| Author | Message | ||
     Deltablue |
Just needed to vent after my commute this AM, and I knew there would be many here who understand. Almost a year ago I switched jobs, due to many outside influences. My commute went from a 30 mile, all back road, little traffic joy, to a 50 mile 50% Interstate, straight lines in rush hour. So I found myself in the typical morning grind,thinking to myself, Man I really miss those twisties, as I sit holding in the clutch slowly creeping along. Oh well...what can you do.... at least I still ride to work. | ||
| Ducxl |
Huh....i left a job 23 moles away for one 2 miles away.I anticipate the day where i will be walking/bicycling to work....I DO NOT miss that congested commute!! | ||
| Jaimec |
Two miles away IS bicycling distance. Heck, when I was younger (and in far better shape than I'm in now) 20 miles was bicycling distance; especially since we had a shower in the building! | ||
| Barker |
8 miles to work, and I ride my pedal bike when the weather is nice. | ||
| Ducxl |
I'm already an avid cyclist/walker...i just haven't commuted this way.I anticipate the day i do will be..an awakening....ZERO fuel cost...YAY! Back to topic....it was unhealthy driving along with discourteous fellow drivers,and all the finger waving/mouthed threats....what a rat race..work closer to home | ||
| Reepicheep |
Whee! I did the opposite two years ago... Errr, I mean, I'm sorry for your pain  At least at night you have plenty of "deer plows"... | ||
| M2statz |
6 mile 24 turn commute! I do it a couple of times before and after work, sometimes more depending on how the day goes at work. | ||
| Rainman |
I have a 4-mile one way commute through city traffic but it often takes me 30 minutes to get there because I'm 5 miles away from some great Blue Ridge scenery. | ||
| Deltablue |
Here I was thinkin I'd find people who understand, empathise even, and what do I get. People rubbin it in. Thanks a lot.  | ||
| Ducxl |
I UNDERSTOOD it for 20 years.....No MORE.. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
At least you get to ride. My commute is from my bedroom to my office. I only get to go out and oogle my bike throughout the day. If I'm out of the office, I'm in a monkey suit. | ||
| Rick_a |
A few years back I had a basically deserted old paved road with a few nice sweepers that I made part of my daily commute. Taken at speed triple digit speeds were attainable on one of the short straights and also on one of the sweepers. I worked and went to a vocational school that were in the same area so I'd hit this road 2-4 times a day. It was such fun and after so many tries I knew it intuitively both ways. It was hard on brakes and tires but really made my day. Now I have a 6 mile commute through some 25-30 mph zones that are usually a little quicker on the mountainbike. I try to make the most of it! | ||
| Cityxslicker |
ten minutes from work, funny it still takes me two hours to get home some days The long way home is always the most fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG76ftSFOcg | ||
| Lost_in_ohio |
I commute the worst traffic in Columbus. The 70/71 split and the 315/670 split. Dangerous to say the least, but oddly I find it relaxing. I wish I had a rural twisty commute....except for the deer. | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
I used to live in Houston and feel your pain. I lived nine miles from my office and it took me an hour to get there. I don't miss the traffic at all. Now I live two blocks from campus and one mile from my office, so I don't get to ride my bike at all during the week anymore because I just walk everywhere I need to go. I've also got cages, and I always wonder when I'm going to go out there and find a dead battery because it's been so long since they were cranked. When I first went back to school, I stayed at my dad's lake house about 35 miles away out in the country. That was when I bought my Buell. It was wonderful getting to ride 70 miles every day. Kinda miss it. Be careful on your commute. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Unless I'm out riding for a living, I work in my basement studio at home. 15 stair commute. Got a lot going for it. Be careful out there too. (Message edited by danger_dave on April 22, 2007) | ||
| Bake |
I work 10 miles back in the wilderness, the company supplies a sled and a quad as well as a 4x4, but told me if I choose to ride my bike to burn their gas. I use my dirtbike a lot but am thinking Uly. | ||
| Rasmonis |
I don't want to commute anymore...sigh. | ||
| Ducxl |
I commuted within 15 minutes today on my bicycle...YAY! commuting may never be the same again | ||
| Xbullet |
i'm movin' out of the ATL. i live on the outskirts. takes me 1 hr in the mornin, 1.25 hrs in the afternoon, and less than 35 minutes if there's no traffic. i will say that if ya split lanes in the creepy crawly slow times it makes a BIG difference....not that i'd do that in GA where it's not legal..... maybe if i got a Uly and came down the right of way..... me and all the 4x4 jeeps, silverados, and lariats could make a conga line.  | ||
| Mortarmanmike120 |
I'm moving this week to Chattanooga. My house is one mile away from where I work. One MILE of residential side streets. Yep, I'll be walkin' to work most mornings now.  Ask me if I'll miss my old job and my hour and a half commute. Never mind, don't ask. This is probably my last post for at least a week. Commuting SUCKS Later folks... | ||
| Pushrodpete |
My commute sux too. 25 miles of stoplights, all in a flat grid pattern. Takes about an hour (each way). Million people in Tucson, and NO cross-town freeways. Pbbbblt. Which is why I wish Buell would stop producing only micro-small "own the twisties" bikes and add a bigger monster-motor straight-line Vmax-killin' hoolie bike for us XL guys living in places where all turns are the 90-degree stoplighted variety..... Or maybe HD will finally put the VRod motor in a more normally-ergoed bike. To dreeeeeeeam, the impossible dreeeeeeeam..... |
