Friday: Bike to Work Day

Gas prices are going through the roof, transit fares have gone up (unless you take the bus and use SmarTrip), climate change concerns are keeping us up at night... What are we to do?

Well, for one, you can stop relying on fossil fuels to move your lazy butt around town. The easiest, fastest and healthiest way to do so would be to bike to work. And what a better time to start than now. It's finally truly springtime, the pollen count is down thanks to all that rain we just had, and tomorrow is Bike to Work Day! Experienced cyclists and newbies alike are getting excited about jumping on their bikes and riding en masse to Bike to Work Day events around the region. If you have a bike and work within 4 miles of your house, you really have no excuse not to ride to work tomorrow. (I bike to work 3.5 miles in my work clothes nearly every day and I hardly break a sweat.) Plus, there'll be free food and prizes at all the pit-stops.

You don't need to be a regular cyclist or seriously hard-core to bike to work. All you need is a helmet, a lock and the ability to cuff one of your pant legs.

The organizers of BTWD have arranged commuter convoys for those who are uncomfortable biking by themselves through the morning rush hour traffic. I usually team up with the Mount Pleasant convoy. However, I'm going to propose that we create a homo convoy: Is anyone interested in meeting up at Logan Circle at 8 AM and riding down to Freedom Plaza in a group? If so, leave a comment and/or email me. Of course, if it rains I might make other plans for getting to work.