Two weekends ago, I hopped in a minivan packed with bikes and people (coworker Brian, lunch friend Molly, and two of their friends, Pam and Patrick), and made my way up to NYC to ride around as part of the Five Boro Bike Tour. The idea is you start in Manhattan and over the course of 42 miles, visit all five boroughs of the…

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Remember four months ago when I was told they had bike racks in the garage? Today we received a memo [from building management] that bikes are no longer allowed in the building. We can come in the loading dock, go down the freight elevator and park in the dimly lit garage on crappy old bike racks. That’s not acceptable. I’m perfectly happy with coming…

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I have now been commuting by bike 95% of days for the just under a year now and I love it: I’m saving my company the cost of the $120 parking space each month (there is a $20 tax-deductible bicycle commuter reimbursement through the gov’t that I wouldn’t mind getting, but requesting someone look in to it went nowhere). I’m burning an extra ~500…

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Sunday was beautiful, my calendar said “cross-training,” so that’s what I did. I broke out the POS road bike (I really hate it, but I’m not entirely sure) and did The Arlington Triangle. I wasn’t in a hurry so I used a nifty gift, a TRZ Bento Box, I got for Christmas from Caitlin’s Mom, to carry my cash/credit/ID/phone/camera. The plan was to stop…

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This morning was holiday brunch hosted by our building. Little did I know it was just a ploy to get everyone in one place to crack down on THE BAD GUYS. I scurried through the crowds with my bike, hit the elevator button, and then was confronted by a woman who presented herself as “with property management.” She went on to ask me if…

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Today I thought it might be fun to take you all on my daily commute. I hope to do one of these in the Spring, Summer, and again in Fall. Would take far too much time to do them more frequently even though it only took me about 20 minutes to do the edits and transfer…

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