Originally Posted by shoemakerpom

I have been commuting for about 3 years now and just recently built a new bike for adding the weekend job to the commute 40 miles one way. Everybody made jokes, remarks and such. They all know never to touch my bike or a serious injury will occur since I let people know from the door that they are all overweight, out of shape and are just begging for a heart attack. They usually ease off and ponder that thought for a while. They all in the last year have come to me one by one privately and asked advice on a bike, clothing and mindset to get involved in cycling. The trick is to never come off your morals when it comes to biking and show people you mean business from the door. People don't like knowing their life will be shorter without exercise Especially men!