July 20, 2007
Today I rode my bike to the office. This was something I wanted to try for quite some time and I was curious to see if I can match or even go faster then the usual commute via TTC, which in average is around a hour and 30 minutes.
I planned my route the night before and decided to take the shortest route, up on Don Mills and Victoria Park via McNicoll Ave. – 26km. In spite of the fact I was riding against a strong NNW wind I managed to get to the office in one hour and 32 minutes, good enough for me to prove that biking to the office is a good alternative option. I will definitively repeat this every time I’ll have a chance.
Coming back home was way much easier. I tried an alternative route biking down on Pharmacy and jumping on O’Connor via Eglinton. The shortest way is not always the best (or fastest), the traffic, the number of stops and the quality of the roads are playing a big role when you commute on the bike.
Both routes seemed reasonably OK, I will experiment more in the future and see if I can come up with a route that will keep me mostly on the bike trails available along the way.
Total distance: 56km
