Not every ride is a commute.
01-20-09 | 12:00 PM
#104
Freewheelin' Fred
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 742
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From: Sacramento
Bikes: Surly Cross Check
01-20-09 | 12:15 PM
#105
Didn't make it
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 931
Likes: 0
From: Weymouth, Mass.
Commutation....One year commuting translated into mileage,expenses etc.
for tax/budget purposes.
Commutating.....Act of commuting
Commutated.....A regular bike transmorgified into a commuter.
for tax/budget purposes.
Commutating.....Act of commuting
Commutated.....A regular bike transmorgified into a commuter.
Last edited by Bat22; 01-20-09 at 12:22 PM.
01-21-09 | 11:54 AM
#107
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 723
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From: Snohomish, WA
Bikes: Ridley Fenix Disc '15, Centurion Ironman '86, Raleigh Team '90, Bianchi Nyala '93
That's it. I no longer commute to work. I'll either "mountain bike" to work, "road race" to work, or maybe play tiddlywinks to work. If I'm just running errands, then I'll say for example that I'm hunting pheasant to the grocery store, or gardening to the library.
Gotta go, now, and reupholster my couch back to work.
Gotta go, now, and reupholster my couch back to work.
01-21-09 | 12:20 PM
#108
The Drive Side is Within
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,344
Likes: 47
From: New Haven, CT, USA
Bikes: Road, Cargo, Tandem, Etc.
I'm not sure why I'm participating in this thread. But I am, and it's not about semantics. At least the reply below is on topic, I hope....
Commuting really implies regularity -- and is understood by most to entail a destination of work or, for some, study. I ride into chruch for evening deacon's meetings and choir rehearsal, but drive my boys in on Suday morning. (it's 7.4 miles away)
I think this kind of regular weekly ride to a civic or religious responsibility could also be considered commuting. Errands and shopping fit well under utility cycling, so why call them commuting?
Commuting really implies regularity -- and is understood by most to entail a destination of work or, for some, study. I ride into chruch for evening deacon's meetings and choir rehearsal, but drive my boys in on Suday morning. (it's 7.4 miles away)
I think this kind of regular weekly ride to a civic or religious responsibility could also be considered commuting. Errands and shopping fit well under utility cycling, so why call them commuting?
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