It's a good thing actually. I feel like my work locations cycle. I worked in Tempe just south of the big water bucket on the butte once upon a time, then I moved out of tempe to a job in north Phoenix, then by the airport, then to just North of the big water bucket and I started bike commuting. From their I left again and went to Chandler where I still commuted albeit a little long I continued by bicycle, then it was up to Squaw/Piestewa peak area and commuting was noticeably harder due to the distance and eventually stopped. The past week I moved. The new location is just North of the big water bucket. You may ask, Paul, have you started bike commuting again? I may reply, does a fish return to water first chance it gets?
Since the last time I had to commute down the Broadway corridor a few things have changed. There are now bike lanes down Main Street/Apache Trail which weren't there before so I don't have to go north to University and ultimately the rio salado parkway. So though my work is farther as the crow flies, I am able to actually have a shorter commute mileage wise since I don't have to go as far north to avoid the terrible terrible road that Broadway road is through Tempe.
I decided to resume commuting last Wednesday and was pleased to find that since last time I was a much faster rider being able to catch the holy grail of a 20mph average with rack trunk and traffic lights everywhere. I don't know if it is safe to go much faster than that due to the number of traffic lights and the annoyances of urban riding. Still it was a pleasant surprise.
This new route may not have beautiful scenery like Camelback mt and Squaw peak in it but it is a much more doable distance so it will happen a lot more. My father in-law works only 5 miles away so the ride home is taken care of. Things have worked out quite well for me. It's good to be back until the circle decides to take up the cycle again.
Since the last time I had to commute down the Broadway corridor a few things have changed. There are now bike lanes down Main Street/Apache Trail which weren't there before so I don't have to go north to University and ultimately the rio salado parkway. So though my work is farther as the crow flies, I am able to actually have a shorter commute mileage wise since I don't have to go as far north to avoid the terrible terrible road that Broadway road is through Tempe.
I decided to resume commuting last Wednesday and was pleased to find that since last time I was a much faster rider being able to catch the holy grail of a 20mph average with rack trunk and traffic lights everywhere. I don't know if it is safe to go much faster than that due to the number of traffic lights and the annoyances of urban riding. Still it was a pleasant surprise.
This new route may not have beautiful scenery like Camelback mt and Squaw peak in it but it is a much more doable distance so it will happen a lot more. My father in-law works only 5 miles away so the ride home is taken care of. Things have worked out quite well for me. It's good to be back until the circle decides to take up the cycle again.
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