Originally Posted by
pdlamb
Does not follow.
I'm about a 25 minute drive from my office, or a 45 minute bike ride. So I spend 40 extra minutes to exercise every day I cycle to work.
Funny thing is, there's this phenomena called traffic. On a bad traffic day it takes me 50 minutes to ride home. On that same bad traffic day the time it takes to cycle is ... 45 minutes.
So cycle to work, or don't, but please don't waste time making silly excuses.
i have a very short commute no matter how i slice it, because i refuse to live a long distance from work, for obvious reasons. interestingly i’ve discovered that with some experience, cycling is actually the fastest way to get there:
walk: 25 minutes, free
public transit: 15-25 minutes, $2.50 each way
drive own car / park: 10-25 minutes, $20-$30 per day
uber/lyft: 10-30 minutes, $8-20 each way
scooter: 15-20 minutes, $8 each way
bike: 8-12 minutes, free
another huge upside to biking is that if i bring my gear and have a break in the day i can go for a real ride!