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By cost alone, two two-zone trips to the shore is going to cost at least $5 per person, while my car expense is about $3 total (@~7L/100km). That is selfish if you take the environmental stance, but it does mean that we get more quality trail time. Now that both myself and my girlfriend have UPass, we are using it more often, but at the same time our respective school schedules mean we're not riding together as much :(
I live 1.5 blocks from a 210 stop in Vancouver, but admittedly usually take my car to Fromme. I'm usually driving at least one other person over, which is part of why I will take the car, but convenience is obviously part of it as well. Riding to Fromme, I find myself pretty tired when I get to the technical trails. Tired means more mistakes, which should in turn mean toning down the ride, but I rarely do, which results in taking chances. It was this exact scenario that resulted in my worst injury in a while last week.
Seymour, on the other hand, I usually ride to, as Bridal via Fishermans (and the many options that come from there) is a great trip and not very far from the bridge. As that loop is less tech, I don't find the fatigue kicks in as badly - it's about a 3 hour return trip. I also like to finish up with Bottletop, and parking on Riverside Drive just to ride up that hellish first hill on Bridal just doesn't feel right.
Bottom line, the bus is a great option, and I should take advantage of it more - especially when paying for a UPass. (Today I took my bike on the bus to Tsawwassen in order to ride over the border and pick up my cough Magicshines cough from Point Roberts.)