I always have a distance cap when I bike. I drove 10 minutes to University for my two middle years, and used the bus the rest of the time. Driving was more convenient when I was there 12+ hours a day, and there was this GIANT hill. It took 40 minutes to bike but then you had to de-sweat, and it was just too much of a hassle all-in-all, so I totally get you on the transit.

Glad you’ve discovered the joys of bike-sharing! I hope we see more and more of them popping up.

Quiet streets are the best streets. I actually got yelled at by a police officer in his car one of the first times I biked to work, before I discovered residential streets and bike streets. “Turn off at the next street, it’s a bike lane, avoid main streets during traffic hours.” Those speakerphones are loud.

I think I almost prefer having to layer up and being a little chilly for the first five minutes – being hot and sweaty is the worst! But kudos to you for sweating it out when you can! I think that might be just as badass as biking in rain, even if it’s a lot less glamours 😛

Transit’s a great option for commuting too 🙂 Thanks for reading!

Where I was at, you could combine the two! Take your bike on transit, during the off-peak hours. And almost all the buses have space for two bikes in the front. I can see how biking part way and transiting the other segments would be great.

Wowza – you’ll cringe to learn about the $50 bike I bought off Craigslist after my childhood one got stolen across a busy street in broad daylight. It was only worth about $10, the brakes were questionable, it realistically only had 1 gear, it squeaked and rattled, the chain grinded even with some WD-40 and grease, and the handlebar padding / seat was falling apart. But I sold it once I was done my gig for $50, and I never worried about leaving it locked up over night 😛

And I understand! There’s so many different ones depending on what you want to do – full suspension for downhill, hard tail for trail riding, street cruiser for city commuting, a road bike for highway – and I consider myself a layman when it comes to bikes! I’m glad you’ve got a fleet you’re happy and satisfied with 🙂

Heh, thanks. Velominati knew what they were talking about! I’ll remember that next time I’m out there shivering. Thanks for the great comment!

The problem now is the heat. I have a hard time commuting to work, cooling down and changing clothes in the summer without being covered in sweat!

Lily, that’s a very interesting twist at the end of the post! 😉