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Is it really worth getting to work all sweaty and smelly, and carrying a bag of work clothes?
by Bancakes 4y ago
Is it really worth getting to work all sweaty and smelly, and carrying a bag of work clothes?
- FullyFunctional 4y ago? You don’t have to race (unless you are always late). I never brought change of clothes (except for rain) or smelled sweaty when I biked to work.
- smegsicle 4y agowow your non sweaty privilege is showing
- rabf 4y agoI you are cycling to work everyday your fitness will very quickly get to a level where you don't break sweat on that ride.
- verbify 4y agoElectric bikes solve that particular problem
- Eupolemos 4y agoCoworker next to me rides 15km to work every day. Works fine, he just bathes at work rather than at home. He always shows up with a big smile, sqeeky clean. Also, he gets to eat more cake without getting fat. Bastard.
- mns 4y agoAnd would your company provide showers for everyone, if at least half the people would decide to bike? When I was around 10Km from work, I mostly used public transport, as even a mild summer day in central Europe was quite intense, and I'm not one to race through the city.
- drran 4y agoTake the bath at home before the ride, so you will start smelling next day only. Use CoolMax-like underclothes, for better cooling when ridding, so you will sweat less and stay dry for a whole day. Use deodorants with anti-respiratory effect. And so on.
- markvdb 4y agoChances are that less than half would come by bike, but even if they would, ik could still make a lot of sense: - Cycling employees are healthier. Belgian stats say they average more than one sick day less per year. - Cycling employees are less stressed. You can squeeze more productivity out of them before they burn out. - Cycling employees take up less parking space with their vehicles. - Compensating cycling employees for their mobility needs- a fiscally friendly form of compensation in many countries - is often more tax advantageous than doing the same with their car driving colleagues. - ...and a ton more reasons.
- _dain_ 4y agoVisit Copenhagen sometime, you'll see most people on bikes just do it in normal clothes. They just ride at a comfortable speed. They're not racing.
- orangetuba 4y agoYeah, we just have to make all the other cities completely flat like Copenhagen.
- _dain_ 4y agoEbikes.
- smegsicle 4y agoand lug toxic batteries around for no reason? why not everyone just work from home and conduct all interaction in some kind of Meta Verse ?
- Tade0 4y agoYeah, we just have to make all the other cities completely safe like Copenhagen. I mean, it's a nice concept, but Denmark appears to be one of the few places in the world where you don't have to worry too much about bike theft.
- mollerhoj 4y agoBikes are frequently stolen here in Copenhagen. But bikes are just so convenient that we just go buy a new one right away. Also, bike insurance/bike subscription is pretty common.
- refactor_master 4y agoIs it really worth wrecking the climate in order to smell fresh? Also, office buildings in industrialized nations usually have the necessary plumbing for a shower.
- Bancakes 4y agoThe climate is not my choice and not my responsibility. I have space-time constraints, and I'm solving for them. I don't see the point in living like it's a post-apocalyptic world just to avoid a post-apocalyptic world.
- Tade0 4y agoI think the question should be: is it really worth getting to work daily? The pandemic showed that in many cases it's possible to work remotely - at least some of the time. ~30% of positions are desk jobs. Imagine 30% less people commuting daily.