Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is, partly, an issue of what he might be choosing to wear. I don't commute (obviously) with my bike but if I did I'd wear only natural fibers - none of the synthetics - and do a bit of washing when I got to my workplace since I do perspire pretty well. Doug, do you ride your bike to work? I don't remember but somehow I think you do from time to time? I have a very serious road bike and a semi-serious "city" bike with regular pedals that I ride around town when changing shoes is too much of a pain. My serious bike is a Seven Cycles bike, sort of the Leica of bikes maybe? Titanium frame, the whole bike setup for road riding, not racing, not touring, with the requirement to be reliable and the frame designed for my knees and for rough-road riding. compared to my Felt F75 it's AMAZING. Someone computed that a cyclist gets about 128 MPG or so - it depends on speed etc and, of course, what you eat. I ride about 30 - 40 miles a day now and love every moment of it. Adam On Nov 16, 2007 7:01 PM, Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> wrote: > theoretically viable, but in practice a friend of mine was forced > to sit in very close proximity in an office with a fellow given to > such biking ambitions. i don't know if body odor is strictly a kind > of pollution, but my friend was clearly a victim of an externality. > > -rei > > On Nov16 17:33, Philip Forrest wrote: > > Exactly! > > Get a bike, get healthy, save money, be MORE mobile and have access to > > more > > places than with an automobile. > > I started commuting to work last may. When school started in late > > august, I > > began riding there as well. I've only paid a total of $8 towards public > > transportation since May. Had I not been riding, I'd have spent $6 or $8 > > per-day (the expense depends upon which campus I'm attending on a > > particular > > day.) $28 per-week. School has been in session for 13 weeks now, so > > I've > > saved $364. I also lost 28lbs in weight. I get around town, to work, to > > class, and home an average of 60% faster than taking public > > transportation > > and easily half as much faster than privately owned vehicles. I think > > the > > drivers of this city (Philadelphia) are very jealous of the cyclists > > getting > > around at normal speed while they are stuck in gridlock. Perhaps that's > > why > > so many drivers are so incredibly rude and very offensive towards > > cyclists. > > Riding a bike will burn just a tad more fuel than you were previously > > going to > > eat, but it won't be burning the remnants of dead dinosaurs or peat bogs. > > The world is so much better seen on a bike than in a car. It affords > > many > > more photo opportunities as well. > > > > > > PhilFo > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >