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After seeing the cover of bicycling on BSNYC’s last post I was highly amused by the Banner in Dirt’s above post.

Chapeaux!

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@TwoWheelsDC 92003 wrote:

Psh. No one climbs just Galibier. You gotta hit either Col du Telegraphe or Col du Lauteret on the way up, making it 20+ miles.

If you REALLY want to spend all day, you start in Val-d’Isere, ride Bonneval Sur-Arc, then down the valley to Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, up Telegraphe, have a pastry for lunch in Valloire, Ride Galibier, and finish in a chalet atop Alpe d’huez.

Yes it was a long day.

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@Dickie 92996 wrote:

What is it with weather forecasters? I’ve never known a job where you can be 100% wrong most of the time and stay employed. All day the forecast was saying rain at 7:00. I left at 4:30 for my 20 mile ride home and it started raining immediately….it followed me the entire way. DRENCHED! Of course by 7:00 is was lovely… I need a better app.

Have you looked at DarkSky? / forecast.io ?

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@Dirt 89038 wrote:

I’m a dining nightmare. I eat 6 or 7 meals per day. Usually one of those meals is what a human would recognize as a meal. Breakfast usually comes at 4:30, 6 and 9:30am. Lunch is at 11am and 2pm. Dinner is at 5 and 7:30. I try to stop eating at that point. If I’m working late, last dinner will be at 9:30.

Breakfast, Second Breakfast, Elevensies, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Dinner, Supper.

It’s the only way to be.

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@lordofthemark 88654 wrote:

Help me forum.
A. Is it insane to make a decision like this based on biking?
B. Will I need a road bike to do a 10 mile commute?
C. So far I’ve never commuted by bike more than once in a week. This makes sense if I step that up, and would help me to step it up. How can I be sure I WOULD step it up?
D. I think if we did move there I would need to get a second decent hybrid, so my wife could ride with me to places more comfortably.

A> As commuting (in any form) takes a portion of your day, and a pleasant (however you define it) commute dramatically improves your outlook on life, I would say making a Housing decision without taking into consideration your commute to work is short-sighted.

B> If you have a bike that you can ride 10 miles, and keep in good working condition you are set, if that is a hybrid, or MTB, or road bike, even better. If the bike fits you (you are comfortable on it) best of all.

C> Just do it. Making the step from once a week to four times a week (carrying change of clothes in on your off day) is pretty easy. Going to five days / week might require a bit more mental toughness (in not nice weather), and a bit more gear (backpack/etc). But both of those things are good for you long-term.

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