Am I weird?
12-12-12, 01:14 PM
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Now that's crazy. If I want a better workout than what my commute provides I just take a detour of the desired distance on my way home.
12-12-12, 01:14 PM
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I hope when you get to work there's a shower and a change of clothes!
12-12-12, 01:25 PM
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Were all a little extreme to do what we do, but what most people don't know is all the enjoyment we get from doing it. You will get conditioned to carrying that kind of weight after a while and it will seem normal to you. Being in the south helps also. In the north we carry possibly 25 extra lbs. of clothing, boots etc. on winter rides and we get used to that right away.
Exactly, the way it works in my corner of the 'verse.
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I've been getting the "are you crazy" look at work on an off for the last couple of weeks. At least since the temp has dropped a bit. It was 25 deg when I left this morning. We had fog that was freezing on my jacket. When I got to work, I turned on a 36" pedestal fan and stood in front of it while I chugged down about 20 oz of ice water. That will get you some looks! My commute is not bad at all (3 mi). It's nothing compared to what some of you all are doing. I am very aware of that. It does strike me as odd that others (non cyclist) just can't seem to believe you are not in a world of pain. I keep telling them that it's not that big a deal. If I were miserable, I would not continue to commute by bike. The health benefits are what keep me commuting by bike. I feel SO much better. And IT"S FUN. There is some financial benefit, but at the distance I'm going it's not really huge. On the days I do not ride, I really miss it.
12-13-12, 12:07 PM
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Curious, what is the commute like for both of y'all? Type of streets, traffic, etc? I also live in the adjacent town from my workplace and would have a 14.5 mile commute each way, and am trying to work up the guts to try it. I'm still nervous of all the 2-lane hilly roads with no shoulder and steady 40-50 MPH traffic on at least half the roads, or more.
I may be able to try it a couple days a week after the new year due to my wife's schedule changing a bit, but of course she's nervous about me riding in the dark (a much better light is a must for me before I try it), and plus there's all the extra time spent away from wife and son vs. the 20 minutes it takes to go 13-14 miles by car.
I may be able to try it a couple days a week after the new year due to my wife's schedule changing a bit, but of course she's nervous about me riding in the dark (a much better light is a must for me before I try it), and plus there's all the extra time spent away from wife and son vs. the 20 minutes it takes to go 13-14 miles by car.
I was in a job w/ no guaranteed future employment (when asked about whether my position was becoming permanent I got a very vague response), and was on schedule to possible have to learn an extremely archaic programming language to take on a project they were bidding on. New job is closer to family (50min vs 4hrs), old friends and it's also a much, much more bike friendly area. Negative is that it rains here daily during the winter in Oregon, but some BF Pearl Izumi raingear and I've been coming dry to work regardless of the weather.
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