Commuting - Even a very short commute saves mucho time!

I drive a school bus, and the garage is just one block away from my home. But I still take a bike every day. If I walk, it takes 10 minutes each way. If I bike, it takes 2 minutes each way. So that's 16 minutes round trip a day saved. 16 minutes times 175 school days is 2,800 minutes. 2,800 minutes is 46.66 hours. So I have 46 extra hours during every 9 month school year. Damn near a whole work week! What do I do with the 46 saved hours? Damned if I know!
I also ride a bike around town to get to the bank, post office, barber, etc. Would you believe I rack up over 500 miles in non-recreational riding a year just biking around town for specific purposes within only a 7 block area? This saves all kinds of time. I just park right in front of the door, while the stout citizens in the big Lincolns and Caddys have to circle the block several times just to find a parking space. Ain't bikes great?!!!

Probably waste it on worthless internet message boards. ;)

yeah i agree. a few years ago when i first got REALLY addicted to cycling i could hardly walk anywhere b/c i realized how much slower it was compared to cycling --- i cycled for EVERYTHING.

now, occaisonally i'll walk even though it's slower - just b/c it is slower and you experience more.

but most of the time i ride the bike even for short trips to the local store or whatever.

the efficiency is incredible - fast, versatile and can ride through areas where cars can't/aren't allowed. and parking is always easy!

the bike is the perfect city transportation!

although it would be nice if public transit systems were more accomodating to the bicycle - Portland was, but Munich whose system is much bigger and better, is not -- bikes are not allowed during peak hours which means no commuting by combining bike/transit. and they charge too much for bikes!

Originally posted by trmcgeehan
Ain't bikes great?!!!
Amen, brother!

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ive got a old phsoedo mtb ,rusty ect by our back door & use it for going round to the corner shops about 75 yrds away, rather than walk, its so grotty no one would steal it, if they did it would`nt realy matter,lucky i have to walk a lot @work or i might lose the skill :D

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SHUSH!!!!! NOT to loud, or they`l want one. :D

>>>>"bikes are not allowed during peak hours which means no commuting by combining bike/transit. and they charge too much for bikes!"<<<<<


It continues to amaze me that no one knows what a folding bike is. A normal bike is NOT allowed during peak hours but a folding bike is if it's covered. If you don't want to ride a 16' wheel folder like the Brompton then, you'll just have to wait until for non-peak hours but by then you'll be late for work.

I just don't understand why people are afraid to ride a 16' or 20' wheel folder? They ride fairly well and what is your option? If your going to use multimode transportation, they you have to use a folder. I get on buses with my Brompton. You can never do that with a regular bike during any hour of the day.

:) Makes me smile when people have the greatest stores about how their bike affects them

Today, I got to work in exactly 60 minutes, on my bike. I got there about 15 minutes ahead of mass transit.

If I drove, it would have taken about 40 minutes (at least with mass transit I would have gotten 30 minutes exercise.) If I drove, to get the same amount of time exercising as I do on my bike, I would have to take about 3 hours and 20 minutes out of my day. That's 1 hour 20 minutes longer than cycling to work.

Bikes rule.