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Offline Katamaniac

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National Ride to Work Day
« on: July 18, 2007, 05:00:34 PM »
Did everyone ride to work today?

http://www.ridetowork.org/

I sent out an e-mail to all the people that have motorcycles where I work and it looks as though everone rode today.
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Offline bikeb4cage

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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2007, 05:04:39 PM »
I rode...got here early (6:45AM) -saw one other rider - weather for ride home ain't looking great though...still, beats driving.

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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2007, 05:05:18 PM »
I work from home...should I have gone out to lunch on the bike to make it count??  :lol:
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2007, 05:33:03 PM »
I ride to work every day, but I just wasn't up for suiting up today with the thunder and lightning and pouring rain this morning. I'm usually the only bike in the lot at work and I work for a big company. I don't know what's wrong with these people. The guy that works next to me has a Harley, but says he lives too far away (30 miles) to commute by bike!! Must be an NJ thing.
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2007, 05:34:09 PM »
its a HD thing, I think...
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2007, 07:21:33 PM »
The high today was 113 with the likelihood of thunderstorms.  Mmmm, nope!

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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2007, 08:02:07 PM »
Yup, I rode.  Today's high was only 90F, with a dry 63% humidity.  I'll take the 113F in exchange, thank you!

I did see about 3 times as many bikes on my commute today.


Last year's RTW Day was 103F and yup, I rode.
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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2007, 08:48:02 PM »
Nope it was raining here. But I try to ride to work once a week -- my studio is only two blocks away, so riding is actually more of a pain then walking.
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« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2007, 10:58:42 PM »
I've been averaging riding 4x/ week since getting the new bike (53 miles each way).  Chance of severe storms and the ton of crap on the road from last night's severe storms kept the Kawi in the garage today.  We actually have a good number of riders.  For a company of 200 or so, we usually have 4 or 5 bikes in the lot - mine, a new Daytona, that new Duc cafe racer, some big HD and a Vespa.
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Offline Pod99966

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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2007, 12:58:49 AM »
I rode and I didn't even know :D

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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2007, 01:05:20 AM »
Quote from: "Pod99966"
I rode and I didn't even know :D


You didn't know you rode?  Stay off the chronic, son, it'll eat up your brain.
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Offline orionburn

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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2007, 08:36:02 AM »
Quote from: "Sven"
Quote from: "Pod99966"
I rode and I didn't even know :D


You didn't know you rode?  Stay off the chronic, son, it'll eat up your brain.


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I loaned my car out to a friend a week back cause she was having problems with hers, and the one day she picks me up was the ride to work day. Go figure. Would've rode in but pinched a nerve in my back on Monday. Still hobbling around as it is. Managed to ride today with no problem. Getting off the bike....now that's a whole different story.
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2007, 10:52:46 AM »
Too wet here for me yesterday.
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2007, 11:52:50 AM »
yeah, it was the weirdest thing... I woke up and I was sitting at my desk working. I didn't know what was going on, but my helmet was on my desk and most of my work was done. My boss even stopped by and complimented me on the great job I had been doing all day. I looked at the clock and it was almost time to go home.

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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2007, 04:37:02 PM »
I ride to work everyday that it is not raining hard. So deducting the days it rains hard, I get to ride to work 362 days a year.

Works for me, especially since all my bikes have that really good 360 air conditioning system.....