{"id":7394,"date":"2011-11-14T14:17:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T19:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/?p=7394"},"modified":"2011-11-14T14:17:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T19:17:34","slug":"a-biking-real-estate-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/a-biking-real-estate-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"A Biking Real Estate Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/19\/biking-to-work\/\">I wrote a story about wanting to use my bicycle more for real estate<\/a>.  We have many regular readers who are bike enthusiasts, who were all very supportive of my effort &#8230; thank you for that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Showing-a-House.jpg\" alt=\"Showing a House\" title=\"Showing a House\" width=\"410\" height=\"308\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7395\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Showing-a-House.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Showing-a-House-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/>I&#8217;m happy to report that I&#8217;ve made good progress on my goal.  Most importantly, I&#8217;ve eliminated some of the physical and mental barriers that I felt were keeping me from truly embracing the bike.  The most important turned out to be finding a more convenient place to store my ride so that it&#8217;s easy to just get started.  A close second was figuring out a way to secure my pant legs so that they would be less likely to get greasy.  Beyond that, most of my concerns were mental issues.<\/p>\n<p>Since the initial post I&#8217;ve ridden many places, and to different types of appointments.  Most have been short jaunts where biking is just as fast as driving, but there have been a few longer ones too.  I still believe biking is better for trips that don&#8217;t involve client interaction, but I&#8217;m beginning to come around on that front too.  Especially since, as a couple commenters pointed out, biking gets easier as you get in better shape.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping to keep riding as long as possible this season because it is a nice way to travel.  I&#8217;ve been impressed that distances seem shorter on the bike than they do in the car sometimes &#8211; perhaps I&#8217;m enjoying the trip more?  And when my destination does not have easy parking in front, riding is really nice because I can usually lock up outside the front door and save a meaningful amount of parking and walking time.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for the encouragement, and enjoy the mild weather!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago I wrote a story about wanting to use my bicycle more for real estate. We have many regular readers who are bike enthusiasts, who were all very supportive of my effort &#8230; thank you for that. I&#8217;m happy to report that I&#8217;ve made good progress on my goal. Most importantly, I&#8217;ve eliminated some of the physical and mental barriers that I felt were keeping me from truly embracing the bike. 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