do you cycle to work? how do you deal with the sweat (and smell) and how sure are you that your coworkers don't hate you and think you're weird for cycling over 10 miles to work ?
I don't really get sweaty cycling And if your commuting its like sub-zone 1 cruising
>>2013781I don't have anxiety, so I don't worry about paranoid delusions.
I only ride 6km to work, so it's pretty quick even at a leisurely pace.Except for when I see a fully kitted Fred and can't stop myself from doing a 50km/h fly by and arrive at work like a sweaty pig.Worth it.
Idgaf. I didn't even like my co-workers. I used to just wash my head and under arms in the kitchen sink.
>>2013788>50km/hno you don't.
>>2013791Would be pretty easy where I live. It's really hilly and usually I use some brakes going down on it
Back in the "work from office" days I would just get there early, lift weights, and take a shower.There were some who responded poorly. This one karen was like "why do you people always ...." (I think it was "blow red lights", I can't remember). Coincidentally (not really) she was the coworker who got a DUI once and also got sued for running over someone. Not really a coincidence though.
>>2013793no you don't.
>>2013788Pro tip: if you see a fully kitted fred on a nice bike and you're like "damm I'm so much faster than him", you're being an asshole and he was being slow because there were pedestrians or kids running aroundt. sometimes the commuter, sometimes the fred, seen this many times from always a dirtbag on a BSO wearing clothing with the tags still on it because that's considered in fashion if you're poor
>>2013798I'm not gonna doxx myself here, but having hills shouldn't be that strange. Do you live in the desert or something?
>>2013803Denying that hills exist is a staple of unracer shitposting. It's coupled with the "you don't need gears because they don't have them in amsterdam" theme. Arguing with those people encourages it. They don't actually ride, the whole thing is just an excuse to argue with strangers.
>>2013804Ah, I see
>>2013804
>>2013781>do you cycle to work?I don't work. I sit in my parents' basement and post about public transportation online.
>>2013815I knew there were kindred spirits here!
every single dayunless its like, hella raining, then ill drive, but thats maybe once every week and a halfthere was a day this week where the expressway was shut down, and then someone hit a bridge on one of the local highways that runs parallel, so a major road conduit got necked down to a two lane auxiliary highway and every single road around here was standstill trafficand i was just the most smug motherfucker walking into work that day
My coworkers don't seem to hate me. That's all that really matters. If they hate me but don't show it then it doesn't affect me and is not my problem.
>>2013781I work as a janitor so I don't care if I get sweaty on the way here
I do a long gravel route of 16km every day. I have a shower at work so I just use that
>>2013781I did for most of my life when I was either in school or had a fixed workplace. but my new job requires I bring hundreds of pounds of tools, 4x8 foot sheets of plywood and drywall, stacks of 2x4s, etc to various customers often 20 or 30 miles from my home. so I don't get to bike anymore. but my boss has the truck and drives me, so it's not 2 single occupant vehicles to the jobsite, at least.
>>2013827>and i was just the most smug motherfucker walking into work that daysweet
Yes, I cycle to work every day Pretty standard, wear like workout clothes on the bike and then change. No shower so I wipe myself down with a wet rag. Yes people think I’m weird/poor but I don’t care
>>2013896Are you actually poor?
>>2013781I am fortunate that my employer provides a locker room and shower. I work as a tech in a bus garage, I'm going to get sweaty anyway. I still clean up before my shift. It is like a reset. I have been at my job longer than most and do not care what is said about me.
>>2013899His economical position doesn't matter; he is obviously somewhat more enriched in life than most wagies.>>2013896I did the same thing. I'd rather get to my shitty job feeling energised and more alive after a ride--while saving fuel money--than to be stuck around other motorists dreading the slow pace of traffic and feeling confined to a car.>>2013804Anon wasn't denying that hills exist; you've just got to have some brain and plan out your route so you are avoiding heavy terrain when you are out on your commute.
You probably only smell (and sweat more) because you wear polyester
>>2013910i wear linen everything
My workplace has showers and lockers.Badging in starts my work hours so I'm getting paid to shit and shower.
