It's nice to read about the ride to work people

Hey. Glad to hear that you're riding. I'm here in Kansas City, Missouri, US. Starting monday I'll be doing 26 mi. roundtrip. I've ridden it on the weekends but after today's "ozone alert" I'm just tired of taking the bus and or driving. I work at a university. We've got a gym and I'll take a shower there. I'm thinking of taking the bus in once a week to drop off my business clothes and pick up the old ones. Is that what you do?

In cycling solidarity,

Jon

At 57, I'm getting up there, too. I commute daily to get groceries, go to the bank and run errands.
I also commute to a teaching gig I have.

I dropped my membership at the gym because I get more exercise this way. I'm not putting as many
miles on the car. And I, too, feel better.

David

I'm also a bike commuter in Kansas City. My commute is 18 miles one way. I take the bus in and and
ride home. In bad weather, I just use the bus. No showers at work so I ride the half mile to catch
the bus and then ride home after work. I work downtown and live in the 'burbs. On Friday, I haul my
clothes home.

-Les

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Hey. Glad to hear that you're riding. I'm here in Kansas City, Missouri, US. Starting monday I'll
be doing 26 mi. roundtrip. I've ridden it on the weekends but after today's "ozone alert" I'm just
tired of taking the bus and or driving. I work at a university. We've got a gym and I'll take a
shower there. I'm thinking of taking the bus in once a week to drop off my business clothes and
pick up the old ones. Is that what you do?

In cycling solidarity,

Jon

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I ride to work every single day, rain, hail and shine. In fact the other day I went through the 3
physical states of water, I rode in fog in the morning on the way home it rained then started to
hail. However no matter the weather I always get to work feeling wide awake and energised. After the
intial concerns of the boss they are now very pleased witht the person who arrives in the morning.
I'm sure I'm a better worker for all the riding I do. I've lost close to 50kg in the past year of
cycling. My trip is about 13km each way. I leave at 4:00am and get home at 2:30pm so traffic is
generally not a hassle for me. There's only one other bike out on the road that time of morning and
we have a friendly rivalry going, we generally meet at the same traffic light every morning, chance
not planned. And race to the next light about a mile away. He wins about 70% of the time but
occcasionally I'll get the jump on him by spinning at what seems like 160rpm. I ride a Trek 4700 MTB
with 1.5 inch semi slicks.

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better worker for all the riding I do. I've lost close to 50kg in the past year of cycling.

Nice job! I'm sure "big Mike" (the 400 lb-er) who posted a while back would be encouraged to
read that.

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