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Rode to the polls this morning. Of a few hundred people there at 7am, let's just say that zero others were in a bright yellow jacket. :)
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Originally Posted by LordBass
(Post 7789916)
Rode to the polls this morning. Of a few hundred people there at 7am, let's just say that zero others were in a bright yellow jacket. :)
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I did... a week ago Saturday.
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I posted my pic at the flickr page.
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I could have walked because the polling place is about 2 minutes away, but I had a dentist appointment to get to right afterwards. Turns out the line inside was slower than I thought, so after waiting an hour, I had to leave for the appointment. Biked over there, had a tooth pulled, and then biked back to wait in line for another two hours. Spoke cards for my candidate - parked right outside the door! Did have one person ask if I was a crossing guard, though (bright lime vest....).
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I rode to the polls and voted this morning. My polling place is right down the street from where I live. Only a 5 min. walk. But as I was on the way to work, I stopped voted, then rode on to work.
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Hey I started a similar thread in General Cycling:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=483398 |
Well, I couldn't bike to the polls but I did just ride my bike to starbucks for free coffee.
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i rode too
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Originally Posted by cdalefan
(Post 7788828)
I rode and took my bike inside and parked it the back of the room. Then, I stood in line in lycra tights, road shoes, and long sleeve jersey.
Everyone knew I was there--- My wife drove and was 2 ppl in front of me in line. Took me 45 min to get through the line. |
I rode... it's about a mile or so from the house. Light drizzle falling when I left for the polls... rain when I finished voting. Wife went with me on her bike.
Of course, even though we vote at the local elementary school, there are no bike racks. We locked up to a drain pipe. |
Originally Posted by Square & Compas
(Post 7790593)
I rode to the polls and voted this morning. My polling place is right down the street from where I live. Only a 5 min. walk. But as I was on the way to work, I stopped voted, then rode on to work.
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Originally Posted by cdalefan
(Post 7788828)
I rode and took my bike inside and parked it the back of the room. Then, I stood in line in lycra tights, road shoes, and long sleeve jersey.
Everyone knew I was there--- |
Rode to the polls, then the grocery store. Well, two grocery stores, the first one didn't have egg roll wrappers.
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I rode the entire 1.5 miles right down the street to the rec center. The road was full of cars, although I was the only one on a bike. The speed limit is 25mph, so I rode right along with traffic. There isn't a bike rack anywhere, but there are some batting cages. I just locked up my bike to one of the polls, went inside, and voted. The line wasn't too terribly long. I was pretty much in and out. Luckily for me, I did get to read a couple of pages of Lord of the Flies.
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Originally Posted by genec
(Post 7790697)
We locked up to a drain pipe.
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For the primaries I rode to the polls on the way to work, but it's just three blocks from home (in the other direction and all up hill). This morning I walked there with my wife, stood in line for an hour, voted, walked home, and then rode the long way to work. I was in by biking togs and one poll worker commented it was a nice day to ride. My answer, "Thanks, but for me every day is a nice day to ride!"
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Last year it was cold and rainy, so I rode the Portland. Today was beautiful, sunny, wind-free and 70. So I rode Yellow Bike (my 9-year-old Trek 1000) to work. We stopped to vote on the way home.
http://www.brucew.com/images/prr/200...-votes-800.jpg Another lycra story: The three election ladies all said they liked my hi-viz commuting jersey, but their eyes kept drifting lower... |
I am going to ride there after work. It's only about 1 mile or so to the school from home. And all I have to do is drop of my ballot as we are a "mail-in" state.
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I've ridden to the polls for years. This time in the dark and rain. I felt a little bad though, as my bike was locked up outside for the hour and a half it took to cast my vote.
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Stopped by to vote on the way home from work. The line of cars trying to get into the polling place and find a parking place was out into the street and around the corner. I rode right up to the door on my bike and locked it to a steel banister along the stairs. Walked right in. Was nice not to have to wait for parking.
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My little guy had tonsil surgery today so after we got home grandma stayed just long enough for us to walk up and vote. It's only a few hundred feet from home.
I did notice that the number they were up to was where I usually see it at 7:00 PM when I would normally vote instead of 11:30 in the morning, hence a great turn out! |
I biked to my polling place this morning on my way to work. Glad I did it then, because it's raining steadily now... I was the only bicyclist there.
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I rode and locked my bike to the railing right in front of the door, so everyone saw it. A few even asked me about the bike.
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I biked to the polling place, same as last year, and the year before, and....
I took the bike into the fire house, too, as usual. Lines looked long, but moved fast. I was out by 6:15 AM, so I rode town to Bristol PA to volunteer for the Obama campaign GOTV project. It was a blast. I went door to door for about four hours, then rode home. Total miles for the day, about 39. |
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