>>2013781I can shower at work, so when starting out at this job I made sure to be early, bring a change of clothes and shower. I then tested the waters and found no one really seems to mind. So I stopped bringing a change and showering there. It might help acceptance, that the entire departement arrives by bike and is probably highly autistic. I deal with the sweat just like with the rain, wipe face and sit it out.Current commute is 32 km.
>>2013781>how sure are you that your coworkers don't hate you and think you're weird for cycling over 10 miles to work ?Unless you work in a poorly-compensated shit job where half your coworkers are druggies/have criminal records, there's no way to avoid being weird/hated, since you can afford it and don't use it. If you can pull off being a quirky but lovable eccentric, more power to you, but if your personality matches the stereotypical "cyclist", an insufferable douchebag with a massive victimhood complex, they'll hate you for it.You can lessen the impact by only cycling on the nicest days of the year (never when rainy/scorchingly hot/snowing/ice cold) and not sperging out about bicycles, cars, and cities.
>>2013906You would think it would go without saying that someone who rides a bicycle to work every day would have thought about the optimal route based on their own superior knowledge of the terrain vs some random internet stranger, but then again we're talking about unracers so we can stop at "you would think" because that obviously isn't applicable to any situation whatsoever
>>2013781>do you cycle to workwho tf does that ? gainful employment and car ownership are almost mutually exclusive>the sweat (and smell)leave early, bike slow 15 to 25 kph ish, its a massive waste of time but it can be very relaxing.also dont bike in your work cloths, it will just soak them in stank and road grime and chain oil.the pic you posted is funny because everything about it is bad,dude has no airflow over his arm pits or belly, and the tight fit of the collars holds all the heat under the shirt.full length shirt and trousers are not just heat traps but also get tangled and caught on bike parts, and they limit your mobility.the shoes are aye lmao, neither breathable or water proof, and with laces to get wrapped up around the pedal axle or the chainring sprocket.>side note, the saddle will rapidly wear holes though your pants where the sit bones are
>>2013781>do you cycle to work?No. I work to cycle.
>>2014040my man
>>2013979>leave early, bike slow 15 to 25 kph ish, its a massive waste of time but it can be very relaxing.The inefficiency is the commute time. In reality, the optimal commuting distance is that which would enable cycling to work, say, under 10mi. Being forced to drive is the true waste of time.t. walks to work because it's a 5 min walk and there's geese at the park on the way there.
>>2013781there's approximately 3.5 km (a little over 2 miles for you imperialists) to my workplacealso protip you don't get stinky if you're clean with clean clothes even if you get sweaty, and it should last you throughout the day
i dont cycle to work itself, but i cycle from home to the subway station where i put my bike in my bike locker, then i take the train. i wear some shorts and a thin t shirt to bike, then change at worki honestly dont get how people can bike in their work clothes
>>2014050>10 miles30 minutes on a good day, 60 minutes if your having a bad day. I can see why people would not want to travel further than this.any small interruptions are a massive hit to average speed, for eg I might have to regularly peak at 30 kph just to hold an average speed of 25.and to maintain 40 kph is a challenge of catching up to and going around slower traffic more often.>tfw show up to work looking like swamp thing>5 min walk and there's geese at the park on the way there.dank, yeall ever just use bird seed to kite them into your workplace ? should not be too hard to lure them 400 yards or so.cool thing about walking is just arriving and leaving with out any fuss,but mang after the first half hour or so things start creeping up like sore feet or back pack straps messing with the shoulders,it gets to a point of upgrading to better shoes and backpack for higher performance lol.
>>2013781I used to commute from NW London into the west end. About 10 miles each way. It's mostly downhill on the way there (towards the river), so I used to take it easy in the morning. Then go faster on the way back, so that if I ever got sweaty, it wouldn't matter. >>2013979Maybe, don't wear bell bottoms. Maybe tie your laces. Maybe don't be a hamplanet.
>>2014213maybe bike more often and you might have had things go wrong>hamlol Im probably thinner than you
>>2013979>gainful employmentthe majority of people in western countries are not 'gainfully' employed. most rely on credit cycling (americas) or government subsidies (europe) to survive.
