Comments on: A New Commute http://greencouple.com/2008/08/21/a-new-commute/ Learning to live green and live together Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Andy http://greencouple.com/2008/08/21/a-new-commute/#comment-1987 Andy Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:59:10 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=336#comment-1987 Definitely bike it! I now commute 7.2 miles round trip each day, with 620 feet of climbing. It wakes me up, it gets me enjoying being outside, and I get plenty of exercise in a day now to keep me happy. Riding in winter isn't as bad as everyone makes it sound. I wear long underwear and shorts, smartwool socks, and a long sleeve shirt in 40F temps and it works just fine. Much less sweat too. If you have any long hills, a windbreaker and gloves are essential. Below freezing, or with snow on the road and I would use my mountain bike (my regular commute is on a road racing bike) and another shirt. The last few Sundays I rode 87 and 95 miles, and I'm planning on ~110 next weekend. Biking is just too fun :) Definitely bike it! I now commute 7.2 miles round trip each day, with 620 feet of climbing. It wakes me up, it gets me enjoying being outside, and I get plenty of exercise in a day now to keep me happy.

Riding in winter isn’t as bad as everyone makes it sound. I wear long underwear and shorts, smartwool socks, and a long sleeve shirt in 40F temps and it works just fine. Much less sweat too. If you have any long hills, a windbreaker and gloves are essential. Below freezing, or with snow on the road and I would use my mountain bike (my regular commute is on a road racing bike) and another shirt.

The last few Sundays I rode 87 and 95 miles, and I’m planning on ~110 next weekend. Biking is just too fun :)

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