Just have to hoot!
05-23-05 | 05:28 PM
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From: eastern Idaho
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Just have to hoot!
I just did my first commute today! Four and a half miles each way, a quarter mile with a lot of traffic, but it went rather well. I am hooked!
05-23-05 | 06:02 PM
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From: Philadelphia, PA
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Go spudz!
05-23-05 | 06:10 PM
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From: Silver Spring, MD
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Congrats Spudz and welcome to the commuting club. There are a lot of people here who have recently started commuting and all of us are hooked. Keep it up and very quickly you will find the ride is easier than you ever thought possible. Keep us posted on the progress you make.
05-23-05 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBrooking
How are you with the traffic? Okay?
05-24-05 | 12:16 AM
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Congrats,
4.5 miles is a good beginning distance. My commute to school is about that length. It takes me much longer to get to work.
As far a vehicles whizzing by your elbow, do you take the lane? When I started commuting I rode too close to the curb and cars passed me in the same lane I was traveling in thus they were pretty close to me when they passed. If you take the lane by getting far enought off the curb that the cars have to go into the next lane to pass you, you'll get more space and the ride will be more pleasant. It seems counter-intuitive at first, but it works, and in most states it is legal.
Congratulations again, it's better on a bike.
--AK
4.5 miles is a good beginning distance. My commute to school is about that length. It takes me much longer to get to work.
As far a vehicles whizzing by your elbow, do you take the lane? When I started commuting I rode too close to the curb and cars passed me in the same lane I was traveling in thus they were pretty close to me when they passed. If you take the lane by getting far enought off the curb that the cars have to go into the next lane to pass you, you'll get more space and the ride will be more pleasant. It seems counter-intuitive at first, but it works, and in most states it is legal.
Congratulations again, it's better on a bike.
--AK
05-24-05 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Anthony King
Congrats,
As far a vehicles whizzing by your elbow, do you take the lane? When I started commuting I rode too close to the curb and cars passed me in the same lane I was traveling in thus they were pretty close to me when they passed. If you take the lane by getting far enought off the curb that the cars have to go into the next lane to pass you, you'll get more space and the ride will be more pleasant.
--AK
As far a vehicles whizzing by your elbow, do you take the lane? When I started commuting I rode too close to the curb and cars passed me in the same lane I was traveling in thus they were pretty close to me when they passed. If you take the lane by getting far enought off the curb that the cars have to go into the next lane to pass you, you'll get more space and the ride will be more pleasant.
--AK
05-24-05 | 03:21 PM
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Nothing improves the enjoyment of life like having some quality recreation time at the beginning and end of the workday, instead of time wasted in a normal commute.
05-24-05 | 04:52 PM
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From: Mighty City by the Mighty Mississippi
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Originally Posted by AndrewP
Nothing improves the enjoyment of life like having some quality recreation time at the beginning and end of the workday, instead of time wasted in a normal commute.