I really struggle not to overextend myself on my commute.When it comes to physical activity I’m just very on/off and I often fail to remain at a low to medium effirt level.Pls help. I need to keep the stank at bay.
>>2014312spin to win, nigga
>>2014213how do you trust your life in the hands of london drivers? i know most people manage to just knuckle down and get it done but whenever i go out cycling i feel like i'm one sleepy lorry driver away from getting myself splattered across the pavement. plus an old work friend casually telling me a 'hilarious' story about how we was drunk driving and sent a cyclist flying across his windshield really put the frighteners on me...
>>2014335i'm a burger but lived in London for a while - never took a bike out because I was scared. That said, I hardly ever witnessed a car or bike accident, or the aftermath of one. Google search tells me that there were indeed over 4x as many vehicle accidents in chicago as in london, a much larger city, in recent years. Having lived in a bunch of american cities, the drivers here are shite compared to those in london. However the sheer number of cars, buses, and lorries you would be inches from while biking in London over the course of a year, makes it seem statistically dangerous to commute there - safer to take tube and leave cycling for leisure/sport.
I cycle to work every day, no matter the weather. And I'm a bong so that means rain, sleet, snow, ice, fog, mist and the stink of pakis cooking wafting through the streets.I love it though, been doing it for nearly 4 years, never felt fitter. It also completely destresses me after work, and wakes me up on the way to work, so my life either side of every commute journey is enhanced.Also save a fortune on petrol and car insurance etc.
>>2014131>>2014050at those distances an ebike or escooter is preferred if you wanna go car free, it's just so much easier to keep up constant speed especially in hilly areas. bikes are good for like 10km or less, preferably around 5.
>>2014361nice bike, I assume you swap out those slicks in winter? I can't imagine they have good snow plowing and bike lane management in the UK.
>>2013781I got an ebike so I wouldn't get sweaty and gross before work, but it's still a nice light exercise and much more enjoyable than driving.
>>2014449do they let you bring it inside?
I cycle every weather 4km + train. (no sweat problem)On nice days I cycle the full 22km and skip the train. I have a mental disease that forces me to go always full steam.At work we have showers and a changing room. I never shower but bring a second set of clothes and wash my face. I sit in there for 15 minutes until my face color is normal again.
>>20137818 km to work, every day except when it's icy. When it's hot I'm sweating at work. No noticeable bodzly odour or at least nothing a deo bombing couldn't handle
>>2014488Deoderant makes it worse you end up smelling really pungent at the end of the day. Just spray acqua di gio or something.
>>2014457Ya I work in a more commercial / industrial area rather than an office in a tower, so we have lots of room inside for safe parking. About 1/4 of the office rides ebikes to work
>>2014361You ride without the fenders even in the rain?
Toronto has finally gotten a bit colder so almost no sweat on my ride to work. I do change my t-shirt when I get to work though.
>>20137811)I pace myself so I don't really get sweaty or tired on my way to work, leaving extra couple minutes early and just rolling gently is better than leaving few minutes later and needing to push it to be on time.2)I work physically, so by the end of the day we all stink to some extent, its to be expected
>>2013781>do you cycle to work?Yes> how do you deal with the sweat (and smell) I work in a factory so nobody gives a shit>how sure are you that your coworkers don't hate you and think you're weirdI don't care what my coworkers think>for cycling over 10 miles to work ?I only live 3 miles from work
>>2013954>but if your personality matches the stereotypical "cyclist", an insufferable douchebag with a massive victimhood complex, they'll hate you for it. Anon, where does this stereotype comes from ? I never understood. I recently discovered we were universally hated with this strip comic by Stonetoss (god bless him). I was shocked. The fuckin' vegans ? Are you serious ? How are we even comparable to them ? They literally spend their time to proselyte while shaming everybody for not being morally superior like them saving all those poor animals, denying it's actually bad for your nutrition and health, and start stuttering when you ask them about carnivorous animals. How are we comparable to those assholes ? What cyclist does even try to convert people to riding lol ? Why do people hate us ?We enjoy ourselves annoying nobody, on the side of the road, enjoying nature, birds and landscape, not polluting.All we do is literally riding a bike, it doesn't even make noise. We just travel a little. How are you even a douchebag when cycling ? What can you do to annoy others when you're just enjoying the light of the sun and woods.That's a mystery to me.People hating cyclists just sound like bitter losers who would hate anything to me.I think the only thing I can understand are car users being annoyed when there is 4 cyclists rolling in square and taking the place of a car but slower… but I never do that. I'm always the closest possible from the border so cars can overtake.
