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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'm lucky to live right on the "bike path" in my town. Lots of shops, restaurants, beaches and parks within a short ride. I ride my bike every other day for exercise, but I can also use it to go to the post office, small shopping trips and even to the beach side bars. I sometimes ride my bike to "work" when meeting clients within a few miles of home. Lucky for me, I live within walking distance of many of the places I frequent. On longer trips for work or shopping, I have to stay clean and dry, so drive my Prius, which gets good gas mileage.
Julie808
Level 8
Sep 24, 2023
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This is one of the picnic shelters where I meet with clients for work, when I ride my bike. I send them this photo so they can easily find me as they drive up, and I let them know what color dress I'm wearing.
@Julie808 What a great spot for a meeting!
@Flyingsaucesir Yeah, I'd love to have a meeting there. My meetings are in dirty break rooms that always smell just a little off. Then I go back to work in a windowless room until the sun goes down.
@ChestRockfield That could describe the experience of a lot of people. And it's not necessarily as bleak as it sounds. Hopefully there is some element of the job that makes it at least a little interesting.
@Flyingsaucesir I get paid well for what I do and where I live, I suppose. Probably not as much as I should have for how much damage I did to my body, but what can you do after the fact, ya know?
@ChestRockfield If you don't mind me asking. what is it you do?
@ChestRockfield A noble profession.
Sadly I live in Britain, where cycling is mainly seen as a sport. Which therefore, involves large numbers of people in large recreational vehicles, with huge bike racks adding windage, traveling long distances to take part their cult, thereby adding massively to the carbon output.
Fernapple
Level 9
Sep 24, 2023
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I commuted to work on the bike pictured above for 18 years, until I retired. I still use it to go to the grocery store, the bank, the post office, Home Depot,...pretty much anywhere within ten miles of home. While I get some exercise and get my errands done, my car sits in the garage. 
@Flyingsaucesir Good show. I use mine to mainly go round the village on errands, and for local exercise. But I have to admit that I do sometimes put it in the van and go for a day out too.
My daughter and family moved to the Netherlands about a year ago. She takes the Kinderen (children) to school on a bike. Now the oldest has learned to ride his own bike, but they still ride with him, it is not a straight path and there is some traffic. He's just five. The baby at 2.5 years old has a Push bike, it is a bike with no pedals to teach her how to balance. It is the first bike before they move up to the big kid bike. They don't need a car, they have bikes, buses, trains, and walking. Pedestrians and bikes have priority, and for your health never walk in a bike path.
HippieChick58
Level 9
Sep 23, 2023
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I ride my bike almost every day. 
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