Comments on: Winning the MPG Challenge

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:00:15 +0000

If the school allowed me access to the showers before they let the students in I would. But the gym guys don’t want the responsibility. I also have no safe place (The school is a urban school so draw your own conclusions) to store my bike except in my classroom. 99% of my students would be cool with that, but all you need is one idiot and I’m out a carbon frame.

I run into this type of issue all the time. “Why don’t you bike to work?” I would except you provide no shower access, any place to store my bike, and actual frown on me coming in and leaving on a schedule. My last job actually put me on their web site to prove their were green. In reality one of my bosses did not like the idea that I couldn’t be contacted while riding and preferred that I drive so I could answer my cell or come in even earlier.

By: Ryan Breidenbach

Ryan Breidenbach — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:55:03 +0000

I get about what I expected. Very little of my compute is stop-and-go. It is either highway or open street roads with occasional stop lights.

By: erik weibust

erik weibust — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:24:30 +0000

Interesting results guys… Mark, I expected to hear you rode a bike to work.

Ryan, do you get better or worse mpg then you expected?

By: Ryan Breidenbach

Ryan Breidenbach — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:19:14 +0000

Been slowing down a bit. Getting 30 in my Altima.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:56:22 +0000

During the school yet it’s 75 to work in the morning and about 65 on the way home to help with the unwind. But I still need to get home kinda quick so I can get things done.

Now that schools out, I just sit back and relax doing 60.

Honda Civic EX - 32-38mpg.

wife’s car is a Subaru Forester - 22-29.