College: Day 5
September 3rd, 2008
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The weather was nice outside this morning so I decided that I would ride my bike to campus for the first time. I left a full hour earlier than I would have if I were taking my car, just to make sure that I wasn’t late. The trip went surprisingly well: My average speed was 16.3 MPH. There was surprisingly low traffic volume on the road which made for a safer feeling ride. From the time I left my front door to get my bike to the time I sat down outside of my class room (I arrived early) it took about 45 minutes. Five minutes of that was pulling my bike out of the shed in my bike yard. Taking a car the same route results in a 37 minute commute from start to finish. It only took seven extra minutes on a 6.3 mile commute! Read more…