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You biked 50km after 8+ hours of physical labor?

by nkrisc 1y ago

prmoustache 1y ago
That was a typo, it was actually 40km but yes, and I enjoyed it. It was basically free 2h40 of fitness every day.
- nkrisc 1y ago
  What kind of work did you do? I would personally not look forward to a 2h40m bike ride after doing physical labor all day. Impressive.
  - piva00 1y ago
    40km is more like a 1h20m-1h40m ride on a slightly above average pace (25km/h-30km/h), it shouldn't take 2h40m to ride 40km even on a very slow pace (15km/h).
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    - prmoustache 1y ago
      40km was one way. I was doing 80km a day, so around 2h40 a day when I didn't decide to extend the ride back.
      - piva00 1y ago
        I understood that, I interpreted the comment I replied to as: "why would you bike 2h40m after a shift?", I might have misunderstood that one though.
SideburnsOfDoom 1y ago
Parent says that they had an "office" job. Where do you get " 8+ hours of physical labor" outside of the cycling?
- nkrisc 1y ago
  Because the comment they were replying to said: > People have no idea how much cars benefited the lower and created the middle class. Many lower class and even middle class jobs involve physical labor (or even just standing all day). Then they replied, essentially, that they didn’t need cars, they could bike. So I assumed they also had a job involving physical labor as opposed to their comment being totally out of touch. Biking is a lot more palatable when you have a cushy office job (maybe even with a shower).
  - prmoustache 1y ago
    If you look at reality, the people biking and walking to work the most are lower class and include physical labor. Migrants working in the fields, construction sites (at least to a pick up point)... The lower class cannot even afford gasoline and car maintenance.
    - defrost 1y ago
      If you look at reality, the people going to work the most are lower class. Very few workplaces are made up of a majority of upper class people. With respect to bike riders, there's a lycra clad group who are largely all middle to upper class, they simply don't make up a majority. But they are visible.
      - prmoustache 1y ago
        > With respect to bike riders, there's a lycra clad group who are largely all middle to upper class, they simply don't make up a majority. But they are visible. These are only a fraction of people using bikes. 50 miles distance from workplace means around 80km. Both ways, 5 days a week that is around 800km which is pretty much the range of my car. I have to spend around 80€ to fill up the tank. No way lower class people can afford spending 80€/week 300€/month on gasoline only to go to work. That is not counting maintenance, insurance, yearly inspection. This is pure luxury. Even I with a decent income would not commute daily by car as it is just throwing money out of the window.

You biked 50km after 8+ hours of physical labor?

by nkrisc 1y ago

You biked 50km after 8+ hours of physical labor?

prmoustache 1y ago

That was a typo, it was actually 40km but yes, and I enjoyed it. It was basically free 2h40 of fitness every day.

nkrisc 1y ago
What kind of work did you do? I would personally not look forward to a 2h40m bike ride after doing physical labor all day. Impressive.
- piva00 1y ago
  40km is more like a 1h20m-1h40m ride on a slightly above average pace (25km/h-30km/h), it shouldn't take 2h40m to ride 40km even on a very slow pace (15km/h).
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  - prmoustache 1y ago
    40km was one way. I was doing 80km a day, so around 2h40 a day when I didn't decide to extend the ride back.
    - piva00 1y ago
      I understood that, I interpreted the comment I replied to as: "why would you bike 2h40m after a shift?", I might have misunderstood that one though.

SideburnsOfDoom 1y ago

Parent says that they had an "office" job. Where do you get " 8+ hours of physical labor" outside of the cycling?

nkrisc 1y ago
Because the comment they were replying to said: > People have no idea how much cars benefited the lower and created the middle class. Many lower class and even middle class jobs involve physical labor (or even just standing all day). Then they replied, essentially, that they didn’t need cars, they could bike. So I assumed they also had a job involving physical labor as opposed to their comment being totally out of touch. Biking is a lot more palatable when you have a cushy office job (maybe even with a shower).
- prmoustache 1y ago
  If you look at reality, the people biking and walking to work the most are lower class and include physical labor. Migrants working in the fields, construction sites (at least to a pick up point)... The lower class cannot even afford gasoline and car maintenance.
  - defrost 1y ago
    If you look at reality, the people going to work the most are lower class. Very few workplaces are made up of a majority of upper class people. With respect to bike riders, there's a lycra clad group who are largely all middle to upper class, they simply don't make up a majority. But they are visible.
    - prmoustache 1y ago
      > With respect to bike riders, there's a lycra clad group who are largely all middle to upper class, they simply don't make up a majority. But they are visible. These are only a fraction of people using bikes. 50 miles distance from workplace means around 80km. Both ways, 5 days a week that is around 800km which is pretty much the range of my car. I have to spend around 80€ to fill up the tank. No way lower class people can afford spending 80€/week 300€/month on gasoline only to go to work. That is not counting maintenance, insurance, yearly inspection. This is pure luxury. Even I with a decent income would not commute daily by car as it is just throwing money out of the window.