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With the Cost of Water These Days

In an effort to cut down on my water and towel bills, I’ve started biking to work. Thanks to free showers and free towels (plus free soap and free locker), I can now spend the money saved by showering at work on things needed to maintain the bike.

Honestly, I hate bikers. Why ride on the sidewalk when you can ride on the side of the road and force all the cars to swerve around you? It’s like you live to inconvenience everyone else!

Then *I*started biking. I have to say, the feeling of environmental superiority over those driving is pretty sweet. It’s also a “get out of work free” card:

“We need you to fix these bugs, how come you weren’t in this morning?”

“I biked to work today in a sure fire effort to save my grand children from a hurricane.”

Of course, by biking two times last week I may have over done it. Don’t want to cut out too many green house gasses and cause a runaway “global cooling”. We’d probably lose our free towels.

Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:27 AM by Chris Becker
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Kyle Hutchison said:

Don't you drink more water when you bike?

# September 9, 2008 12:33 PM

Brock said:

Yeehaw!  I've been riding a lot lately, too, but I'm not quite ready to start riding to work - it's a hilly trip and further than I'm ready to do first thing in the morning.  I have taken my bike on the Metro and ridden home a couple of times, though.  How long is your ride in?

# September 9, 2008 4:47 PM

DCrazy said:

They just started putting shared bike-car lanes down in Baltimore.  I don't use them unless it's about 3 in the morning and there are no other cars on the road.

I plan on biking to work in Seattle.  I'll probably wind up with my head through someone's driver's-side door within a week.

# March 12, 2009 5:44 AM
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