Originally Posted by
MichaelW
Why do you need to wash after a small bike ride. Just shower before you leave and dont sprint.
Wrong definition of 'wash' cowboy. But it's good you practice proper hygiene; Ioz still insists he just had a bath last month.
Originally Posted by
Stryver
Are they actually the same? I could not walk .7 and .8 miles in my climate in work clothes and not need to change. I'd end up arriving less sweaty during the warmer months by riding than I would if I walked.
My previous commute was about equal riding vs. driving, primarily due to far-away parking options. I saved $300 yearly on parking and about $4 weekly on gas. My current commute is not equal, riding is about 50% longer than driving, parking included. I now bus on the way in with .4 and 1.2 mile connectors, and ride back 9 miles. The bus lets me not have to shower on arrival.
Yeah the climate is making things insane, I've considered walking it in shorts and swapping to proper pants at work--but then why not bike it?
The real problem is nearly-a-mile is too far to walk, but walking around to the garage adds 2-3 minutes. Getting changed adds maybe 5 minutes (though I used to CFD it in 81 seconds flat--yes I'm slow), folding the bike up takes some time (I'm slow). In the end it's some 8-10 minutes, and it's a 15 minute walk at best. It can actually take less overall time to walk it than bike it. Of course if I have to turn around--say the light rail's down like it was Friday--it's a hell of a lot faster if I've got a bike on me.
I could drive to the light rail station (it's park-and-ride) but the parking lot is small--there's space for me, but why take up a parking spot all day that somebody else could use?--and it's not even a mile, driving that is stupid.
Originally Posted by
Wolfwerx
Why would you change clothes for those distances?
So my bike doesn't eat my $70 pants that I paid $24 for like it did with the $40 ones that I paid $30 for.
Originally Posted by
acidfast7
this is too confusing.
why not skip the rail all together**********
Vicious 16.5 mile bike ride that takes an hour and a half at least, maybe 2 hours; versus a 50 minute walk/light rail (with a 26 minute light rail ride in there); 35 minutes bike/light rail (not counting the 10-15 minutes messing with the garage or getting changed); versus under half an hour driving it, if traffic doesn't get bad.
Traffic home the one time I was forced to drive was horrible, but traffic out wasn't bad--lucky me, it could have been reversed and I'd get to work late. The rail is far more reliable.