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rolling rock
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 Posted: 04/26/06 - 15:32 Post subject:
i'd go 6 miles but it would have to be thru the desert with zero traffic.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 15:35 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | | i'd go 6 miles but it would have to be thru the desert with zero traffic. |
Bicycles are dangerous! 
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j1miller
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 15:38 Post subject:
Come to think of it... I'm pretty dangerous with no hood and no traffic...
( I have the Wizard of Oz music going though my head right now) 
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purple hayes
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 15:42 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | | i'd go 6 miles but it would have to be thru the desert with zero traffic. |
PS - Bicycles aren't as dangerous as cars.
| Quote: | | An average of 16.5 cyclists per million die every year in the U.S. (For motorists, it's 19.9 motorists per million.) |
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j1miller
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 15:45 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | rolling rock wrote: | | i'd go 6 miles but it would have to be thru the desert with zero traffic. |
PS - Bicycles aren't as dangerous as cars.
| Quote: | | An average of 16.5 cyclists per million die every year in the U.S. (For motorists, it's 19.9 motorists per million.) |
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I bet if I start to cycle.... things change.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 15:46 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | | rolling rock wrote: | | i'd go 6 miles but it would have to be thru the desert with zero traffic. |
PS - Bicycles aren't as dangerous as cars.
| Quote: | | An average of 16.5 cyclists per million die every year in the U.S. (For motorists, it's 19.9 motorists per million.) |
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I bet if I start to cycle.... things change. |
I can almost guarantee you won't speed any more. 
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blue
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 15:50 Post subject:
only 2.6 cycling related deaths per million in canada 
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j1miller
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 15:51 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | | rolling rock wrote: | | i'd go 6 miles but it would have to be thru the desert with zero traffic. |
PS - Bicycles aren't as dangerous as cars.
| Quote: | | An average of 16.5 cyclists per million die every year in the U.S. (For motorists, it's 19.9 motorists per million.) |
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I bet if I start to cycle.... things change. |
I can almost guarantee you won't speed any more. |
I can almost guarantee I would still text, though.
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.jrjo
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 16:15 Post subject:
It's 8 and I do. Previously I've pedalled 6, 7 and 9 mile commutes. The only jobs I didn't regularily bike commute were those that were 26 (I did on occasion though), 38 miles and 75 miles.
I'd prolly say 20 would be my flinch factor number.
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andydp
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 16:22 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | | andydp wrote: | I'm about 16 miles or so from my work.
The main problem is very simple:
There are no shower facilities at work. |
1) wear underarmour/dri-fit type stuff.
2) wear antipersperant
3) bring a towel to towel off.
4) change of underpants
5) wash your cycling gear on a very regular basis to avoid compound smells
6) run your wrists under cold water for a minute when you get there to cool your body off faster.
7) deoderant and cologne also help.
it's not as bad as you might think (then again your ride *is* almost 3 times as long as mine)...  |
Trust me, when I get finished a run or a bike ride no amount of toweling and deodorant alone is going to get rid of the funk. I'm talking being able to wring the sweat out of my clothes by hand. I do own Under Armor and other "tech" clothing.
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j1miller
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 16:25 Post subject:
| andydp wrote: | | blue wrote: | | andydp wrote: | I'm about 16 miles or so from my work.
The main problem is very simple:
There are no shower facilities at work. |
1) wear underarmour/dri-fit type stuff.
2) wear antipersperant
3) bring a towel to towel off.
4) change of underpants
5) wash your cycling gear on a very regular basis to avoid compound smells
6) run your wrists under cold water for a minute when you get there to cool your body off faster.
7) deoderant and cologne also help.
it's not as bad as you might think (then again your ride *is* almost 3 times as long as mine)... |
Trust me, when I get finished a run or a bike ride no amount of toweling and deodorant alone is going to get rid of the funk. I'm talking being able to wring the sweat out of my clothes by hand. I do own Under Armor and other "tech" clothing. |
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andydp
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 16:28 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | | andydp wrote: | | blue wrote: | | andydp wrote: | I'm about 16 miles or so from my work.
The main problem is very simple:
There are no shower facilities at work. |
1) wear underarmour/dri-fit type stuff.
2) wear antipersperant
3) bring a towel to towel off.
4) change of underpants
5) wash your cycling gear on a very regular basis to avoid compound smells
6) run your wrists under cold water for a minute when you get there to cool your body off faster.
7) deoderant and cologne also help.
it's not as bad as you might think (then again your ride *is* almost 3 times as long as mine)... |
Trust me, when I get finished a run or a bike ride no amount of toweling and deodorant alone is going to get rid of the funk. I'm talking being able to wring the sweat out of my clothes by hand. I do own Under Armor and other "tech" clothing. |
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Well, that's the way it is for me. Others have more luck and of course women do not sweat - they "glisten"
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thegman
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 16:29 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | PS - Bicycles aren't as dangerous as cars.
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Unless one runs into the other. 
I'd love to bike to work. If someone can do something to remove the 4000 half-asleep, cell phone distracted morons on the same road I need to ride on, I'll ride a bike to work in the driving rain.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 16:31 Post subject:
| thegman wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | PS - Bicycles aren't as dangerous as cars.
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Unless one runs into the other.
I'd love to bike to work. If someone can do something to remove the 4000 half-asleep, cell phone distracted morons on the same road I need to ride on, I'll ride a bike to work in the driving rain. |
Most bicycle fatalaties are caused by collisions with cars. Most car fatalaties are cause my collisions with cars. 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 04/26/06 - 16:35 Post subject:
This is embarrassing, its only 4.5 miles to ride my bike to school and about the same to work.
However, there is the coordination factor of wearing a backpack with a laptop in it. Then there is the aforementioned stink factor when I arrive at work or school and patients/fellow students have to put up with said stink. I just can't do it.
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