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You say > It's not about safety but then you present several arguments about how the car is safer. I bike all year in a similar climate. Take a hot shower be

by dmm 10y ago

You say > It's not about safety but then you present several arguments about how the car is safer. I bike all year in a similar climate. Take a hot shower before you leave. It kills surface bacteria that produce odor. Change clothes when you get to work if you're really sweaty. > the biggest issue is the fact that physical exertion makes me sweat You specifically mentioned rain and snow before so that's what I addressed. As you acclimate to the heat you'll sweat less. Also on a bike you naturally produce a breeze. With experience you can balance your effort and the cooling affect of the air to minimize how sweaty you get. Most people drive to work and think that's fine and normal. I'm just saying what's stopping you from biking to work is not the weather but what you've decided to value.

Declanomous 10y ago
This isn't an ideological argument. Cars are safer than bicycles in almost all circumstances. I sweat to the point where I need to shower after getting to work. If I don't shower after I sweat, my hair is a mess and I will have breakouts, despite being a grown man. I ride my bike to and from work almost every day from April to October, 8 miles each way. I think I have enough experience to say the barriers to cycling more. Perhaps if my ride was 2 or 3 miles I'd probably be able to ride my bike at a leisurely pace, but at that point I could also walk. I think the argument that you acclimate to the heat is baloney. I play pickup basketball in a gym without AC 5 days a week, and despite that and the bike riding I still sweat a lot. Some people sweat more than others. It is just a thing. There is one guy I play with who literally looks like he stood in the shower ten minutes after we start playing. Other people can play for an hour and look like they just stepped on the court. Either way, it's still a bit ridiculous to claim that if I really cared I'd ride my bike to work come hell or high water. There have been days when I've been able to drive to work where winds have been high enough to shut down the train lines, and when I'd almost certainly be blown off my bike.
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by dmm 10y ago

Declanomous 10y ago

This isn't an ideological argument. Cars are safer than bicycles in almost all circumstances. I sweat to the point where I need to shower after getting to work. If I don't shower after I sweat, my hair is a mess and I will have breakouts, despite being a grown man. I ride my bike to and from work almost every day from April to October, 8 miles each way. I think I have enough experience to say the barriers to cycling more. Perhaps if my ride was 2 or 3 miles I'd probably be able to ride my bike at a leisurely pace, but at that point I could also walk. I think the argument that you acclimate to the heat is baloney. I play pickup basketball in a gym without AC 5 days a week, and despite that and the bike riding I still sweat a lot. Some people sweat more than others. It is just a thing. There is one guy I play with who literally looks like he stood in the shower ten minutes after we start playing. Other people can play for an hour and look like they just stepped on the court. Either way, it's still a bit ridiculous to claim that if I really cared I'd ride my bike to work come hell or high water. There have been days when I've been able to drive to work where winds have been high enough to shut down the train lines, and when I'd almost certainly be blown off my bike.

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