Bike to Work Day 2007
Thursday May 17, 2007
This is Bike to Work Week and Friday 18 May is Bike to Work Day here in the Austin area. As an added incentive, there will be breakfast available for bicycle commuters at various locations around town from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. I'm planning to bike to work on Friday and stop at Buck's Bikes on Jollyville just north of Oak Knoll.
I hope to continue to bike to work at least once a week for the next several weeks, but I may have to bag it if the weather is too hot in the late afternoon when I'd be commuting home. We typically have temperatures around 95° F. in the afternoon in Austin in the summer, so that makes the risk of heat stroke a bit high. In the past when I've ridden home from work on hot days, I've been okay until about one or two miles from home, at which point I felt quite ill. So, I've got to watch that. It's one thing to stay healthy by riding my bike to work, but getting heat stroke when riding home from work negates the benefits, I think.
