Originally Posted by
modernjess
My company is populated by fairly young and mostly active folks that define the culture. About 10% of us ride all winter and 30% commute by bike at least part of the year. Others run marathons, nordic ski, do mud races and all manner of outdoor activities. The attitude is more jealous than incredulous about winter or bad weather commuting. Most of the comments, if there are any, because it's so common place are more along the lines of "dang dude, as crazy as that is, I wish I had could have done that today, good on ya!". The culture encourages it which is a great fringe benefit.
Ya it would be nice if it was like that for all of us, but the comments still come out as jealous for some since they feel they are chained to a car or it takes too much time, or it's so cold (even if said person works in a freezer, I get a kick out of this.). Most of the people around here ride in summer. I see a bunch of bikes in the heart of the city just last week when I went to register my car. Wasn't surprising since its a high density area with apartments, libraries, and stores, all within a mile or two of each other.