Graham over at GoClipless.com has put up his first installment of planning your bike commute. He talks about his struggle with the Facilities Manager at his work and finding a place to store his bike where it won’t be a fire hazard.

A fire hazard? He’d be the fastest one to make it out of the building.

Commuting by bike is a bitch!

Once you’re out there it’s cool, but mustering up the energy to do it everyday ain’t easy. There is a ton of planning that you have to do before biking to work for the first time.

Once I decided (or learned) that I would be biking to work - at least some of the time - I started to think about all that I would need in order to make the process as simple as possible. I’ll recount the steps I followed in the event that you find yourself wanting or needing to commute by bike. This first part in the series will be about assessing the workplace facilities and policies regarding bicycles.

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