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St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
I commute year round from my home in the foothills east of Seattle to my day-job just south of downtown at a small coffee megalopolis. My home's only about 800 feet above sea level, but we have just enough elevation that winter can be entertaining from time to time. This year, while there were several days where I left home in high-20s temps, all was well.
Until two Fridays ago. I left late due to my wife having a business meeting and needing to get my kids on the bus. When the bus came, we had heavy flurries... and since I was riding down to Portland after work for a weekend retreat, I decided I'd risk the weather a bit and try to get over the hill before things got serious.
Except that as soon as I got on the freeway, the snow started to stick, and by the time I got to the hard part of the trip (Hwy 18 exit from I-90; or Snoqualmie Ridge), it was definitely sticking. So I took the exit with the goal of heading up the hill to hang out at a coffee shop for a few hours. I had a small pucker moment in the freeway exit lane, when I couldn't get stopped (on packed snow, behind a semi), and really, ABS sucks in the snow :-)
Got turned up the hill which by now was packed, with cars spun out. Nowhere to park though, so keep going - which I did, at less than walking speed, until the rear came out and dumped me on the left side. No big deal, except that it's hard to get enough traction on packed snow to lift an FJR back up. They're heavy pigs, you know? Especially when it's hard enough to just stand up.
Two drivers came over to help me and make sure all was OK. We picked it up, backed it to the edge of the road and parked it. No other choice. One driver offered to let me wait in her car, which I did, and then we pushed her car back into the traction part of the road and she gave me a lift to the coffeeshop I was heading for.
A few hours later the weather was warmer and rain had washed our snow away. But I made sure before leaving the bike to take one single photo.
The underground Delhi metro rail was running fast. The tired bums of hard working commuters were shaking like jelly. The image got blurred. Sorry.
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Loaded up for a Saturday: deliver 3 Hilsen forks to Russ, drop off eBay crap at the post office, go to the bank, give IBD newspaper to neighbor, then to the market. Pack picnic, and head off up into the canyon for a luncheon next to the creek.
I have two bikes I ride to work: the summer bike (road bike) and the rain bike (cylcocross). As indicated by name, weather determines the choice.
An advantage of riding the rain bike is that I can cut through the trails in Stanley Park and for about 10 minutes my commute through downtown Vancouver looks like this.
Unfortunately this is my last morning commute pic for the year, it's too dark in the mornings now and getting darker fast.
50cm Nishiki Competition road bike converted to a townie/cruiser.
Lugged frame.
700c Weinmann wheels with coaster brakes.
White wall tires.
Soma sparrow handlebars.
Leather grips.
Reupholstered vintage San Marco saddle.
700c silver fenders.
Vintage Sugino crankset with quill pedals.
Wald rear rack and basket with modified wooden slats.
I had been making the most of my day commuting by train rather than bike by going to the pub after work, so that's my excuse for this picture :-)
I was trying to catch a passing train and the reflection of the carriage - not quite there - I'll have to try again on my next train day.
Afternoon Capital Corridor full of people anxious to get home on a Friday night, passes throughHercules on its way to Richmond, Berkeley, Emeryville, and finally Oakland
Trying out a new timelapse method. Actually, it isn't really timelapse at all. I take normal speed video from my Contour POV camera and then speed it upthrough several itterations in Sony Vegas. It ends up looking quite good I think.
Commuting lives photo project. Commuting to work each day can be a challenging experience and daily I meet hundreds of people, pledged at the same times and same trains.
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...