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01-21-16, 08:15 AM
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I gotta say my coworkers are pretty awesome. There was a crash/accident that killed a cyclist sorta-kinda out my way this morning and I started getting facebook messages from them asking if I was safe and sound. Luckily it isn't on a route I take for commuting, but it is part of the route that the largest cycling club uses during the warmer/brighter months. It could have been a fellow commuter or just someone who was out for a morning training ride.
It's nice to know my coworkers got my back, though!
I drove today anyhow. Did some morning wrenching to get my 3 speed back up and running
It's nice to know my coworkers got my back, though!
I drove today anyhow. Did some morning wrenching to get my 3 speed back up and running
01-21-16, 10:57 AM
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I have nice cow-orkers as well, I got multiple offers for rides during the recent big rains.
01-21-16, 01:11 PM
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That's great! The news just released details of the victim, looked her up on Facebook and she worked at the Amazon Distribution Center that is on the same road as she was riding, so probably safe to say she was a bike commuter. Very sad
01-21-16, 01:27 PM
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Sad news indeed.
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01-21-16, 07:34 PM
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My coworkers hate me.
Today was the first real lake-effect snow day. I arrived ten minutes early (from my goal of 30 minutes before starting time). Even stopped at the bank on the way in.
Every single one of my coworkers was 5-10 minutes late--and blamed the conditions.
My boss helpfully pointed out that I made it in early--in the same conditions--on a bike. They don't get to play the conditions card.
Today was the first real lake-effect snow day. I arrived ten minutes early (from my goal of 30 minutes before starting time). Even stopped at the bank on the way in.
Every single one of my coworkers was 5-10 minutes late--and blamed the conditions.
My boss helpfully pointed out that I made it in early--in the same conditions--on a bike. They don't get to play the conditions card.
01-22-16, 09:27 AM
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Well, the conditions affect you less than cars. You know how long it's going to take you to get to work, they have no idea what the traffic is going to do to them...
01-22-16, 10:20 AM
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My co-workers are also pretty good as well. On one occasion recently an hour after I arrived at work I received a call from my alarm company saying my alarm was triggered. My boss was kind enough to let me go home to check it out, went home to find all was well with the house and my main concern the dogs (still not sure what triggered the alarm) then rode back to work. When I returned one of my co-workers said if she had known she would have lent me her car.
01-22-16, 01:39 PM
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Same here. They admire my bravery to ride to work on a bike. This is Texas and anything smaller than a truck is mostly not recognized as a worthy vehicle... lol...
Just kidding. Most of my co-workers are great. I have often been offered a ride home when the weather turned bad.
And I regularly get asked if I bring the pizza when I walk in with my bright red Ortlieb panniers...
Just kidding. Most of my co-workers are great. I have often been offered a ride home when the weather turned bad.
And I regularly get asked if I bring the pizza when I walk in with my bright red Ortlieb panniers...
01-22-16, 01:49 PM
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Same here. They admire my bravery to ride to work on a bike. This is Texas and anything smaller than a truck is mostly not recognized as a worthy vehicle... lol...
Just kidding. Most of my co-workers are great. I have often been offered a ride home when the weather turned bad.
And I regularly get asked if I bring the pizza when I walk in with my bright red Ortlieb panniers...
Just kidding. Most of my co-workers are great. I have often been offered a ride home when the weather turned bad.
And I regularly get asked if I bring the pizza when I walk in with my bright red Ortlieb panniers...
01-22-16, 05:08 PM
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After over thirty years of cycle commuting, I have gotten a reputation among my co-workers, and indeed numerous other people in the organization. When the news of my cycling accident on a Friday night made the TV news, many people have told me that even though no name was mentioned, they knew it was me. I got a lot of cards and support afterwards, and on returning to work.
My relationships at work are certainly enhanced by my cycling reputation.
I gotta say my coworkers are pretty awesome. There was a crash/accident that killed a cyclist sorta-kinda out my way this morning and I started getting facebook messages from them asking if I was safe and sound…It's nice to know my coworkers got my back…
My relationships at work are certainly enhanced by my cycling reputation.
… My cycling reputation, mundane as my cycling might be to the hard-core cyclists, is always a source of amusement and conversation with my friends and acquaintances; e.g. in bad weather, “You didn’t ride your bike today, did you?,” or at fancy social events, “Did you ride your bike here?.” Always asked with amusement and respect.
I in turn often ask people where they live, because invariably I have ridden in their neighborhood, and that question usually sparks an engaging converstion.
One of the nicest compliments I have received at work is that I am credible, and think my cycling reputation probably supports that image.
I in turn often ask people where they live, because invariably I have ridden in their neighborhood, and that question usually sparks an engaging converstion.
One of the nicest compliments I have received at work is that I am credible, and think my cycling reputation probably supports that image.
01-22-16, 06:37 PM
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Yesterday's conditions about doubled my commute time. So I left early.
01-22-16, 08:54 PM
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My coworkers are fairly decent people, they regularly offer me rides when the weather turns to crap. The only time that I was late in the last year and a half my boss was worried I might have ended up being a hood ornament... It was only 10 minutes and was due to a train.
I'm regularly referred to as the crazy bicycle guy, mainly cause I'm the only one who cycle commutes.
I'm regularly referred to as the crazy bicycle guy, mainly cause I'm the only one who cycle commutes.
