Thursday May 08, 2008
May is Bike Month, and here in the Austin area Bike to Work Day
is Friday, May 16. I've only ridden my bike to work once so far
this spring, and intend to ride on May 16, possibly another time
before then too.
One of the activities this year is
Tree to Tree: The Parmer Commutes. This ride starts in
Cedar Park and heads down Parmer Lane and beyond to the
Arboretum area in northwest Austin. It just so happens that I
commute on part of this route, so I intend to join this group at
Lakeline and Parmer at 7:10 and ride down to Music City Cycles
and then beyond to Sun. The ride map shows the group going
along Riata Park Circle, right next to Apple and a short
distance from Sun.
If you live up north in Cedar Park or Round Rock somewhere near
Parmer and work somewhere towards northwest Austin, consider
joining the ride.
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.