>>2014625I mean, I've been an asshole "cyclist" on the internet. I don't usually pull that card IRL, because I'm not autistic and can read social cues.But online? Hell yeah, cars are evil and drivers need to accept their culpability in blood for the deaths they cause.And I'm not even anti-blood (I buy a lot of unnecessary and exploitative shit myself). I just think we should be honest about it rather than bury our personal culpability. But people get very angry when you suggest that they, personally, are morally culpable for contributing to "an accident" by making choices like driving in the first place or picking a heavier and deadlier vehicle.
I have a 12 mile commute on busy roads via road bike, or can make it 14 on gravel and quiet roads. This takes me 45 or 1 hours respectively (typically less but accounting for a flat or bad weather or something) The only reason I don't do it every day is I'd have to wake up and be ready to go a full hour earlier than I am. And right now I'm so bleh in the mornings that I cut it close in my car.How do I get over it and bike? Every time I do commute I'm happier. But most times I can't coordinate it in the mornings. I think I'm depressed because I get good sleep but I just never want to leave bed. The idea of waking up a full hour earlier, packing clothes and lunch, riding fast enough that I can get a shower and be on time for work every morning seems impossible.
>>2014632Perhaps you could try to mentally connect the biking and excercise you already probably desperately need. You don't need to go to the gym after work for cardio if you do commutes on bicycle
>>2013781No I wfh
>>2014634I'm a pretty active dude but could definitely benefit from the regiment I suppose. It's just that commuting by bike is quite a bit more hullabaloo versus just get in car and go. Nervous I'll be hella late and get fired lol
>>2014625>Why do people hate us ?You don't need to go far to understand why, you can look at anything on this website. Years ago (2012) a sketch show in Britain called Monkey Dust had "We Are The Cyclists", portraying cyclists as holier-than-thou autists were above traffic rules; so this has been going on well before Stonetoss.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFFrsvgu1YAre there innocent, law-abiding cyclists who do literally nothing wrong and are treated poorly on the roads by assholes? Yes. No one is denying that. However, these law-abiding cyclists are overshadowed by another group, the one that congregates on /n/ and other places. The ones that will never move over to let faster vehicles past. The ones that swarm all over the roads unpredictably. The ones that flaunt that they break traffic rules. The ones that beg for cyclist infrastructure and are never grateful when they get it. The ones that think that parking in the bike lane for whatever reason, for however long, deserves to gets vandalized. The ones that sperg about being "murdered" by cars. Its not just endemic on /n/, the plebs know.If that doesn't describe you, my apologies—but if your job is not poverty-tier you'll probably still be seen as "lovable weirdo" at best.
>>2014625>>2014739wait do zoomers actually think the cagers vs cyclists thing started with an obese IT incel from texas? the species is doomed
>>2014760Hard to be an incel when you're a huge married Chad. Also, the reason he got doxxed for and coward faggots like you can laugh about it is because he's the most successful rightist comics artist, constantly pointing leftards incoherences.Left couldn't let him get away with this and jobless hackers did the job for free.Funny to state than now, not even calling for hate, harassing online, militate or actually committing violence will put you under the wrath of tolerant samaritans, but only drawing comics pointing their ridiculous bullshit, haha, therefore proving they're just a bunch of bullies, pathetic harassing losers, more and more tyrannic, for whom the end justifies the means, never searched for "what's good" but only "what we want" and never have been what they pretended to be.
>>2014768Bicycles?
>>2013781I bike 15 miles into work -- I simply pack a change of clothes and shower off once I get into work. If its winter time, then if you underdress somewhat, you don't even sweat, your body just heats up, and you can somewhat get away with just raw dogging the rest of the day (I usually end up washing my hair so it doesn't look messy).
