Saturday, June 7, 2008

Bike to Work

Posting has been light lately on account of the new job. The new job is fun, fast-paced, and close by. So close, in fact, that it's possible for me to get there on my bicycle. This, alone, is worth $140/month over the last job against driving the truck, or half that in the summer, versus riding the motorcycle. It's a nice ride, about half on a trail, and the other half busting stop signs and red lights like Lance Armstrong on crack.

The health benefits are good, too. I'm told that a bit of regular exercise improves ones thinking processes, and will reduce the recovery time one spends in the hospital after being run down by an irate car driver after busting a stop sign or red light.

Forget the red light part. In Littleton, the lights are so screwed up that it's worth it to take a slightly longer route rather then get stuck waiting for the things to eventually change, so my route no longer includes any light-controlled intersections.

I ride a recumbent, so avoiding traffic is probably a good idea anyway.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Welcome to the Collective.

Billll said...

When do I get my decoder ring?

Anonymous said...

As "the intermediate stage between humans and pure energy," no decoder ring is necessary. All you require is your bicycle, your shiny helmet, your durex shorts, and the tarmac surface paid for by billions of dollars of road tax.