This morning on my way to work I pedaled my 1000th mile bike commuting. According to my official numbers (which are probably a few miles below actual) I have ridden 1005.2 miles since I started my journey toward extreme fuel efficiency. Not all those miles have been easy for me, and riding these miles has [...]
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As of writing this post, I have been bike commuting exclusively now since the beginning of September. I have not been able to ride every day during that time frame because I was sick for about a week in early October (and my wife made me drive) and we house sat for friends who live [...]
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Amidst the financial turmoil of the past several days my banking institution of choice has failed and I have been forced into an experiment in water conservation like none other - taking a 6 litre shower. According to the first page returned for the Google search “how much water does a typical shower use” [...]
I am currently in my third week of bike commuting and, sore tush aside, I am pretty happy with this experiment in frugality. I can make the 12 mile commute home in just about 45 minutes, which gets me home faster than riding the bus. In fact, I like to think of myself as [...]
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