>>2014739none of the "break traffic rules" arguments from cagers will ever be valid. I drive and I can see how flagrantly people break the law every single day while driving, with the potential to kill many more people lest they fuck up. 1. everyone speeds, and I mean everyone2. maybe 40% of people stop at red lights for right turn/stop signs and that's generous3. when i'm biking I've been cut off in the lane by people turning countless times, if you don't have your head on a swivel ready to slam on the brakes you WILL get hit by someone not shoulder checkingwhereas with biking the worst I've encountered as a driver is someone going slow and taking the lane, and rolling through stop signs, neither of which have the potential to kill people except themselves.
>>2014818You can make any excuse for victimless crimes, but the reason why European bicycle infrastructure works so well is that they follow rules, signs, and signals. If you ignore it, it's a waste of time and money.Go ahead and break rules—just realize that when you complain about the United States being a low-trust society, you're one of the reasons.
>>2014827it's easier to not break rules when you can ride your bike properly and don't have to concede all your space to cars because of shitty infrastructure, netherlands has through intersections for bikes in many places that make cars wait, also no right turns on red and less painted bike "lanes" where you are in constant danger.
>>2014828Promising to not break rules when you get what you want is akin to a child asking for a dog and swearing he can take care of it when every goldfish he had died of malnutrition.
>>2014831I don't break rules btw, but I don't really care if bikers do because they aren't putting people in danger by rolling through a stop sign when there are no cars in the intersection. and this dumbass argument of "WELL IF BIKERS WANNA HAVE RIGHTS WHY THEY BREAK ALL THE RULES" when daily driver rule breaking is ignored.
>>2014775
I'm thinking of riding a bike to my college campus when I transfer. It's 17 miles (27.35km) away. I'm thinking of getting an electric step thru tricycle to make the ride comfy.
>>2014856Just get a moped.
>>2014856Anything more than 10 miles is too much for an average person. E-bike is the way to go.
>>2014856I went 18k on an escooter (fast one) and that was still annoying. 27 on a bike is easily over an hour. ebike or moped.
>>2014361Are you gay ? I was gonna ask are you a woman but you don't talk like one. Why this color ? Clean bike. Looks minimalistic but well maintained to me, but I'm a noob, I can't tell.
>>2014832Agreed.
>>2014632I've always hated waking up early and commuting. Biking to work has helped me A LOT. Yes I'm still going to work, and yes I still have to wake up early BUT now I wake up to do what I like (bike) and not just get on a busy subway train.
>>2014856E-bike is a good call. I used to do 5-10 miles and on a road bike single speed that was okay, but much longer and it wouldn't have been fun.Kept me in good shape doing that everyday.>>2015009Hell yeah.
I have a 5 mile ride to work, I don't get too sweaty except on the way home in the summer because I start early. I just bring a change of clothes in a pannier bag.I fucking love it. It's a hundred percent gotten me into biking for getting around ever since moving into the city I work in. I have an old steel road bike that I currently use, and want to resto-mod with modern parts, and build a single-speed for commutes and getting around town for errands and stuff.I also want to get winter gear for the commute, but I start work so early it'd probably be too dangerous to be on a bike at like 5:30AM when the days get short, even with lights and hi-vis gear.
>>2014632>>2015009Been trying to get after it a bit more. Noticed that I'm fine skipping breakfast if I eat a big lunch, makes getting up and going a lot easier. Here's to more. Also my gravel route is so easy I can road bike it and so pretty that I loooove it
>>2014361>no mudguards or lights
>>2014361Nice bike, for a gay man
>>2013781I used to but I'd have to take a shower on spot everyday which would require me to get up so early I ended giving up and taking the bus.
>>2013781I live 2km from my workplace so I go slow and easy.
>>2013781I work on a farm so no one cares.
Quite easily, its pretty common around here to do so anyways. It's only like 1.5 miles to work anyway.The sweat is non-existent when you're not trying to go fast and do it every day.
