drivers to respect you, you need to take your proper place in the road, don't weave in and out between parked cars and the curb, ride about 3 feet away from parked cars (so that if someone opens a car door in front of you, it won't hit you). If drivers see you riding predictably in a straight line, even if you're close to the middle of the lane, it's easy for them to go around you without even thinking about it. Most drivers and cyclists don't know it, but cyclists have the same rights to the road as cars. I could go on and on....
    Julie_Soller
  • I have to drive, but i also make enough money to where i dont really have to worry about it.
    dmass5
  • I think you should dive deeper in the meaning of riding to work: Less CO2 emissions so less greenhouse gases to worry about, as well as this country's dependence on foreign oil.
    googolplexer
  • When i was around 8 years old I peeled my face off on a sandy stretch of asphalt. not a good place to do no hands.
    stephenthomson
  • i got rid of my car about 7 months ago and have been riding bike 3 miles to work everyday. i feel ten time better than i did 7 months ago and have managed to lose about 20 pounds. my only problem is the cars that emit that nasty pollution. its kinda like second hand smoke only worse.
    riverdeer
  • yea that's part of the reason I dont have a bike now. I dont know how to ride in the city and not sure i'd want to anyway.
    stephenthomson
  • I walked...from the bed to my desk.

    No yellow Lycra tights required either.
    kramericus
  • your personal therapist is your bike.
    takes time and more so being mentally prepared.
    Some people will never do it, and thats that.

    Of course it takes a strong willing to change routines for many people and some are not as fortunate to have a bikeable city.
    -
    So yeah, bikes have the same rights of cars but also the same obligations (that means not running red lights and yielding to pedestrians) which Im almost more scared of getting hit by a red-light runner biker accident than an actual car (it has happened to me almost weekly) here in SF that seems to be the trend...
    Check with your local bike groups/coalitions, that could be cool info to share and obtain.
    meligrosa

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