Oh man have I got a commute for you!
I’ve yammered on a bunch about my 125+ mile, 3 day a week Sacramento to Palo Alto commute. In a couple of Follow Ross to Work Day posts, I’ve detailed my use of my bike, trains and busses to make the commute – keeping me out of the car and out of I80 / I680 traffic.
But now I’m going to mix it up a bit. August 22 I’ll be doing my Sacramento to Palo Alto commute entirely by bike! Some of the more observant among you will notice that Aug 22 is actually a Sunday. Well, I’m not quite ready to do a 134 mile bike ride prior to a full work day, so I’ll stay Sunday night in Palo Alto or somewhere near there.
This will also be a rather big test of the bike functionality of Google Maps, which has laid out a supposedly safe bike route for me. Of course you can expect tweets and posts here about the conditions, cursing the delta breeze, and probably some video from the Benicia-Martinez bridge.
Stay tuned!