Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle

2014-09-15 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I should think that would give you ample time to consider a move to a quiet rural area. Can't you get a job transfer to some small office in Oklahoma? RB On 15/09/2014 1:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I drive every day to the Red Line, then take two subways to work. On Mon, Se

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle

2014-09-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I drive every day to the Red Line, then take two subways to work. On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'm sure there is a metro stop or two near that park, why not use the > metro? > > Max Dillon, > Charleston SC > _

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle

2014-09-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'm sure there is a metro stop or two near that park, why not use the metro? Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.co

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle

2014-09-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The most pragmatic approach would be to ride to the bus stop, put the bike on the bus' front rack, ride 5 miles to the bike path, and then ride the 9 miles from there to my office opposite Nationals Park. BTW, I boldly predict that the Nats will win the World Series to the shock and dismay of all

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle

2014-09-12 Thread ernest breakfield via Mercedes
Andrew could best answer that, but i was thinking he's in the DC area, and if he's going into the office in Foggy Bottom, i don't recall much around there that's not flat. (even places like Capitol Heights and Oxon Hill aren't more than a couple-hunnert feet elevation. you can get closer to 400

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle

2014-09-12 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
you should try to ride on the beach down here On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I ride all year around here, I like the summer warmth. 3.5mi down to the > beach, a mile or two on the beach, then back, clears the head and gets the > blood

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle

2014-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
r Frederick via Mercedes To: Rich Thomas ; Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle I'm 37 miles from work on major highways with significant hills. Not really possible to commute, even it

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle

2014-09-12 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I'm 37 miles from work on major highways with significant hills. Not really possible to commute, even it good weather. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle

2014-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I ride all year around here, I like the summer warmth. 3.5mi down to the beach, a mile or two on the beach, then back, clears the head and gets the blood flowing. --R On 9/11/14 6:42 PM, Gary Hurst via Mercedes wrote: summer are brutal for riding. i really only ride about 6 or 7 months a y

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle (was: Re: Testing Prius)

2014-09-12 Thread John Reames via Mercedes
I don't know whether his commute is flat or not. I have a 9.3 mile commute, which sounds nice and easy, but then you look at a topo map... In mine, the peak elevation is 397ft, the lowest is 59ft. In the first 2-2.5 miles, there is a single rise of 150ft in 0.2 miles distance, followed by a d

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle (was: Re: Testing Prius)

2014-09-11 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I'd bicycle here but I have no desire to end up as a hood ornament. Only safe in groups, people drive like idiots and there is no shoulder, in fact usually a 3 to 6" drop off the pavement into a ditch. Used to bike all the time in graduate school, wish I still lived somewhere I could. Pe

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle (was: Re: Testing Prius)

2014-09-11 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
summer are brutal for riding. i really only ride about 6 or 7 months a year down here. On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > In Washington DC summers, a man on a bike can only go about three blocks > before bursting into flame. It is even w

Re: [MBZ] commuting by bicycle (was: Re: Testing Prius)

2014-09-11 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
In Washington DC summers, a man on a bike can only go about three blocks before bursting into flame. It is even worse than down here in the Low Country. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Sep 11, 2014 5:01 PM, "ernest breakfield via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > just ride easier. >

[MBZ] commuting by bicycle (was: Re: Testing Prius)

2014-09-11 Thread ernest breakfield via Mercedes
just ride easier. that kind of distance is an easy twiddle of the pedals; i do further than that in work clothes frequently (albeit not in a full suit), even when i have meetings, and don't arrive significantly sweatier or any less presentable than i usually am,... cheers! e On 11/Sep/1