• Blog
• About
• browse ↓
• Dictionary
• Quotes

• « Previous Entries

The Archives

• 02.24.09
  Commuting Cost Analysis: Bus vs Bike vs Car Work | (26)

  Over the past 22 months that I have been working at my job I have commuted to work by car, bus, and bicycle. I have come to love getting to work by bike over the past 4 months and cherish my 22.4 mile, 1.5 - 2 hour commute. However, I have received questions about the relative cost of cycling. Is it really cheaper than other forms of transportation? I always assumed that it was superior in terms of cost incurred compared to both riding the bus and driving - but I had never really put any effort into ...

  Tagged: bike commuting, cost analysis, life-style choices, transportation
  
• 11.11.08
  1000 Miles Bike Commuting Celebration Frugality | (7)

  This morning on my way to work I pedaled my 1000th mile bike commuting.  According to my official numbers (which are probably a few miles below actual) I have ridden 1005.2 miles since I started my journey toward extreme fuel efficiency.  Not all those miles have been easy for me, and riding these miles has taught me a thing or two about cycling and life. The first: if you stick with it, things will get better if you work on them.  I remember distinctly traveling one 3.8 mile stretch early on in my bike commuting days and my legs where sore, ...

  Tagged: bike commuting, insurance, life-style choices, transportation
  
• 10.24.08
  Bike Commuting and Frugality: An Update Frugality | (2)

  As of writing this post, I have been bike commuting exclusively now since the beginning of September.  I have not been able to ride every day during that time frame because I was sick for about a week in early October (and my wife made me drive) and we house sat for friends who live much farther away from my work than we do on two separate occasions in September, but I would say that I have ridden to work 8 out of every 10 working days in the past two months.  For me that means I have commuted by ...

  Tagged: bike commuting, expenses, life-style choices, transportation
  
• 09.26.08
  My Frugal 6 Liter (Litre) Shower Frugality | (1)

  Amidst the financial turmoil of the past several days my banking institution of choice has failed and I have been forced into an experiment in water conservation like none other - taking a 6 litre shower. According to the first page returned for the Google search "how much water does a typical shower use" a typical shower consumes anywhere from 15-30 gallons of water. If you do the conversion, that equals 68.25-136.5 L. By only using 6 L of water I am 91% atypical - meaning that I use only 7% of the low end of the ...

  Tagged: bike commuting, life-style choices
  

• « Previous Entries

recent posts

• My Family’s Money Is Back
• My Family Is Moving!
• 5 Reasons I Suck For The Economy
• Commuting Cost Analysis: Bus vs Bike vs Car
• National Debt, Economic Stimulus, Quotes, and Carnivals
• Bike Commuting and Probabilities
• Quotes, Budgeting Basics, Twitter, and More