[SDCBC] What were they thinking?

[mark wolfe]

I think it's more about the terrain, and distances.  No matter how I 
route it, I've got at least 1 significant climb on my route to work.
My commute from Santee is 26 miles via 52/Kearney Villa/Black Mountain, 
or 22 miles via 67/Old Poway Road.  I'll probably do this commute 2-3 
times a week now that there's daylight and I found a halfway decent but 
longer route via Black Mountain road.  When I was on active duty and 
commuting to the Navy hospital, it was 20 miles, and people thought I 
was nuts.   With the long distances involved in commuting and being able 
to afford a piece of dirt to live on in Socal, you won't see tons of 
bicycle commuters.  Our society is too spread out for it.

Mark

Jim Baross wrote:
> I certainly hope that no one rides "silly" out there or anywhere 
> in/with other traffic. For the foreseeable future bicyclists must 
> choose routes carefully to fit our capabilities.  :-(
> 
> Someday bicycling will truly belong everywhere - complete streets and 
> more rational traffic behavior may come about in our lifetimes.
> 
> When fewer and fewer of us don't ride everywhere we are presently 
> allowed, there is more support for keeping us off/designing w/o 
> bicyclists/bicycling in mind. How often I've heard, "I never see 
> bicyclists." and "Why encourage bicycling with other traffic with any 
> accommodations for them?" "Only dare-devils ride in traffic."
> 
> Bicycling on public roads shouldn't be any more hazardous than using 
> a motor vehicle; except for the protection that motor vehicles encase 
> their occupants within and many bicyclists leave parked in their garages.