How I Transformed My Commute, Yet Again: Biking to Work (Part 2)

As you might remember from my previous video, I encountered some challenges during my last bike ride. In this video, I'll show you how I tackled those challenges and adjusted my original plan for getting around.

[@TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn]

💞Wow🧡🧡🧡💜💜💜💜🧡

[@sarahbezold2008]

a trail being closed after dusk strikes me as really silly. They'd never even consider putting a limit on roads like that

[@DakotaDunlap69]

Oh, I'm sure it's just a matter of time until they do.

[@MTBSPD]

During heavy rain, I use the most popular trail in the Seattle area, and during the evening commute after dark in winter, there are at least a couple bicycles a mile coming the other way. The rail trail over the Cascade Mountains is more of a park trail situation, and it has hiking and biking campgrounds on it. No permit, first come, first served.
I guess we have a very different attitude toward night use of bicycle trails.

[@DakotaDunlap69]

@MTBSPD It's hit and miss around here because everything is individually governed by each county, unless it's state or federally owned, which actually tends to be more lenient or has reasonable rules in place. The Slippery Elm is funded by the Wood County Parks District, but the North Coast Inland Trail is mostly funded by the federal government and is also partially funded by private organizations and local governments. Long story short, if a trail connects two or more cities or towns, then it should be deemed unlawful to hinder one's constitutional right to travel by any means, including that of a curfew.

[@whostheplum1711]

cheers from Cleveland

[@DakotaDunlap69]

Hey, thanks, buddy 🍻

[@vagrant318]

The Culver's in the beginning.. miss that place 🤤
Be safe out there

[@DakotaDunlap69]

I've never been to Culver's. It smells good when I'm passing by, though.

[@jamesbrown5262]

I live in the mountains and its nothing but hills, Im so envious of all that flat terrain.

[@DakotaDunlap69]

Folks around these parts tend to take our flat farmland terrain for granted, but you gain a whole new level of appreciation for it while cycling, hence The Flatlanders Bicycle Club here in Northwestern Ohio.

[@sklegg]

I wear hi viz on my commute too. I will need to get some lights when summer ends. Stay safe out there.

[@DakotaDunlap69]

Thanks, man. I'm trying to stay seen and safe out here.

[@brandonsouba]

Folks in big cities might comment about how you shouldn't be riding on the sidewalk - but I approve and think if it's the safest way to navigate a street then you should do it - especially in lower density communities with less folks using them. Please just yield like crazy if you do come across a pedestrian : ) Cheers!

[@DakotaDunlap69]

Unfortunately, there are no sidewalks out in the rural parts of Northwestern Ohio. The only thing that comes close to being a sidewalk out there is the Slippery Elm Trail.