[The West Side Green Drinks went carbon neutral — but what about our getting there?
Summer, Anna, and I had been carpooling from Santa Monica — better than all driving solo, but still a petro-dependent method –
So: After literally months of deliberation, we finally decided to bike to Green Drinks last Thursday!
The distance: 11.2 miles, one way! (Here’s the route).
We hit only a few snafus: One of Summer’s lights fell off, and once in a while I yelped a lil cuz I get scared when using the left turn lane on a bike –
But we got there intact, a lil sweaty and energized :)
Thanks to Anna for leading the pack! By the end of the night we’d each biked over 22 miles — and effectively burned off the booze…
I’m proud to say I made the trip in red heeled loafers :P
Red heeled loafers! Having spent half my life biking to and fro different locations (easy to do in Sweden) ‘i’m impressed!
Comment by Malin (the Chocolate Lover) — July 10, 2006 @ 6:11 am
Another reason why biking is awesome is that you can repair your vehicle yourself. e.g. re attaching a bike light. way to go!
Comment by josh — July 10, 2006 @ 8:09 am
Here is an awesome bike sharing program being field tested in the SF Bay area… EasyConnect… no more being stranded at work riding the metro…
http://www.innovativemobility.org/news/EasyConnectContraCosta.pdf
The amazing people at Innovative Mobility are bringing this to us
http://www.innovativemobility.org/
And Siel, you rip lady… for getting these topics up and running :)
leg powered bike chicks rule… ;)
Cheers !!!
Comment by Chris Martell — July 10, 2006 @ 10:26 am
Bikes really do rule. There are limitations as to distance, but during rush hour, bikes whiz past all the cars in wait — read loafers or not –
Comment by Siel — July 10, 2006 @ 10:50 pm