>>2015482In my experience there is no such conditioning or training that would reduce the amount a person sweats for a given power output.I'm not the guy who cares and send it on my work every day but even if I'm injured and feel forced to slow down I'm still sweaty after putting out much reducd power.Sure you can limit yourself to below that threshold where you sweat. But that must be agonising slow and you need to actually have the mental ability to do that.
Cycled to work this week. Monday I felt great. Tuesday was the same thing. Wednesday I suddenly started to feel like my outer thighs were a bit strained. Rode my scooter to work on Thurs & Friday!
>>2018609keep riding to work
I do but my job is only 2 miles from where I live.I also work a semi-physical job so I am likely to get sweaty anyway.
I have a really short commute although it is hilly so I can wind up sweaty.After I cycle in I usually stretch for a couple minutes, take off the shirt I've been sweating in and use it to towel off the sweat under my armpits and back.Otherwise I don't worry about the sweat too much, I'm not a very stinky person fortunately and it's usually just losers who get overly annoyed by it, deodorant smells worse.
>>2015244Nice that sounds great.Imo yoghurt and smoothies are good ones in the morning before a cycle, although just a little amount is probably best.If you're struggling to get up on time and always cutting it close to get in on work, I'd just set an alarm say 10m earlier and try to get in to work 10m earlier as well, can be nice to come in early to catch your breath a bit instead of jumping off the bike and rushing into things.
>>2018613I am. I will.
I kick scooter to work when the weather permits.My job is soul draining so any little bit of joy I can claw back is a mini rebellion against the tyranny of despair. I mainly cycle when it rains or I have to move something heavy up hill so lower gears come in handy. Anyway to answer you other questions. My work isn't that far and deodorant works good enough that I don't stink. If it's blistering hot that I would sweat through a shirt in the relatively short distance then I bring a spare shirt to change into and freshen up a bit in the bathroom.Even when I used to have to cycle long distance when I lived farther from my job, a change of shirt + freshening up + packing a stick of deodorant = full freshness for work. It was long distance rides in hard rain that were much harder to deal with. With rain gear and hard cycling you have the choice between being soaked from the rain or soaked from sweat in the gear. Ether way you have to pack away your work cloths in a water tight bag along with a change of shoes and socks unless your job is cool with saddles or you are fine with working in wet shoes. Worst was when I had to go 18 miles and didn't know a tropical storm was hitting at the same time. I literally just wore swim trunks, flip flops, and swim googles while riding due to how much water was coming down. Was pissed when half the people who normally drove didn't show up due to the storm yet my wet ass was there even though I was tempted to call out. Glad I didn't because the regional boss noted who was there that day and added a hundred bucks to our quarter bonus for showing up. Super glad I don't have to commute that far anymore.
>>2018623Yea Ive done just this and things have been great! Riding 2-4 days a week to work, 23 miles each day. I noticed that I'm always having a better day after a cycle so that made things better. And that showing up 15 min before and using the showers is very chill way to start the day. I also noticed that I'm happier taking my going slow on my touring rig with panniers than I am going fast on my roadie with a backpack. Wearing a backpack cycling sucks balls.
'preciate the encouragement, I can't believe how much I was missing every day I was driving in.
Riding through a layer of freshly fallen snow in the morning feels a bit surreal at times.
Almost got run off the road today by a bus missing me by like 4 to 5 inches while it was going at least 35mph. I really like cycling to work but sometimes shit just scares me. Seeing my wife in bed snoozing peacefully...to think I could've been sent to the ER or worse...dead.
>Public transportation going to work>Ride bicycle on the way back from workI've been doing that for about 2 years and it works for me
>>2019013I forgot to mention that this inspired other coworkers to do the same and we even started hanging out on the weekends, going on rides and going out for drinks.
>>2019013That is great if you can bring your bike with you on transit
>>2018628You have a really shitty job if you were expected to be at work during a tropical storm.
>>2019351Yes, Yes I do.
