Originally Posted by
wphamilton
PJ, since the car is at work (the destination), you can leave the work clothes, extra tools, bugspray, rain clothes etc in the car. It makes a difference, not carrying an extra load. In fact, you could ride with just and extra tube, patch kit (add that to your list) and tire levers. Leave the lock at work, locked to the rack.
If you have a refrigerator at work you can carry two lunches when you drive the car leg, and not have that to worry about. This way you don't even need a backpack or rack bag, and you can just ride.
This is a good point. It baffles me sometimes what I overlook. I don't have a bike rack at work, I think it's going to end up in my office. I'm hoping that after two weeks or so doing every other ride by bike I can upgrade to exclusively biking. My SUV is kicking my butt on gas. $500 a month (at least) on gas is starting to eat away at my soul...