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My Step-Daughter just got her drivers license, and she will start driving herself to school (25 miles one way) using my Wife's old car (02 Sentra with 208,000 miles). We ordered a new 2012 Ford Focus 5-door SEL, but it won't show up for another 8 weeks. In the mean time the Wife will drive my truck, which leaves me with the bikes. My commute is just over 6 miles, with over 1/3 of it being on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). I love riding either bike, but it is such a short ride. The time it takes me to gear up, and get the bike out of the garage I would have been at work if I had just taken the car. The other problem is that since I have to ride on a military base they require specific riding clothes. Luckily the weather is just starting to get good for riding.
Tom
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Enjoy your time on your bike. I work in my home so I just walk to work...
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens
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Martha is driving now? Saints Preserve Us! So which bike you gonna make your commuter? Or are you going to switch hit? Hey, speaking of military base requirements, I'll let you have one of my blaze orange vest in lieu of contributions to the auto-insurance fund.  Quote:
My commute is just over 6 miles, with over 1/3 of it being on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). I love riding either bike, but it is such a short ride. The time it takes me to gear up, and get the bike out of the garage I would have been at work if I had just taken the car.
Seriously, the suit up time is more than offset by the grin factor. Cycle Gear has their motorsickle covers on sale for $19.99. Since I have to park in the sun anymore, I bought one. first time I tossed it over a bike, it rained. The cover is not water proof, but it did a fine job of keeping the bike dry and clean though. The cover was purchased to be used more as a UV shield than a rain fly anyway.
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Take the loooooooong way to get there, make it a 20 mile trip! 
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Right on. There is bound to be lotsa scenic beauty round the ole cape there. 
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Damn, wish i had the problem of riding my bike 6 miles to work (in Florida)! Tough duty but I guess somebody has to do it. Ride safe.
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just do what me and my buddies always did. Get an old sweat shirt, cut the sleeves off at the shoulders, then hike the cuffs over the ebow and up to where short sleev is. WA-LA, Sleves. and I had a ICON MILSPEC vest. (As cycle mag noted "the coolest in uncool gear") I actually still use it on foggy days.
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Sorry But gotta ask what gear?? Helmet ,gloves, and a MILSPEC vest?? Figure once you pull the bike out close the house up, then fire the bike up let it warm up while your gearing up?? And yea you could always find a longer route to enjoy the ride maybe?? Ride safe  Thanks for your Service! 
Are we there YET? I gotta go pee!!
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I have a 13 mile commute that sometimes takes an hour. I take the bike whenever I can.
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She got into a small fender bender yesterday. Rear ended a truck. No damage to the truck, but a 4 inch square hole in the cars front fender is present from hitting the trucks hitch. Hopefully she has learned that things can change very fast even if you are just doing the speed limit.
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Take the loooooooong way to get there, make it a 20 mile trip!
Well in relationship with where my house is (just off the beach) and where CCAFS is (also along the beach) my ride will be either be 6 or 50 miles. Anything in between that will require me to back track the way I came.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Glad she is OKAY.. guess thats why I got a handed me down car for my first car cause yea a new driver might make a mistake 
Are we there YET? I gotta go pee!!
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She got into a small fender bender yesterday. Rear ended a truck. No damage to the truck, but a 4 inch square hole in the cars front fender is present from hitting the trucks hitch. Hopefully she has learned that things can change very fast even if you are just doing the speed limit.
Time to print out the bus schedules.
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32 miles one way for me, I alternate between Kimmy's bike, Frog, and ride the 72 T120 on Fridays....Hoping to have the Nissan running this weekend, engine sitting in garage right now....
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My car brokedown on Sunday, so I've riding my bike to work all week! I wear slacks dress shoes, but still wear a back protector and jacket. Miss wearing my knee guards and boots.
Nevertheless it has been fun!
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I keep my suit coats and extra dress shoes at work. I wear leather overpants and the other regular gear. I used to ride more often, but people frown on putting a toddler in a back pack when you pick her up from daycare. My route is also 13 miles one way. Sometimes I pass Soren going the opposite direction.
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I stayed in New Smyrna, just north of the Cape, I know it's just lovely. Just bring a rainsuit.
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I keep my suit coats and extra dress shoes at work.
+1. I keep "office gear" at work so I don't have to drag it back and forth. By car I am blessed with a 4.5 mile commute. By Speedy the commute is anywhere from 10 to 50 miles depending on weather, mood, time commitments, etc.
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I love commuting on my bike, 20 miles one way. Here in Phoenix you can forget commuting in the summer, 110 degrees is the norm and it will cook your gourd inside a helmet. But 8 months out of the year is motorcycling nirvana. I ride to work every chance I get.
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