>>2018636why did you crop it so much? is that a foggy lake?>>2018919do you use fenders in winter? does snow get stuck to them at all?>>2018974your city needs better infrastructure. Thankfully most good cities are headed in that direction unless you're in a Western European country where it's good already.>>2019013Not a terrible idea honestly if you get sweaty easily. As much as I appreciate the existence of the subway and public transport in general it can be so unreliable sometimes. I love how ever since I got a bike I can leave at the same time every day without having to worry about someone getting on the tracks and shutting down the entire line for half an hour
>>2019423>fendersyeah, plastic ones on mtb, if it sticks its not noticeable, but I go slow, 15km/h or so.
>>2019426Yeah, I wouldn't go much faster than that in winter. This winter will be my first on a bike. I've been cycling to work every day for the past 2 months so hopefully I'll be able to continue when it gets colder.
>>2019428Thermoactive clothing, shirt in particular, is a must-have in winter and autumn, you can be absolutely drenched in sweat and still be warm and comfy even with the thinnest of them.Also, on shorter rides you can get by with shirt, polar hoodie and some kind of windbreaker, maybe even drop the hoodie if you feel like its too hot. Riding a bike generates alot of heat.Make sure your tires, breaks and drive(low gear) are in good enough condition and up to the task.
>>2019430It doesn't get that cold in my city so I'm hoping a sweater and a winter coat will be more than enough.
>>2013979Mutually exclusive? Are they taking the fucking bus then?
>>2013781I build an ebike exactly for that.Especially when it rains and you have to wear "garbage bags".SOMETIMES i take a change with me. But it's not reliable.Also, if you are used to cycle and you have an ebike, you really need to think about NOT pedaling and let the motor to its shit. It's not so obvious. ALSO, for the love of god, use pumice on your feet at least 2 times a week. That will solve the problem with odors from your feet in the summer.
>>2013781I shower at work
>>2014760Who this?
in my country (Italy), you wont get hired if you don't use a car.and even i you switch to a bike after a while and they can't fire you anymore, your colleagues will mock and shame you forever.. and your boss will make your life hell so you leave yourself.this is maybe different in big companies but the norm in small/medium companies (which are 98% of all italian companies)
>>2021734maybe shitalians aren't so bad after all
>>2021734but, why?
>>2021734>italians are fagsshocking
>>2021734Sounds like you're a pussy
>>2013789I duckwalk in my SPDs around the office and air out my bibs on a hook by my desk.
I live in a hot place so nobody really gives a fuck about that.
>>2021734is there any reason behind this behavior?
>>2021734okay so first no one really cares about negros or tries to make sense of their behaviour.Recently I noticed its the polar opposite in my workplace. We got two new interns, they share the ride and arrive in a car. Head of my departement and a coworker already started bullying them for that. I think I might have too once in a while. After all bullying helps, especially against things that are a choice like degeneracy.
>>2021829what the fuck are you talking about? you're writing nonsense
>>2013781I have an electric kit on my steel MTB specifically for the purpose of not getting sweaty to work.I ride it with the motor off on my leisure rides.
>>2021848special TL;DR just for (you):- most don't care what blacks do- at least at my workplace its the polar opposite from the situation described here >>2021734
>>2013781I ride at a casual pace and have a basket on my bike so that my bag and clothing can be easily removed. I even do it in rain, altgough in that case I have some spare clothing just in case the rain poncho won't cut it.
>>2013781I'm a vegetarian and shower near daily, and bring and change into work clothes, so its not a problem. As long as you avoid certain kinds of food, maybe you're like me, but only certain foods makes me smell (and like those foods, and not BO) It seems me that it strengthens smells if I eat anything with fish sauce, in particular, I think it's anchovies, too, like from the sauces in a thai restaurant, and red meat, fast food that kind of thing, and high sodium levels, as a regular thing or habit. Also protein "shakes", anything with added minerals and vitamins, powdered and processed stuff, added sugars, and ultraprocessed stuff in particular. Vegetable/plant based whole food, water to nutrient ratios are ideal; the other stuff concentrates in excretion.If you are generating high aerobic output on a regular basis (twice a day, for 1-2 hours) and drinking the approriate amount of water, the volume of sweat is going to be higher relative to the salts. If you are also low added salt, (under 2000mg/day) The dilution just kinda blowsit out. And cotton soaks it up but doesn't stink as long as you dry it out and those salts aren't stinky types, and it absorbs in proportion to the weight of the cotton while synthetic blends and polyester will absolutely get spicy and stay funky and so its cotton or wool only next to the skin, that goes for the work clothes too. If you sweat a lot or live in a hot climate increase airflow, wash more frequently with water, and/or hydration and all the above.
