Originally Posted by
alan s
I don’t care about saving time at the beginning or end. Not punching a time clock. I take my time double locking my bike, getting shower stuff out of the locker, taking a shower, getting dressed, making a cup of coffee. What’s the hurry? Bike commuting is a hobby I enjoy. Riding fast is enjoyable. Trudging along is boring. If I was concerned with saving time, I’d just drive to work.
Because, for some, it's not a hobby. If you approach it that way, as a hobby, who is to argue with that and of course sometimes I treat it that way as well. But for some of us (like me) it's just the way I get to work. Mostly every day, twice a day, since 2010 so it's not, to many of us, a question of maybe just drive.
As far as that saving time goes, it will take me 15 minutes to drive to work on a good day without traffic but more typically 20. Driving home, typically 30 minutes (left turns across the highway with 3 extra lights, vs right turns not and not crossing). Riding, 22 to 30 minutes either way depending on riding fast vs trudging along.
Therefore, my not futzing around for five or ten minutes at the endpoints saves me MORE time than driving would save over what I do now. And it's not about punching a clock - it's my time, and even small efficiencies add up to big ones. That perspective makes sense, doesn't it?