Finally bike commuting
It's been a long, cold Spring. Last year, my first bike commute was March 16. There was still snow on the ground then, but it was fairly warm and dry. This year, between the weather, travel, and lots of early morning meetings, I'd not done any bike commuting until yesterday. Yesterday was just too perfect not to ride in. And I was in good company.It was a great ride and I discovered I had pretty good physical memory recall, shifting, signaling, and standing with a fair amount of ease. Yes, I'm sure that's the reason for the adage, "just like riding a bike", but I'm still a bit of a bike novice, so I'd not personally tested out that phrase.
But it seems like I've gotten into the swing of things just in time for Bike/Walk-to-Work week next week. Check the LoAB site for events in your state.
posted by Carrie 3:31 PM
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Hi. Please join the Bicycle to Work! LinkedIn networking group. Members pledge that they will try to ride their bicycle to work or on an errand at least once a week. Although the benefits should be obvious, let me outline them here.
Right now people in the industrialized world are facing two very grave problems: obesity and a growing scarcity of oil. Compounding this problem is the new food shortage brought about, in part, by the conversion of food cropland to bio-fuel crop production. Most people feel powerless to help, but there is one thing that we can do. Ride our bicycles to work.
If everyone would agree to ride their bikes to work one day per week we could cut oil consumption by as much as 10-15%. No one would argue that riding a bike burns more calories than driving the car. Although popular politically right now, most bio-fuels consume more energy than they produce. We would be much better to eat those bio-crops then use our own energy to transport us around.
So spread the word. Make it a movement! Bicycle to work one day a week and do your part to cut back obesity and the overuse of oil and precious cropland.
Just go to my profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreylstevenson and you can click on the group to be included. While you are there, don't forget to ask to link to my network of more than 8,000,000 like-minded professionals. I accept all invitations and look forward to meeting you.
Jeff
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