Now that the weather is warmer I do an extended commute of around 12 miles each way to with about 600 feet of climb in each direction. Thankfully we have a full gym here so I accomplish my weight training during lunch (I eat on a break or while working) and sometimes later in the afternoon I have time for a 15-20 mile ride before an early evening meeting. I just wash up after each ride. On a good day I get 40-45 miles in which is great but at least a normal day now gives me 24-25 miles of riding which puts me in a great place in terms of cardio and feeling grounded.

My office's consulting clients (universities) are pretty bike-positive, and for the ones located in the inner Boston area, it is faster to reach meetings by cycle than it is to drive or take the subway. It's kind of a win-win: faster travel, a little relief and exercise during the day, and always some interesting chatter about conditions and gear with the clients. They love it when I arrive in full rain gear and strip down to a business suit (that is during colder weather).

The same goes with doctor's, lunch and other appointments in town.

On a decent day, I get in my 20 commuting miles, plus another 8 or 9 miles in -between.

No, but I have actually (unsuccessfully) tried to find a job that would allow me to get paid and ride at the same time. I recently read about a mattress store that delivers mattresses on a cargo bike, so if that's possible I think there is hope for me yet.

Great responses from all of you.

I biked all but 6 days this school year. I'm a part-timer (4 hrs a day/ 5 days a week) but only when the kids are in class. I got approx. 600 miles in on the college's bike. I even surprised the college president by riding alongside of her on a 24 degree day. Heavy rain and ice were 5 of the days off the bike. I wish I worked at a bigger campus with some trail riding.

I work at a waste water treatment plant, every other week I do checks on equipment, get to ride a 5 km loop. Which is nice because I haven't been riding and it is easing my fat @zz into it.

You know, I have thought to get a stay at home job where I can work from my bike ;). That way I can be writing emails or whatever while on my rollers or stationary trainer.

Everyone at work (college) thought I was crazy today for biking around campus at 25○!
Granted I did not bike into work because of salt & ice in spots.
Gee some people made it seem like it was antarctic out there.
I think that is the coldest I've biked at work so far.

Any other diehard 'I gotta keep bikin at work no matter what the weather" ?

I used to ride for an hour at lunchtime. The backroads I used to do that on have been massively developed lately, not sure I would like it so much now. But that extra hour of riding really helped me lose weight at that time which I have since regained and wouldn't mind losing again...

My old office had no good food for several miles. I regularly hopped back on the bike for lunch. It was a nice midday break.

I used to use bicycles to inspect the area on several large bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Did Rumsfeld give you those BSOs? I guess you go to war with the bike you have, not the bike you wish you might have.

The blue bike was given to me by its previous user,I passed it on when I left. I paid $30 for the purple bike and received $30 for it from someone else when I left the country.
Also used this freebie while working in Afghanistan:

haha, one of the Marks of the BSO is branding by a non-bicycle company (Columbia, Jeep, ...) At least this one's a hardtail, the simpler you get, the harder it is to screw things up.

Some of the piano tuners that Steinway pays to service the concert pianos in NYC get around town by bike. I used to know someone with this job, and when he started using his bike he convinced Steinway to give him a bike allowance based on the cab fares and time he saved the company.

:lol:

Didn't like his politics, but it was a line that clearly holds up to repetition.

I work at what I considered a McDonalds desert until I started biking to work. I convince myself that somehow my 5 minute jaunt to Micky D's burns the roughly 600-700 calories I consume there.

Sure, just like double sizing the Diet coke melts away the calories of a double order of fries and Big Mac; works for me! ;)

Well it might not melt calories, but at least it doesn't add...

https://xkcd.com/1793/

A major employer in my area is doing the same, but it's for ADA considerations. It's "not fair" to offer a resource that excludes some.

Like stairs?

Or arm chairs.

Or a handicapped parking space, that excludes almost everbody!