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By: Cyclelicious » San Jose bike train ride report

Cyclelicious » San Jose bike train ride report — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:44:14 +0000

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Reflections on New Year’s Eve | One woman. Many bicycles. — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 07:59:51 +0000

[…] Anything Goes Commuter Challenge In April, I challenged myself to try every possible way of commuting to work, and threw down the gauntlet to my readers. I had no way of knowing if anyone […]

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Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:36:47 +0000

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By: ladyfleur

ladyfleur — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:10:24 +0000

Matt, if you can get the messenger bag off your back you’ll be a lot cooler. Your back doesn’t get any wind to cool you off so having a bag there adds a ton of heat. Do you have a bike with a rack?
The scooter could work, but I find I get as warm on it as on the bike.

I’ve never used the elockers. Need to try it. By the way, if you have a two zone or more Caltrain monthly pass, you get a free monthly VTA pass.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:03:13 +0000

I rode to Caltrian (Tamien) for the first time yesterday. About 5 miles each way. Weather was perfect. Cherry to Curtner to Guadalupe River Trail to station. Didn’t take bike onto the train. Instead, I bought an eLocker card (a whopping $0.05 per hour!) and stored my bike at the train station.

It was warmer in the afternoon, and after the return home I had a HUGE sweat mark diagonally across my chest from my messenger bag strap! Luckily, it didn’t happen on the way to work. Riding in work clothes…. I was definitely the exception based on the other riders I saw. I can’t figure out how to carry work clothes/shoes in a separate bag; it’s too much to carry. Maybe take about 3 sets of clothes and just leave them at the office?

Maybe I’ll get a scooter and take that to Light Rail (2 miles) on hotter days and ride that to Caltrain. It might be worth the extra $4/day.

By: Anything Goes Challenge: Painful Learning Curves | One woman. Many bicycles.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:35:11 +0000

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By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:52:50 +0000

Lady Flowers will have some interesting reading if others did send.
I’m sending email shortly.

By: ladyfleur

ladyfleur — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:46:23 +0000

Yikes! I’m so sorry about posting the wrong email. It’s relatively new so I screwed it up.

The correct email address is ladyfleur500@gmail.com << note the 500

I just fixed it in the post so hopefully others won't have the experience you did. And thank you so much for entering the Challenge. I can't wait to read what you did.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:38:09 +0000

I did the challenge and sent my results to the e-mail you have listed in your post. I received a reply from ‘Lady Flowers’ advising me that I have the wrong email address. It’s the same address listed in your post above.

What is your email address?

By: ladyfleur

ladyfleur — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:32:21 +0000

For the car cost I used the Federal government’s reimbursement rate for business expenses, which is currently 56 cents/mile. It includes gas, maintenance and depreciation, but it’s still less than other estimates I’ve seen which are above $1/mile. http://www.irs.gov/uac/2013-Standard-Mileage-Rates-Up-1-Cent-per-Mile-for-Business,-Medical-and-Moving There’s no standard reimbursement for bikes, so I had to get creative. I found a site that put it at about 10 cents/mile with cars at $1.20/mile. Since their car estimate was double the standard, I halved their bike rate.

That’s great that you have good transit with your new move. Will you walk to Caltrain, ride a bike or scoot?