Do you find it interesting that you're trying to solve the problem of "200 bike commuters" when we're talking about 1? I work ina place with a several hundred employees. Nobody seems to think it strange that there is an additional 300 square feet dedicated to each person plus garage attendants yet asking for a locker room in the event that there are hundreds of bicycle commuters is out of line.... Really?

Oh, and my bike needs no warmup, not ever a few minutes, when it's coated with an inch of ice. Actually, that's not true. If it's an inch of ice, I probably won't be riding. But then when it's really an inch of ice, sane people won't be driving either. I assume you mean normal winter inclement weather. And in those conditions, I'm ready to roll in about 45 seconds.

Seriousy, I sympathize with your position and that of millions of Americans. As I wrote previously, we've painted ourselves into a corner. But don't pretend like there's nothing we can do about it other than cross our fingers and pray to the hydrogen idol. The fact is, our lifestyle is unsustainable. If I said I wanted to live at the bottom of the ocean and *****ed and moaned about how expensive it was to come up every day and drive 300 miles inland to my job you'd rightly call me an idiot.

There's a qualitative difference between the two to be sure but still, it's just a difference of degrees.