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I Started a new "Ride to Work" Schedule
Last week I started riding my bike to work everyday. I still like to go
home for lunch to see my kids. It is a good break in the middle of the day to be thrown into that chaos. What I do is leave a change of clothes at work for the next day. When I go home at lunch I take my dirty clothes and bring back fresh clothes. It is working out great so far and I am saving on gas. That is 40 miles/week or about $2.50/week in gas. And I am getting here earlier and getting more work done. I don't feel tired around 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon like I used to. |
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I Started a new "Ride to Work" Schedule
".o0 0o." schreef in bericht ... Last week I started riding my bike to work everyday. I still like to go home for lunch to see my kids. It is a good break in the middle of the day to be thrown into that chaos. What I do is leave a change of clothes at work for the next day. When I go home at lunch I take my dirty clothes and bring back fresh clothes. It is working out great so far and I am saving on gas. That is 40 miles/week or about $2.50/week in gas. And I am getting here earlier and getting more work done. I don't feel tired around 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon like I used to. To spoil the fun :-) what is the additional cost in food, clothing, washing and bike maintenance/repair? Bert L. |
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To spoil the fun :-) what is the additional cost in food, clothing, washing and bike maintenance/repair? Bert L. You cant spoil my fun! Additional food cost = $0.00 because I will take my breakfast to work with me in my back pocket Additional Clothing Cost = $0.00 because I already have all the clothing I need. Additional Washing cost = something. I dont know exactly. Cant be too much though. Additional Bike maintenance cost = Dont know yet. It will need more maint. but my car will need less. So it should at least even out. |
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I Started a new "Ride to Work" Schedule
I guess I should mention my old "Ride to work schedule" was Monday and
Friday. Sometimes on Wednesday. chris sussmann wrote: Less dependent on oil = priceless better state of mind = priceless cheaper health care = priceless Keep riding to work, Chris David Kerber wrote: In article , OCKS says... ... You cant spoil my fun! Additional food cost = $0.00 because I will take my breakfast to work with me in my back pocket You probably eat a bit more, though, because of burning off more calories. Minimal cost, though. Additional Clothing Cost = $0.00 because I already have all the clothing I need. More wear on your cycling clothes. Additional Washing cost = something. I dont know exactly. Cant be too much though. If you would be riding your bike after work any way, then the incremental cost would be near zero. Additional Bike maintenance cost = Dont know yet. It will need more maint. but my car will need less. So it should at least even out. It will a lot more than even out. I could buy a pretty nice new bike every year for what I spend on car maintenance in the same time period. Hell, oil changes alone would easily cover replacing the chain, cassette and tires twice a year. |
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On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:56:04 -0400, David Kerber wrote:
In article , OCKS says... ... You cant spoil my fun! Additional food cost = $0.00 because I will take my breakfast to work with me in my back pocket You probably eat a bit more, though, because of burning off more calories. Minimal cost, though. Additional Bike maintenance cost = Dont know yet. It will need more maint. but my car will need less. So it should at least even out. It will a lot more than even out. I could buy a pretty nice new bike every year for what I spend on car maintenance in the same time period. Hell, oil changes alone would easily cover replacing the chain, cassette and tires twice a year. Other things to take into consideration are that you are now spending more time on the bike. So you can lower your health club membership and your medical needs. I find cycling usefull in reducing my stress and lessing my asthma. I tend to ride all year long except for during snow and ozone alerts. Lastly instead of watching my weight too much I can moderately enjoy more foods. Everything in moderation, including moderation. ;-) -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only) http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge) http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II) |
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Additional Washing cost = something. I dont know exactly. Cant be too
much though. My cleaning bills went down drastically when I took up bike commuting. I have the sort of job where clothes you have to dry clean are commonly worn -- wool suits, silk blouses, that sort of thing. When I used to use motorized transport exclusively for commuting, I would do things like run for the bus in my suit and silk blouse, and sweat in it. Or get mud on nice slacks walking on a muddy street. Or, after I got home, I'd burp the baby in it, or cook dinner in these clothes -- these are risky activities for spills and stains. When you wear cycling clothing to/from work, you sweat into washable garments. You only wear your nice clothes in the office, as opposed to during the commute or at home. They stay nice much much longer, and even the washable items don't require cleaning even half as much. Also, if you only have to wear those *&%$# pointy shoes that seem to be required for an office job only in the office, you don't wear down the shoe leather as fast. What's hard on shoes is pavement. On carpet, shoes stay nice. I have only had my black pumps, my very basic work shoes, resoled once in years, now. I used to have them resoled pretty much annually. -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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I Started a new "Ride to Work" Schedule
".o0 0o." wrote:
Last week I started riding my bike to work everyday. I still like to go home for lunch to see my kids. It is a good break in the middle of the day to be thrown into that chaos. What I do is leave a change of clothes at work for the next day. When I go home at lunch I take my dirty clothes and bring back fresh clothes. It is working out great so far and I am saving on gas. That is 40 miles/week or about $2.50/week in gas. And I am getting here earlier and getting more work done. I don't feel tired around 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon like I used to. Congratulations. Enjoy it. I have one additional suggestion - actually pay yourself the money you would have spent on transportation. Once a week or so put the money you saved into a separate bank account, let it accrue for a while and spend it on bike stuff, especially splurges you might not otherwise spring for. I've been doing that for 10 years and the money I would have spent on parking and the Metro bought me a new Ti commuting bike. Michael |
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I Started a new "Ride to Work" Schedule
".o0 0o." schreef in bericht ... You cant spoil my fun! Looks like an excellent attitude for life! Try to upgrade to "nobody..." from "you..."!! -- Posted by news://news.nb.nu |
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