Comments on: A week without a car: Day One http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2006/12/12/a-week-without-a-car-day-one/ Sun, 19 May 2013 00:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chris http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2006/12/12/a-week-without-a-car-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Chris Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:06:36 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2006/12/12/a-week-without-a-car-day-one/#comment-4 Welcome to my world! I’ve been commuting to work by bike (weather permitting) since 1991. Most of the time, it’s a great wake-me-up, and generates enough endorphins to get the morning off to a good start.

By the way, I’m originally from Minnesota, and there you could see cyclists out all year round, even in the dead of winter. But not me. Biking is supposed to be *fun*, after all.

There’s many good reasons to bike to work (health, economics, environment, traffic), but really, the only reason to do it is for the pleasure and satisfaction of being outside exerting oneself.

I got really wet this morning too! I hope the weather lightens up a bit.

]]> By: sarah http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2006/12/12/a-week-without-a-car-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-3 sarah Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:50:41 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2006/12/12/a-week-without-a-car-day-one/#comment-3 Great insight & congrats! However, you’re lucky you were on the Pittsburg train where bikes are allowed at the time you travel.

Unfortunately, I think more people would commute by Bart (like me) if they were allowed to take their bikes during commute hours into the City (or even into Oakland). Have you seen how much folding bikes are? (dahon.com) My question is why do we have to shell out another $500 if we already have a perfecly good bike that’s usable? Or can people afford to have one bike each for work, road & mountain?

Have fun & good luck the rest of the week!

]]> By: JDB http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2006/12/12/a-week-without-a-car-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2 JDB Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:35:20 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2006/12/12/a-week-without-a-car-day-one/#comment-2 Due to my irresponsibility, I also am now going with out a car for the next year. Ironically enough, My commute is from PHill Bart to Rockridge. I start next monday so I look forward to reading your blog and will add any tips of my own as I learn my commute thru trial and error! I do about fenders though…it save you from having a stripe of mud and snail guts going up your back!

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