Blimey.. each to their own and all that.
Haven't got time myself to sit an watch the goggle box
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Blimey.. each to their own and all that.
Haven't got time myself to sit an watch the goggle box
young Ed
Veteran
fair enough, not bad!Ed, I am a sailmaker.
I dont have a comfy office or a swivel chair. It hard graft with plenty of bending, pulling and destroying my knees.
But I am sure you can think of other excuses to take the car. Hard manual work isnt one of them though. In fact the ride in warms you up for work.
This is a set of our Sails. As you can imagine they take some dragging about.
not trying to find excuses for driving rather than riding, i must admit i do like both but i would indeed prefer to ride in partially due to probably £7 a day in fuel (she will be thirsty!)
also my mum said no riding on a busy A road at 04:30 especially in winter, unfortunately my commute would have to take this A road for a certain distance
will see if i can get a bike rack cheaply i could drive in in the morning with bike on rack and then leave landy at work over the day and then drive home when i finally finish up at 19:00ish
that way i ride home at 10:00 and ride back to work at 13:30
Cheers Ed
young Ed
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halve my commuting distance so i'm not dead after a month of work (the times will be enough to mess me up) and i please my mum whilst still getting some miles in and my fuel costs are slightly better (pretty much halved)
Cheers Ed
When I am fitter and able to go for longer and the spring/summer rolls around again - this is something I'd like to do because I am only 10 miles from the coast and work is a few miles back up the other way. That would be awesome to see the sun come up on the beach then get to work for 7am!
Hip Priest
Veteran
For me, nothing is worse than commuting into the city centre by car, so the bike wins almost by default!
Ed, I am a sailmaker.
I dont have a comfy office or a swivel chair. It hard graft with plenty of bending, pulling and destroying my knees.
But I am sure you can think of other excuses to take the car. Hard manual work isnt one of them though. In fact the ride in warms you up for work.
This is a set of our Sails. As you can imagine they take some dragging about.
Nice work but I doubt you spend all day every day dragging those about by hand.
I can extend my morning and evening rides to what ever I want and do a day in the work shop but having just done 34 miles a day for two days plus fitting windows on site I can tell you I was proper farked . Friday I was feeling almost dead and I slept most of Saturday .
Don't get me wrong , I know workshop work is also hard graft but you have a fixed base with home comforts no matter how bad they are . Site work knocks that extra little bit out of you although that yacht looks a lot nicer than any workshop ive seen
Dave the Smeghead
Über Member
I too am finding the commute by car so hateful. Usually takes an hour to get in to work if I leave at 0500 -any later and it can be 3 hours or more. Getting home usually takes 2 and half hours although has taken 4 hours. We are only talking about 32 miles each way.
Public transport is no better - 2 hours each way with 4 changes and so flaming crowded it is not funny.
The plan is to start cycling from home to the station, on the train to Fenchurch Street, then ride to Isleworth from there. Would mean around 45 miles per day which may be slightly beyond me right now. Bit of effort will sort that out. I don't like the cold and wet really but I am going to have "man up".
In a previous job I commuted by bike but that was only 8 miles each way. Enjoyed it massively.
Hopefully Boris gets cracking with his crossrail cycle superhighway - it would suit me down to the ground. Come on Boris - get your finger out fella!
Public transport is no better - 2 hours each way with 4 changes and so flaming crowded it is not funny.
The plan is to start cycling from home to the station, on the train to Fenchurch Street, then ride to Isleworth from there. Would mean around 45 miles per day which may be slightly beyond me right now. Bit of effort will sort that out. I don't like the cold and wet really but I am going to have "man up".
In a previous job I commuted by bike but that was only 8 miles each way. Enjoyed it massively.
Hopefully Boris gets cracking with his crossrail cycle superhighway - it would suit me down to the ground. Come on Boris - get your finger out fella!
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Thats an interesting thought. Whatever sail I make it is all done by hand. We dont have any lifting gear. Its all manual work all day every day. even 8 hours on a sewing machine sewing sails is tough on the body.
4am alarm goes off. Downstairs for a pot of coffee and a bit of the news, 4.30 bathroom etc, 4.50 to 5am get out on the bike. 17 miles to work Monday to Thursday every week rain or shine. I couldn't do anything else anymore as every other option costs far too much and I love my cycling.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Yeah , I bet those thimbles get really heavy after a while
I hope you know more about bikes than you do about Sails
potsy
Rambler
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Same shifts here, am finding it increasingly difficult to get of of bed early and cycle in though, 9 mile each way commute which I'm probably averaging doing every other one these days.
I imagine it will only get worse as the weather gets colder?
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Same start time and distances for me, but what puts me off other transport options is more the boredom than the cost. Oh yes: and the sharing of flu germs with other commuters.
