I am going to embark on a quest to bike to work more.
I’ve invested about 120 dollars into a floor pump, some Shimano MTB Shoes, and some cleats for my Time ATAC pedals (it was truly hard to pedal in running shoes when I tried this last summer).
I decided to start small today by biking to the CalTrain Station in Mountain View. Perfect since today since today was Spare the Air Day that means free rides till noon. I juuuuuust missed the 7:57 train…literally it pulled away as I ran to it.
Luckily the next train was at 8:05 and was not really crowded at all. Also missing the last train let me know which car was the bike one (I could also have followed all the ppl with bikes). Luckily it was not crowded at all and I was getting off in 2 stops so small mistakes on my part weren’t magnified (like not putting a tag on my bike…I finally get why they do that now)
All in all it took me from 7:40 am to 8:20 am to get into work, I think if I had made that first train I could have been in by 8:10.
That’s not too bad. We’ll see how it compares to riding the whole way back home (I plan to do that after work).