downtown by bus by 6:30? that's a stretch (and I don't think I can do it with a bike). Well, I might, but I might as well bike the whole way, for the amount of time that will take. Even if it takes 3 hours by bike, if I leave my house at 6AM I'll be at work "on time". To get downtown by bus by 6:30 I think I have to leave around 5:15 or so, I haven't checked since the cuts. that's 45 minutes of sleep lost. Perry Hwy - 228 is a death trap, same as 910, and I'd sooner ride on them than Perry Hwy even if it WERENT under construction. Much like 22 and 8, they're lovely straight lines that give me the heebeegeebees.
Steevo - I'd been pondering that route as well, the weirdness comes from an arbitrary insistance on getting to the intersection of rt8 and 910. When I originally plotted this out, I was going to drive half way/stop off at grandma's house. Make breaky for her, catch a breather, then continue on. BUT that is not a necessity if I'm going to be biking the whole way. I like the parks, I think I'll scope that route on my way home, thank you!
Riding on suburban roads, to me, is as similar to biking in the city as tennis. Well, maybe a little closer, but not much. The two feel so totally different - it's all in my head, but it is what it is. Since I live and work in suburbia, I'm more used to it than city riding. Driving - I can't stand driving in the suburbs, they're worse than city folk. Thus I ride 