>>2014341> the sheer number of cars, buses, and lorries you would be inches from while biking in London over the course of a year, makes it seem statistically dangerous to commute there This is incorrect way to look at it. As density increases overall traffic speed descreases, generically speaking, and in a city, even a small one, there are options of safer and slower or faster routes and different reasons you might alter a route or riding style to adjust to conditions, which, imho, the best way to ride is really over the line, solidly in asshole mode, always negotiating and never limiting one's situational options but in general, riding "aggressively" and taking every option seriously, like taking the whole lane. Just appearing to be reckless has a generally good effect on the behavior of cars around you. So being more unpredictable is good, showing that you'll use the whole lane and totally ignore anyone behind you (of course). Like, never "do" anything for the sake of other cars- it emboldens them to get closer or share the lane or pass. You should only act "safer" because it's the best option and you're taking that action for your own sole benefit.The only thing you have to worry about is getting rear ended, but to me that's not a problem, but more of an existential fact of life if you're in the roard at any time- and since you aren't stopping for anything "dumb" including road markings, lights, signs, or willing to kill your momentum in a lane or stuck behind a car staying paralell to traffic at intersections, you'll reduce the chances of the rear-end off the top signifcantly
>>2021918they are the same thing tho or at least very similar
Buy good deodorant
I cycle to work. I wear a sleeveless shirt omw to work and then change into my work shirt when I get there.My coworkers opinions of me did not change but they do find the action shocking. Either that I'm doing something really arduous, or that it's real scary that I bike through a super short tunnel
Would wearing a mesh shirt help with the sweat management while cycling?
>>2022091where do you live? it's very common to cycle to work in my city (Toronto)
>>2014361>the faggot spewing /pol/shit on /n/ is british>the faggot spewing /pol/shit on /n/ rides THIS bikeLike pottery, as your people say
>>2022296>where do you live? it's very common to cycle to work in my city (Toronto)isn't your former Premier trying to get rid of bike paths? Dog Ford or something
>>2013781Stop being a fat fuck. You only sweat if you're pushing your body, does biking 10 miles on flat ground really push your body? I can bike 100mph without sweating.
>>2022807Thats absolutely stupid and besides your weird claim about your max speed it goes to show you do not know a thing about cyclung or endurance sports in general. You sweat. Always. Regardless of fitness. You just sweat more as you put out more. You'll never sweat less for the same power output.
>>2014625stonetoss is a fat asian retard desu
>>2014213The A404 and A5 are great roads to cycle on. Downhill all the way to central.
>>2021734I thought cycling was an Italian pastime?
>>2021743>>2021814Probably because it's a poor country. Poor people are uncomfortable cycling because it makes them feel poor. This is why there are generally more cyclists in affluent areas than in the ghetto where everyone somehow has a car.
>>2023353this is only really true where there has been stable multi-generational affluence, it takes a while for the trauma of poverty to fade. usually what you'll see in the first-generation wealthy (meaning kids who were born to parents who were born poor), there's still a chip on their shoulder about looking poor so they need to make sure everyone knows they eat steak every night and everyone in the house has nothing less than a 5 series. even if kids have a natural tendency to rebel against their parents, it will have to be done in other ways, the kids have an innate understanding that their social status is completely dependent on the car "flex". so their rebellion might come in the form of choosing a different major in college, or dating someone outside the ethnic boundaries.it's the children of that generation that will feel secure in their social status that they can get comfortable adopting fringe lifestyles like veganism or #carfree
how can cycling (hard physical work) jive with white collar workplace
>>2023358>>2023353There's also the example set by the rich. Poor people emulate what the powerful do, every time, all the time. And you'll notice the royal family rides bicycles in the Netherlands.
