Why wouldn't you commute by bike?

[jonny jeez]

Where is the Gym ?
Gyms have showers and lockers !

Sorry mistype, I think I missed the word "Ride" somewhere in that sentance...as in "Ride to work", you must have read it as work out...I think...or are we both lost?

 

[jonny jeez]

First time I've ever heard cycling described as nerdy!!

you need to get out more Mikey

Seriously though, I have heard it plenty and even own up to being a signed up member of the "dark side" in those days. I worked at a place that literally survived on perception. If i didnt strutt about the place calling the shots and acting like i owned the place, I wasnt given projects to run ...which had a direct impact on my income (bonus related salary). If you stepped outside the "mould" in any way and showed independent thought or personality you were kind of shunned.

Turning up on a bike (with its own name) wearing a hi-vis jacket, special gloves and clipity-clip shoes, would have been a fast-track ticket to nowhere'sville. And in that environment, I heard the term Nerdy, plenty.

 

[hackbike 666]

I get a lot of this gay 5h1t probably because the lycra turns them on.

 

[Mike!]

I get a lot of this gay 5h1t probably because the lycra turns them on.

Funnily enough the females in my office have never made a comment or anything regarding my lycra shorts. However our Engineering Manager seems fascinated by them Not sure if his Wife knows

 

[LazyCat]

I just tell them that cycling saves me 35min of commuting time every morning, which I can spend sleeping, and another 35min in the evening, which I can spend drinking. That is one extra night of sleeping AND one extra night of drinking time per month.

Furthermore the drinking is free, because I use the money I would have spent on a travelcard.

 

[taxing]

I reckon part of it is just that people get stuck in their ways and don't like to try new things.

 

[marinyork]

Didn't York city council do a survey of more generally why people didn't cycle and came up with the most ridiculous list of excuses ever. I think that pretty much summed things up.

 

[martynjc1977]

I usually get " how far I would never cycle that far to work " (5 miles lol) or they are supprised how quickly i can cover that distance, tho I do need a shower when I arrive.
I think some people forget that cycling can be a quicker alternative to sitting in traffic or public transport and in times of money trouble and cutbacks far far cheaper.

 

[potsy]

We have 2 newbies this week,must be the sunshine bringing them out.Think some of my colleagues are put off by the hours we work- ie finishing at 10pm or starting at 6am,though the bike racks are getting quite full again now.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The main reason I don't cycle in (eight miles) is that there's not just no shower - and I would need one, I sweat a lot - but there isn't even anywhere to get changed. The toilets are filthy and I have no desire to start my shift hanging around in them. The other reason I don't cycle it is that I'd have to carry my size 12 safety boots and a change of clothes. And the third reason is that I enjoy driving there in my doorless 2CV.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Oh, and it takes me longer to cycle than it does to drive. Not by much, but I tend to be doing so much around the house during the day that I almost always leave it till the last possible minute to leave for work.

 

[Cubist]

Whoops. My new office has an en suite bathroom, complete with bidet.

Got a bit difficult this morning when the cleaner took my personal towel and left a terry towelling bathrobe in its place.

 

[CopperBrompton]

While we're talking about London, my experience is that on a hot day you will arrive at work less sweaty after cycling a few miles than if you take the tube. Especially if it's at all humid.

I agree. A gentle commute by Brompton didn't ever get me sweaty, wearing ordinary office clothes, while I used to dread it if I ever had to do a rush-hour tube journey in the summer.

 

[Maizie]

I just got changed to come home, in the ladies. A colleague was in there at the same time, and as I walked out she asked why my shoes were so loud (in the office we are on carpet, so not heard).
"There are metal cleats in the sole"
"Eh?"
*lifts up shoe to show sole*
"Cleats"
"What are they for then?"
"They clip in to the pedal"
"What, so you're like attached?"
"Yes, stops you slipping of the pedals in the rain, and helps you get really stuck in on the pedals to be more efficient"
"But you're, like, attached? That's so dangerous!"

Apparently not being able to escape from being attached to the bike is another danger I'd not noticed...

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Apparently not being able to escape from being attached to the bike is another danger I'd not noticed...

Thank goodness there isn't some kind of device that keeps you attached to your car seat. Oh, hang on ...