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Old 12-01-2009, 05:48 PM   #79 (permalink)
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Sorry, didn't read all 8 pages.

But still.
My job involves supporting people who bicycle commute (not the hauling job, I have 2).
People make this mistake all the time.

"I have no cardio"
You (and they) have cause and effect reversed.
You don't bike commute because you have good cardio.
You get good cardio BY bike commuting.

It will be hard (and sweaty) the first few times. Probably a week or two at the most. Then it will get really easy, really fast.

2 Years ago it took me almost 2 hours to skate 11 miles to my job as a bicycle mechanic.
Now I do it in half that time (I do have much better skates now, but still)
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?

So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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