Commuting home from work

My Dahon Speed Uno is ready!

It's my coding day; and, I'd be commuting home from work tonight.

My route:  Buendia Ave. - BGC - C5 - Zuzuaregui St. - Commonwealth Ave. - Quirino Ave. - Zabarte Rd. 

Flat rear tire on my way home

There's one more free overnight parking slot for the month in our building parking. And, I decided to use it last night.

I left my car at the parking and went home biking using my KHS Alite 150. However, along C5 at the corner of Mercury Avenue in Libis, I was having a hard time pedaling. So, I stopped and saw that my rear tire was flat.

After removing the tube, I checked the tire (Kenda Nevegal) several times but found nothing that caused the flat. So, I replaced the tube with one of my two spares. In less than 5 minutes, I was done.

At home, I checked the tube and found a hole at the seam on the inner side. I'm now thinking of retiring this tube considering that it has four patches already. Or, perhaps, I patch the new hole and make it a spare.

My savings for bike commuting

I'd like to bike commute from home to work and vice versa everyday. However, there are no bath or shower areas at or near our office. So, I just bike commute home once a week from office to home on my number coding days - Wednesdays. I leave my car overnight at our basement parking and commute via public utility vehicles in going to the office the following morning.

Last night, I again bike commuted from office to home. Then, this morning I took the public transportation in going to the office.

And, my savings:

• Cost of diesel is P35 / liter
• Distance from office to home is about 30 kilometers
• Diesel consumption of my car is 10 liters per kilometers
• Public transpo fare - home to office is P69

Therefore:

P35 x 30 kilometers / 10 liters= P105 x 2 = P210 - 69 = P141

Bike commute from work to home

I wasn't able to bike commute from work to home last Wednesday as I attended the PMTB Christmas Party. So, I did it yesterday.

This is the route I'd taken. Makati Avenue > Paseo de Roxas > Buendia Avenue > Kalayaan Avenue > C5 > FVR Road > Riverbanks > J. Rizal Avenue > Batasan Road > Commonwealth Avenue > Regalado Avenue > Quirino Highway > Zabarte Avenue. The distance is about 36 kilometers.

I again commute from work to home

For the second time, I came home from work using my bike (AlitePot).

It's my coding day (Wednesday); hence, I couldn't leave by car until 7:00 PM. Hence, I decided to bring my bike and use it in coming home. At 5:00 pm, I prepared and left 20 minutes after.

At the basement 3 parking of our building

The distance from my work to home is about 32 kilometers. After two hours of pedaling, I arrived home.

At our home garage

Bike commuting home

Today, Wednesday, is my car's number coding day. But, instead of waiting for 7:00 pm, I'll leave at 5:00 pm. I won't use my car but my bike. Office to home is about 30 kilometers; and, I could pedal it in about two hours.

Bike commuting home

My car's number coding day is Wednesday. Thus, I have to wait for 7:00 PM to leave my office.

Instead of whiling away the two hours in the office or in a bar, I'm thinking of bike commuting home.

The distance from my office in Makati City and my home in Novaliches, Quezon City is about 30 kilometers only.

Yesterday, I'd planned of executing this. I looked for possible routes and charted the safest route. I estimated that I could be home in 2 and a half hours (at an average speed of 15 kms/hr), including stops.

So, I checked my equipment. They're okay except for my rear light. Its bracket is broken. Hence, I called my plan off.

I have to fix it first and attempt again next Wednesday.