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Old 03-18-09, 11:24 AM
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A) Martial Arts Instructor

B) 4 miles 1 way

C) change clothes/clean up

D) Where bike is parked: Storage Room

E) Number of years commuting: 2

F) Year-round: Its Socal worst weather is a little rain
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Just found Bike Forums last week and I'm addicted. Great thread. Here's my info:

A) I'm a Lutheran Pastor.
B) I usually ride 20-30 miles round trip (I live next to the church, but commute four or five days a week for hospital calls, shut-in visits, and other pastoral duties).
C) I lift and shower at the Y if I'm downtown, then clean up again at the hospitals as necessary. Otherwise, if I am traveling elsewhere, there isn't much I can do.
D) I park it wherever I can (not a lot of racks in Saginaw) and pray for the best.
E) I've been commuting two years now.
F) I wish I were a year-round commuter, and I'm working toward it, but December-February is no fun here, and drivers don't make it much easier (What's a bike? This is Michigan).
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A) Occupation - Musician/Guitarist/ Singer-Songwriter/Audio Engineer/ Audio Visual Floor Manager -
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

B) Commuting Distance - 20km round trip

C) When at work I - shower

D) Where bike is parked - secure carpark locked to a rack.

E) Number of years commuting -5 years (wish I'd done it earlier)

F) Year-round/part time commuter - Every Day/ All year round

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A) Occupation
Registered Nurse

B) Commuting Distance
14 each way

C) When at work I a) shower b) change clothes/clean up c) don't change clothes and hope for the best/clean up
All of above, depends on day


D) Where bike is parked
in my office, just around corner

E) Number of years commuting
just starting my third year

F) Year-round/part time commuter
Part time 3or4 days a week, from March to November
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A) Occupation
Railway Service Engineer

B) Commuting Distance
2km each way

C) When at work
(change into workboots, dirty jacket, but otherwise no need)

D) Where bike is parked
under the stairs

E) Number of years commuting
5 years

F) Year-round/part time commuter
Every day, year-round, regardless of weather, although I could theoretically walk if the weather got bad enough
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A) Library Technician

B) Distance: 8 km (5 miles) each way

C) Change clothes, wash face, wash road splatter off legs if necessary

D) Parking: in a staff-only storage room inside library

E) Time commuting: at least five years - started occasionally and worked up to full time

F) Daily, seven or eight months out of the year - I don't ride on ice. This year I was off from the first week in December until yesterday.
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A) Occupation - Audio Engineer/ RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, Columbus GA.

B) Commuting Distance - 9miles round trip

C) When at work I - change clothes and clean up

D) Where bike is parked - In an empty dressing room.

E) Number of years commuting - Just under 1 year

F) Year-round/part time commuter - Every Day/ All year round except when we get a busy show schedule. I find that after working 15 hour days for several days the last thing I want to do is ride my bike home at 1AM, get 4 or 5 hours sleep and then bike back to work again.
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A) Occupation - Firefighter

B) Commuting Distance- 7 km until 3 yrs ago ,got reposted now its 26 km

C) When at work- I have a shower, shave, dress in a uniform that I carry in my panniers and have breakfast

D) Where bike is parked- In the Fire house with the Engines

E)Number of years commuting - on and off for the past 20,however more serious the last couple

F) part time - No snow, -2C or warmer and no pouring rain at departure, hate arriving at work with wet uniform and groceries. The easy part of the trip is, my shift is 24 hrs , so the trip home is the next day without a pannier full of groceries.
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A) Occupation
Mediator and coordinator at dispute resolution center

B) Commuting Distance
12.75 miles each way

C) When at work I:
Change clothes/clean up

D) Where bike is parked
Break room or on rack outside

E) Number of years commuting
One

F) Year-round/part time commuter
Year-round, but I'll take the bus if I don't feel like riding.

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A) Occupation - President of a software company

B) Commuting Distance - 37 miles round trip

C) When at work I - Shower, carry my work shoes/clothes/towel with me in panniers

D) Where bike is parked - In my office next to my desk

E) Number of years commuting - 1 year

F) Year-round/part time commuter - year round
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A) Occupation - Graduate Student

B) Commuting Distance - 10 km-ish round trip, plus usually some errands I need to do, tack on another 5 km

C) When at work I - ... work! What does your boss/supervisor expect you to do??

D) Where bike is parked - In my office

E) Number of years commuting - about 3 years

F) Year-round/part time commuter - Half a year, the other half its covered in snow
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A) Occupation - Hotel Concierge

B) Commuting Distance - 10 km there, 10km back.

C) When at work I - deodorant and put on work clothes (not usually really sweaty)

D) Where bike is parked - In secure parkade, chained to bike rack

E) Number of years commuting - 1+ yrs.

F) Year-round/part time commuter - When theres snow, i try and avoid biking. Sometimes i get the itch though.
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Old 03-21-09, 01:19 PM
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A) Occupation - IT Project Manager

B) Commuting Distance - 7 miles each way

C) When at work I - dry off with a hand towel and freshen up with baby wipes and deoderant

D) Where bike is parked - under a porch covering at the campus police station (pretty secure!)

E) Number of years commuting - 9 years

F) Year-round/part time commuter - I wimp out when it's freezing...what can I say, it's not as much fun! I love it when it's hot!
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Old 03-21-09, 01:46 PM
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A) Maintenance Technician (mostly mechanic, occasional electronics tech)

B) Commute- 12.5 in / 12.5 - 15 home (depends on route)

C) Wet towel bath. Almost as good as shower.

