Ride like Lance, to work
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With tons of gen-Xers flocking towards a car-free lifestyle, bicycle commuting could be headed towards an all time high. Especially with the backing of cycling's biggest superstar, Lance Armstrong. From riding with presidential candidates to opening his own bike shop, Lance is involved in all sorts of bike advocacy. His newest project, an 18,000sq ft store in downtown Austin, TX that will promote all aspects of biking culture. Lance wants his store "Mellow Johnny's" -- named after Armstrong's nickname, a mispronunciation of "Maillot Jaune" (yellow jersey) -- to become the hub of the growing downtown biking community.
Mellow Johnny's is being promoted as a "commuting bike shop," and is only a part of a multi-faceted approach to brining Austin's biking culture up to the level of say Portland, OR. The 7-time Tour de France champion is also working with city leaders to create a comprehensive system of bikeways that would make commuting a safer choice.
If you've ever been able to ride your bike to work, you know that it can be a rockin' good time on sunny days, and a cold shivering experience on rainy ones -- you definitely learn when to take the bus. It also helps when your employer offers amenities to help make biking more accessible, like locker rooms and showers. Do you ride you bike to work? Would you consider it if there was more accessibility?
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2-19-2008 @ 11:18AM
Chris said...
I used to ride my bike to work, 365 days a year, which is a bit of a feat in Calgary's somewhat cold Winter clime. I say *used* to, because my employer decided to move my office out of the downtown core to a distance from home which is just too far to ride to. It used to take me anywhere from 20-45 minutes (averaging 25) to complete the 12.7 km stretch, depending on the prevailing wind and what I got myself into the night before, but the new 30 km commute is just too far for me, especially when you take into account the massive valley I now have to traverse. So instead I bought a motorcycle which helps for half of the year, but the other half of the year has me dreaming for a job at an office closer to home and a monthly fuel bill of 1/10th of what it is now. Mass transit between my house and the office is also not an option at 2 buses, one train and almost 2 hours each direction.
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