I have a cunning plan...

There has been a bit of a hoo-har at work about the reduction in car parking
places. Discussing this with some of those who commute by car, I often get
the response "I'd love to cycle but it's too far". Legitimate point but now
with an interesting twist.

How much do you pay in car park charges? 120 per year.
How much in fuel? far too much...

Why not park a bit further out of town and ride in on a folding bike? You'll
be quids in by the end of the year, get a nice refreshing ride in, and still
have teh car available to drive in if the weather is really crap. You'll
save the car parking charges, and the extra fuel cost which will add up to
about 15 quid a week.

Quite a lot over the course of a year, and you know you'll feel better for
it as well.

...d

David Martin wrote:
There has been a bit of a hoo-har at work about the reduction in car parking
places. Discussing this with some of those who commute by car, I often get
the response "I'd love to cycle but it's too far". Legitimate point but now
with an interesting twist.

How much do you pay in car park charges? 120 per year.
How much in fuel? far too much...

Why not park a bit further out of town and ride in on a folding bike? You'll
be quids in by the end of the year, get a nice refreshing ride in, and still
have teh car available to drive in if the weather is really crap. You'll
save the car parking charges, and the extra fuel cost which will add up to
about 15 quid a week.

Quite a lot over the course of a year, and you know you'll feel better for
it as well.


How about adding a Bike Buddy offer to it as well - "I know it may feel
uncomfortable cycling in in the traffic to start with, but tell you
what, I'll meet up and cycle in with you for the first few days until
you are used to it" Thus removing the last excuse. I also offer to
check people's bikes over for them.

Tony

"Tony Raven" wrote in message


How about adding a Bike Buddy offer to it as well - "I know it may feel
uncomfortable cycling in in the traffic to start with, but tell you what,
I'll meet up and cycle in with you for the first few days until you are
used to it" Thus removing the last excuse. I also offer to check
people's bikes over for them.

All I did was walk in slim and fit in my cycling gear every day and the
penny dropped in some people's cases. A guy who lives near me said he was
cancelling his gym membership and biking to work everyday. He and his
colleague rode in yesterday and said it was wonderful.

They cycled along the Humber Foreshore, stopped for a bacon banjo half way
and took 75 minutes for the 12 miles. The big test for them is winter
though. The guy asked me if I ever was tempted to have half an hour extra in
bed and take the car when it was winter. Sure, I said, but it's the slippery
slope.

You say to yourself, it's too cold today, I'll drive in. Well, it's winter,
it will be cold the next day as well. So you've binned a whole season. Then
it'll be too windy, too wet, too hot and so on. I'm so glad I cycle through
the winter, being super fit now makes all that hard work worthwhile :-)


--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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You say to yourself, it's too cold today, I'll drive in. Well, it's
winter, it will be cold the next day as well. So you've binned a whole
season. Then it'll be too windy, too wet, too hot and so on. I'm so glad I
cycle through the winter, being super fit now makes all that hard work
worthwhile :-)

I like this time of year. There's loads of people dusting down their bikes,
and must feel dejected as I blast past them.

75 minutes for 12 miles, pah, that's not superfit

In article ,
says...
There has been a bit of a hoo-har at work about the reduction in car parking
places. Discussing this with some of those who commute by car, I often get
the response "I'd love to cycle but it's too far". Legitimate point but now
with an interesting twist.

How much do you pay in car park charges? 120 per year.
How much in fuel? far too much...

Why not park a bit further out of town and ride in on a folding bike? You'll
be quids in by the end of the year, get a nice refreshing ride in, and still
have teh car available to drive in if the weather is really crap. You'll
save the car parking charges, and the extra fuel cost which will add up to
about 15 quid a week.

Quite a lot over the course of a year, and you know you'll feel better for
it as well.

I'm thinking of doing this simply because the last 10 miles of my
journey takes nearly 45 minutes, and I still have a 10 minute walk.

The problem I have is that there's nowhere particularly safe to leave
the car, and I'd have to content with single and dual carriageways
around Gloucester and Cheltenham. Then there's no decent cycle parking
at work, nor showers, even though the company runs the "get a bike half-
price" thing - you know, Booost.

--
Hywel http://kibo.org.uk/
I do not eat quiche.

In article , David Martin wrote:
There has been a bit of a hoo-har at work about the reduction in car parking
places. Discussing this with some of those who commute by car, I often get
the response "I'd love to cycle but it's too far". Legitimate point but now
with an interesting twist.

How much do you pay in car park charges? 120 per year.
How much in fuel? far too much...

Why not park a bit further out of town and ride in on a folding bike?

Because I have an estate car and the non-folding bike fits in it fine :-)

(Actually I have been using a folder recently, which has the advantage
that it fits in the boot while I drop the children at school on the way,
but the non-folder needs the rear seats down. If I used the U+2 for
school more that wouldn't be a consideration.
On the other hand I'm considering a smaller folder that would fit more
easily in our other car, a Ford Ka. On the gripping hand we're considering
getting rid of one car - though recent experiance while one or the other
was off road was that while we could managewith one, it was a pain, and
having an only car off the road would be very difficult (and renting one
then, or buying a shiny new supposedly reliable car would rather offset
the potential savings (I was a bit annoyed at the Ka destroying its engine,
it was supposed to be too new for that sort of thing)).

When I had a (non-folding) trailer cycle too and had to get to nursery
school by 9am, it was also quicker into town. Now I'm generally later,
traffic has eased a bit, but the free parking spaces at work have all
gone more often.

"elyob" wrote in message k...
"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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You say to yourself, it's too cold today, I'll drive in. Well, it's
winter, it will be cold the next day as well. So you've binned a whole
season. Then it'll be too windy, too wet, too hot and so on. I'm so glad I
cycle through the winter, being super fit now makes all that hard work
worthwhile :-)

I like this time of year. There's loads of people dusting down their bikes,
and must feel dejected as I blast past them.

75 minutes for 12 miles, pah, that's not superfit

That's the bloke who has just started, not me. I can do it in 40 minutes.

-

Simon M.

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Alan Braggins wrote:
In article , David Martin
wrote:
There has been a bit of a hoo-har at work about the reduction in car
parking places. Discussing this with some of those who commute by
car, I often get the response "I'd love to cycle but it's too far".
Legitimate point but now with an interesting twist.

How much do you pay in car park charges? 120 per year.
How much in fuel? far too much...

Why not park a bit further out of town and ride in on a folding bike?

Because I have an estate car and the non-folding bike fits in it fine
:-)

(Actually I have been using a folder recently, which has the advantage
that it fits in the boot while I drop the children at school on the
way, but the non-folder needs the rear seats down. If I used the U+2
for school more that wouldn't be a consideration.
On the other hand I'm considering a smaller folder that would fit more
easily in our other car, a Ford Ka. On the gripping hand we're
considering getting rid of one car - though recent experiance while
one or the other was off road was that while we could managewith one,
it was a pain, and having an only car off the road would be very
difficult (and renting one then, or buying a shiny new supposedly
reliable car would rather offset the potential savings (I was a bit
annoyed at the Ka destroying its engine, it was supposed to be too
new for that sort of thing)).

The Ka engine is based on one they used to put in the Anglia. It's meant to
break . And don't get me started on Fords...

Doki wrote:

The Ka engine is based on one they used to put in the Anglia. It's meant to
break . And don't get me started on Fords...


Most of the car engines used today are based on old engines.

Tony