Any ride is better than not riding. Having something like no parking spot is certainly an incentive! Does that save you money? I know some people on bikeforums say it's not so much the gas; some of them are saving thousands of dollars a year by not parking. I've never worked anywhere that I needed to pay for parking.
I'm never concerned; I'm not smart enough to worry. It's just a paradigm shift; you just start treating cycling to work as normal, and driving a car as weird.
I'm possibly a bit far out on that limb now though; I've put off a car trip to a tool store for almost 2 months now because it's a 50 mile round trip, and I just can't bear the thought of going that far just to go to one place. I think this weekend I might take the kids to the natural science museum in Ann Arbor; the tool store is only a few miles past that.
Anyway, good for you, and let me know if you need any advice or you're looking to buy something; I've found that I've spent more money on things that DON'T work for me than things that do, and that knowledge of what doesn't work is pretty useful.
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I'm never concerned; I'm not smart enough to worry. It's just a paradigm shift; you just start treating cycling to work as normal, and driving a car as weird.
I'm possibly a bit far out on that limb now though; I've put off a car trip to a tool store for almost 2 months now because it's a 50 mile round trip, and I just can't bear the thought of going that far just to go to one place. I think this weekend I might take the kids to the natural science museum in Ann Arbor; the tool store is only a few miles past that.
Anyway, good for you, and let me know if you need any advice or you're looking to buy something; I've found that I've spent more money on things that DON'T work for me than things that do, and that knowledge of what doesn't work is pretty useful.