Extreme Green: Cycle Commuting over Open Water
Commuter cyclists may brag about how far they ride each day, but few can lay claim to pedaling over open saltwater to get to work. Nat Hong is among those few. He makes daily jaunts across Washington state's Puget Sound, cutting an 80-mile round-trip drive into a 12-mile pedal-powered cruise.
According to The Seattle Times, Hong's commute is quite a process. Every morning he leaves his home on Bainbridge Island and hops aboard a HydroBike for a mile-long ride across the Sound, and then straddles another bicycle for the final few miles to his job in Bremerton.
The HydroBike has two polyethylene pontoons on the sides for stability and buoyancy--and they aren't that cheap, running just over $1,400. For something that reaches a max speed of about 6 mph, that might sound a little steep. But then again, these days it costs more than $30 just to gas up a Civic. Check out a photo of some HydroBike warriors post click.
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