Originally Posted by
Colorado Kid
Someone at church came up to me and asked if I was poor because I commuted almost everwhere. What?? No, I told this person I wasn't poor and I love to ride. Has anyone came up to you and asked such questions?
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I've been commuting and working at the same job long enough that I'm just "that guy"...
Plus you can be smug about green house gases
I’ve been cycle-commuting for about thirty years to my professional position, so my cycling is well-known and that I am not hard up for cash. I posted about my sterling image on this thread,
“If you are tough about cycling in bad weather, are you a tough person in general?”
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
… My cycling reputation, mundane as my cycling might be to the hard-core cyclists, is always a source of amusement and conversation with my friends and acquaintances; e.g. in bad weather, “You didn’t ride your bike today, did you?,” or at fancy social events, “Did you ride your bike here?.” Always asked with amusement and respect…
…One of the nicest compliments I have received at work is that I am credible, and think my cycling reputation probably supports that image.
Plus someone once publicly commented that I must have the smallest carbon footprint of anyone in the organization.