Do you pedal your daily commute?

[Earth_First]

1. How frequently?
2. How long is your commute?

[Cuban_Liberal]

1. Depends on which store I'm working.

If it's the one in town and the weather's even halfway decent, I do. Its about a 10-minute ride, one way.

[jpak]

2. Most every day - 10 minutes door-to-door.

But if they hadn't put in bike lanes, I wouldn't even THINK about it.

[tex-wyo-dem]

3. It's about a 20 mile round trip for me...

I've been commuting by bike about twice a week, but would like to kick that up to 3-4 times per week.

Commuting by bike in the suburbs of Dallas where I live is not for he faint of heart, though. Be careful out there!

[Earth_First]

4. Ditto

I'm under the same exact scenario.

p.s. boy do I wish that motorists understood the rules of the road...

Be careful!

[doodadem]

5. Less than 10 steps

I'm self-employed, and my office is in my home. It definitely has it's perks!

[Lady Effingbroke]

6. I have been riding my bicycle everywhere possible.

Ride to school daily (5 mile round trip).

Ride to work several times a week (2 mile round trip).

Also ride to post office and on errands where I don't have a lot of stuff to carry.

I have not filled up my truck (4 cyl. Toyota) for almost 2 months. The only time I drive is to the grocery store or if it is pouring down rain.

[Earth_First]

7. p.m. bump (nt)

[jbnow]

8. The bike lane

or rather the lack of it is such a big issue. Hard to believe it isn't required with all new road construction, but it isn't.

It's not indifference or distance or helmet hair that stops most people I know, it's the lack of safety.

[Nikia]

10. When I biked to work

I was terrified. There were some spots where people seemed to have no respect for cyclists. I road on or to the right of the side line (if possible) and there were several times each day when I could have reached out and touched cars going by. If I would have fallen or even swerved a little, I would have been severely injured if not killed. Riding to work was always a high stress event.

[Nikia]

9. I should now that it is light on both ends of the day

I have to be at work at 6:30 a.m. in the morning. People aren't used to bicyclists around here and I wouldn't risk pedaling if they couldn't clearly see me. I do worry about my bike getting stolen though as there is no place to chain my bike. My bike communte would probably be 10-15 minutes.
When I lived in a different city and didn't have a license, I biked about 30 minutes to work. My husband picked me up from work though because I worked until 11 p.m.