Who bikes to work?

[SuperDuck]

Here in Wisconsin the weather is getting warmer, and it's a little less chilly on the way to work! Today I was actually able to ride in without a stocking cap under my helmet.

Who else rides to work? There's plenty of reasons to! Health, gas, fun... I don't do it for any terribly ideological reasons; it's mostly just fun for me. It's only 5 miles one way, so it's just enough to get my heart going but not bad enough that I get to work wiped out. It gets easier every day, too.

Here's my lean, mean, purple and green commuting machine:

 

[Gard]

I'm working my way up to it, actually. I live about 6 miles from the shop, but it's pretty hilly here (well, to my flatlander Louisiana/Florida heritage it is! ), and need to get in just a bit better shape for the trip to and from.

The good thing is that Greensboro, NC is actually fairly bike-friendly, plenty of wide streets and lots of parkland with bike/walk trails on the way from the house to the shop.

I don't have a photo of the bike handy, but I just bought a Kona Smoke. Based on reputation, it'll be fully bulletproof, and I really dig the understated appearance (flat black EVERYTHING). It rides great as well.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I do in the summertime. I bike to the beach and then lifeguard. It's a good way of life.

 

[Relic]

I'd seriously love to do that, but at the moment I work too far away and on a very busy highway, it would be suicidal.

 

[txbasschik]

I *wish*! Work is about 20 miles away. The only way to get there is on, first, a winding 2-lane with no shoulder, and then a winding 4-lane with a 55 mph speed limit and little-to-no-shoulder. I'd be taking my life in my hands.

With gas prices at $2.77 here for regular, biking would be nice, but its just too far, and too dangerous.

Cherie

 

[karrot-x]

I ride the kind that pushes itself.

 

[labgnat]

i dont' have a hog, well i have a hog, but, well, yeah you know what i mean

oh you mean bicycle. no too far

 

[FL Knifemaker]

I walk to work, rain or shine, every day.

 

[Gard]

Finally had a moment to get a photo of my baby, or at least a link to Kona's site for it:

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I got a 20" frame, my wife dug it so much she talked me into getting a 22" for her (her legs are longer than mine, so the higher frame works better for her! ).

 

[Baryonyx]

I walk in good weather, and bike or get a lift in the rain.

 

[Der Bluten Kat]

i will be longboarding to school/work when i move to orlando.. close enough to a bike

 

[jive1]

........ Based on reputation, it'll be fully bulletproof, and I really dig the understated appearance (flat black EVERYTHING). It rides great as well.

Yeah, you'll need a solid bike to cart your huge arse around.
Black also makes you look slimmer.

 

[jive1]

I don't ride my bike to my work, but I'll walk or take my bike to my business on the weekends.

 

[Gard]

Yeah, you'll need a solid bike to cart your huge arse around.
Black also makes you look slimmer.

I may be fat (although I've lost about 20 lbs recently), but hey, I can diet and exercise to get rid of that...

...the ugly you walk around with daily is not going anywhere you aren't.

 

[jive1]

...the ugly you walk around with daily is not going anywhere you aren't.

C'mon Gard, the T-shirt isn't that ugly.
Well, it's not like I wear it every day.

 

[Gard]

Damn, that's a BEAUTIFUL t-shirt man, I bet when you wear that one no one notices just how ugly you actually are.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

i will be longboarding to school/work when i move to orlando.. close enough to a bike

Sweet.

EDIT: R U Talking about surfing or skating?

 

[Synplicity]

yup, i cycle 3 miles to work when i have to go in and cant get a lift.

heres my ride:

 

[Der Bluten Kat]

Sweet.

EDIT: R U Talking about surfing or skating?

skatin.. yea i shoulda clarified that

hopefully i dont get stuck in a hurricane or something haha

 

[AmazingGracePlayer]

This used to be my method of transportation a few years back when I was a sophomore in high school:

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