So this past weekend, Steve and I went on a reconnaissance mission to see how long and how feasible it would be for us to ride our bikes to work from our new house. Living in the Glebe, it was always very easy for us to ride our bikes in the nice weather but, being out in the east end, we had yet to scope out our new bike trails to and from downtown.
With Steve having changed jobs, we now currently both take the bus, as taking our car is just nonsense when trying to cross the provincial bridges. So currently, it takes us each about an hour, door to door, to take the bus to work. It’s not all bad actually. It’s a fairly pleasant route, our bus passes are tax deductible and it’s nice to let someone else doing the driving for a change (especially through rush hour traffic). But as nice as it is, the marathon runner in me finds it an absolute waste of time to go anywhere within 15km without getting in a workout!!
So, our mission proved to be quite successful! Much to our surprise, it turns out that if we bike to work, it actually takes half of the time that the bus would!! Granted, it requires 20km of biking a day but hey…hello bikini season!!!! We also discovered that we actually have either bike trails or bike lanes almost the entire way. Kudos to Ottawa’s urban planners!!
Upon completing our mission, we sat in the grass at Dairy Queen, chocolate extreme blizzard in hand, and tallied our list of pros and cons for the upcoming summer season of commuting. Pros: it takes half of the time as the bus (hence, I get to sleep in a bit longer); we save money of bus passes and bus tickets; we get a fantastic workout every day; we save on the potential wear and tear of our car as well as avoiding soaring gas prices and; we make our family a little greener by being environmentally friendly. Cons: I have to have everything ready the night before…which really becomes a pro because it requires me to be a bit more organized. So really, there is no con.
This clearly seems like a no-brainer to me.
That being said…watch for our bicycle fit bodies coming to a bike path near you!!!!
With Steve having changed jobs, we now currently both take the bus, as taking our car is just nonsense when trying to cross the provincial bridges. So currently, it takes us each about an hour, door to door, to take the bus to work. It’s not all bad actually. It’s a fairly pleasant route, our bus passes are tax deductible and it’s nice to let someone else doing the driving for a change (especially through rush hour traffic). But as nice as it is, the marathon runner in me finds it an absolute waste of time to go anywhere within 15km without getting in a workout!!
So, our mission proved to be quite successful! Much to our surprise, it turns out that if we bike to work, it actually takes half of the time that the bus would!! Granted, it requires 20km of biking a day but hey…hello bikini season!!!! We also discovered that we actually have either bike trails or bike lanes almost the entire way. Kudos to Ottawa’s urban planners!!
Upon completing our mission, we sat in the grass at Dairy Queen, chocolate extreme blizzard in hand, and tallied our list of pros and cons for the upcoming summer season of commuting. Pros: it takes half of the time as the bus (hence, I get to sleep in a bit longer); we save money of bus passes and bus tickets; we get a fantastic workout every day; we save on the potential wear and tear of our car as well as avoiding soaring gas prices and; we make our family a little greener by being environmentally friendly. Cons: I have to have everything ready the night before…which really becomes a pro because it requires me to be a bit more organized. So really, there is no con.
This clearly seems like a no-brainer to me.
That being said…watch for our bicycle fit bodies coming to a bike path near you!!!!
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