0 comment Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | admin
Having had a couple of days to stew on my experiences of Bike to Work Day, I will say with absolute certainty that it was a fantastic event. I only stopped at Salvagetti's stop on the bike path, but that's because it was a block away from my everyday route (Also because they are awesome). The number of people that were riding on the bike path was astounding! My estimate is that 90% of people had a great big shit-eating grin on their face, which is exactly how commuting should be.
The officials of Denver are claiming that an estimated 30,000 people participated in BTWD. 27,000 smiles is a pretty fantastic thing.
I welcome all the newbies: the folks who haven't ridden a bike in over a decade, the people who pull their bike out and dust it off for maybe three massive events every year, and every single wobbler that can't ride a straight line (yet!). If the folks who commute by bike year round don't accept the neophytes into our fold, how else will we increase awareness and acceptance of commuting by bike? BTWD should be our opportunity to convince those on the fence that this is an acceptable lifestyle. I want every day to be Bike to Work Day.
The officials of Denver are claiming that an estimated 30,000 people participated in BTWD. 27,000 smiles is a pretty fantastic thing.
I welcome all the newbies: the folks who haven't ridden a bike in over a decade, the people who pull their bike out and dust it off for maybe three massive events every year, and every single wobbler that can't ride a straight line (yet!). If the folks who commute by bike year round don't accept the neophytes into our fold, how else will we increase awareness and acceptance of commuting by bike? BTWD should be our opportunity to convince those on the fence that this is an acceptable lifestyle. I want every day to be Bike to Work Day.
Labels: Bike, Experience, Work
0 comment Tuesday, August 12, 2014 | admin
Today, I drove.
I had to drive, because I had to race to Boulder and back to DU with limited time. Also, I am terrified of bike to work day - there's a lot of scary folks out there on a day like today. Grannies brushing the dust off of their schwinns; out-of-shape businessmen, tucking in their pant leg and wobbling the whole way downtown; many, many individuals who get tune-ups the day before bike to work day and put the darn thing back in the garage at the end of the day, where it sits for a whole year. It's a jungle out there.
This morning, before the commute even began Nick and I heard at least four sirens. I have no doubt they were related, in some way, to bike to work day.
Tomorrow, I will resume biking to work.
I had to drive, because I had to race to Boulder and back to DU with limited time. Also, I am terrified of bike to work day - there's a lot of scary folks out there on a day like today. Grannies brushing the dust off of their schwinns; out-of-shape businessmen, tucking in their pant leg and wobbling the whole way downtown; many, many individuals who get tune-ups the day before bike to work day and put the darn thing back in the garage at the end of the day, where it sits for a whole year. It's a jungle out there.
This morning, before the commute even began Nick and I heard at least four sirens. I have no doubt they were related, in some way, to bike to work day.
Tomorrow, I will resume biking to work.