Hello all,
My first post here. I recently found this site and have been quite inspired by it. I have always been thrifty but had never considered early retirement as an option. I have gotten WAY burnt out on my career (lawyering) in the past year or so and am in the process of trying to figure out to what extent Mustachian principles will help me ditch my job.
Anyway, I am just in the process of planning / info gathering at this point which brings me to my question. I live about 7 miles from my job. My typical commute is to walk .6 miles to catch an express bus that takes me right to work. I do drive sometimes for convenience, like if I'm using the car for other errands after work or something, but really the car is not all that tempting because the traffic and parking headaches make it take longer than the bus in at least one and usually both directions. I get reimbursed in full for both my bus pass and any parking fees.
To bike to work would be pretty easy. The route would be great, a bike path for most of the way. I have never been a fan of getting to work sweaty, and I would get to work sweaty if I biked 7 miles.
So my question - is it optimally Mustachian to ride my bike? In general I am a fan of the Mustachian bicycling mandate and I'm planning to upgrade my bike (I've currently got a rusty, heavy Huffy-type thing I "won" about 8 years ago) and get a trailer for that purpose. Am I a bad Mustachian for riding the bus or is that OK too?