Originally Posted by
WonderMonkey
My new job is 20.3 miles away. That commute will take me a while to work up to. I plan on actually driving my bike to about 10 miles from work and biking in then biking back to my car. After a few times I park further away, etc. until I adjust to the distance.
But.... I thought that I could use our public transit to get to whatever start point I'm picking out and then bike back to it at the end of the day. The downside is that it takes way longer for the public transit to get to a reasonable starting pint than it takes for me to drive there. Obviously.
So.... do any of you use public transit as part of your bike commute?
I only use the bus when I'm sick, have a mechanical issue I can't take care of between shifts at work, when it's super windy, or snow, and hopefully next year snow won't stop me. But my commute is only about 7 miles each way.
It would require a safe place to lock up, but you might consider reversing the leg that transit takes you though. There's a couple that uses the bus to come in from somewhere north of me and then catches the bus to downtown from there. The guys at the bike shop and my girlfriend and I were all scratching our heads about this pair of bikes that seemed to always be locked up in front of the bank down the street from us until my girl spotted them locking up and hopping on the bus one morning.
Some transit centers and a few bus stops (well, at least one!) around here have individual bicycle sheds that I assume you can rent. You might see if that is the case in your area too, instead of having to find a business you feel comfortable locking up in front of if you take that route.