D) Inside against fence outside of shop. Zip ties keep it from getting knocked over pretty well.

E) 2 years

F) maybe 50% or a little better in summer, very rarely in winter. Hope to inprove both this year.
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1) Arabic/Swahili linguist

2) 5.75 in, 5.75 out

3) Change into military uniform I keep at work.

4) Inside NSA compound at work. Probably don't even have to lock it there as everybody who could get close enough to touch it has a TS clearance. In class it's on the street.

5) Almost 1 year

6) All year... there's no way I'm paying 11 dollars to park.
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A) Project Coordinator, National Advisory Committee (Canadian Gov't)

B) 3.6km each way

C) When at work I - towel dry and throw on a suit.

D) Where bike is parked - bike locker.

E) Number of years commuting - almost 2 years

F) Year-round/part time commuter - Year round, even when it gets to -30 C (-22 F).
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Originally Posted by Wiswell
Since this is the commuting section, I would be curious to know what jobs people are commuting by bike, and the different rituals when arriving at work. So, here the questions:

A) Occupation

B) Commuting Distance

C) When at work I a) shower b) change clothes/clean up c) don't change clothes and hope for the best/clean up

D) Where bike is parked

E) Number of years commuting

F) Year-round/part time commuter

For me that's:
A)Budget Analyst
B) 8 miles
C) b
D) Empty office
E) 6 months
F) no snow + 35 F
a.) Occupation- teacher
b.) 10-12 miles commute, round trip
c.) No shower at work, but I change clothes and clean up bit before school starts.
d.) Store my bike in, well, a storage room during work
e.) almost- daily commuter for 4 years
f.) will ride in any conditions except for icy/snowy roads, which are relatively rare here.
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Old 03-21-09, 07:09 PM
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A) Occupation
Pharmacy Technician

B) Commuting Distance
None at the moment i am job hunting however my last job was 15 Miles 1 way.

C) When at work I a) shower b) change clothes/clean up c) don't change clothes and hope for the best/clean up
Change of cloths and hit the restroom with deoderant in hand

D) Where bike is parked
Backyard, or in the bike rack locked up.

E) Number of years commuting
3 years

F) Year-round/part time commuter
Part time (winters suck here too much wet snow)
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Originally Posted by GodsBassist
1) Arabic/Swahili linguist

2) 5.75 in, 5.75 out

3) Change into military uniform I keep at work.

4) Inside NSA compound at work. Probably don't even have to lock it there as everybody who could get close enough to touch it has a TS clearance. In class it's on the street.

5) Almost 1 year

6) All year... there's no way I'm paying 11 dollars to park.
That's really cool. A family friend of mine is a linguist who specialized in Arabic. He's majored in it through college and grad school in a somewhat happenstance fashion, and it just so happened to pay out for him really well. He has been all over the world and spends a lot of time in the Mid-East (obviously). At any rate, sounds interesting and I'm a little bit jealous.

For me:

Occupation

Medical Student.

Commuting Distance

About a mile. I walk to school/the hospital when I have to dress up.

When I work I...

Do nothing. If anything, I'll get dirtier at school, although not likely.

Where bike is parked

Outside, locked to a rack that is cemented into the ground. Haven't ever left it overnight, and although my school is located downtown, it's in the middle of a group of school buildings and the general populace doesn't walk through there.

Number of years commuting

1+

Year round/Part time

Year round to school/hospital. In the Spring/Summer/Fall, I'll also ride to the store, gym, haircut, etc. Last Summer, I probably only put 100 miles on my car.
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A) Occupation - Chemical plant operator on 12 hour swing shifts

B) Commuting Distance - 8 miles each way

C) When at work I b) change clothes/clean up (clean up pits and such and don coveralls)

D) Where bike is parked - in bike rack outside the front door of our building

E) Number of years commuting -9 months

F) Year-round/part time commuter - well.... year round except for when I get real wimpy when it's cold AND raining. I can handle either/or but not both!
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A) Business Systems Analyst

B) 29 miles each way (though 26 of it is handled by train)

C) depending on weather... either B or C

D) in my office. I have a folding bike and I just put in the corner beneath my desk

E) just 1

F) part time... small wheels don't combine well with snow, and I'm a wussy vs. arctic weather
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A) Production coordinator. Subject to change, I'm being lateraled into a different position. They wanted me to work with the IT guy in production but he got pulled back to IT. Now they don't know what to do with me and I can even make up a job and hours I want. Looks like its time to move on.

B) 9.4mi/RT Sometimes the route home is longer

C) B

D) Unused storage room in warehouse

E) 1yr 9mo

F) Year round.
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A. Occupation : Organic Produce Manager @ small natural food store

B.Commuting Distance: 20 miles roundtrip (winter) 30 miles roundtrip (summer)

C.When @ work: Wipe off in sink and change

D. Where Parked : Loading Dock

E. Number Years Commuting: 2 1/2 yrs

F. Year Round Bike Commuter...missed 1 day this winter...2" ice fell and my girlfriend gave me that look......
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A. Occupation : Teacher / IT coordinator.

B.Commuting Distance: 11 miles each way.

C.When @ work: Clean up and change of clothes.

D. Where Parked : Boiler room.

E. Number Years Commuting: 0.75 years.

F. Car free. Bike commuting all year round.
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