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Old April 4th 19, 07:27 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default The British cities where it is now faster to CYCLE than drive

On 04/04/2019 15:40, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
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On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 1:07:20 AM UTC+1, Simon Jester wrote:
On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 10:30:57 PM UTC+1,
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On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 10:16:16 PM UTC+1, Kerr-Mudd,John
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It might have become "normal" for some people to commute daft
distances; that's another part of the problem.

When I worked at BP I had the longest commute in our lab at 12
miles and was the only one who cycled in. One evening, I got a lift
home and it took me 15 minutes longer than my bike ride home and I
was told by my driver that this was "normal".

My bike ride took 25-35 minutes depending on the wind (never
traffic) and by car, it could be over an hour in the evening.

Some people think transport is spelled C-A-R.
At the Uni we have a sports centre and some of my colleagues and
myself use the facilities.
The difference is I walk the 5 mins to the gym whilst my colleagues
spend 10 mins driving + finding a parking space and then walking to
the gym. Some people are either mentally lazy or they think
'successful' people use cars, or chisels, or little dogs.


Of course, I never needed a gym as I got over an hour of high
intensity aerobic exercise every day. Some weeks I would ride around
over 200 miles as I was a cycling club rider as well.

Now I am retired, those years have meant that my body at age 60 is
still in a decent state.


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Old April 5th 19, 05:01 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Jester
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Default The British cities where it is now faster to CYCLE than drive

On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 10:03:04 AM UTC+1, wrote:
On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 1:07:20 AM UTC+1, Simon Jester wrote:
On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 10:30:57 PM UTC+1, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 10:16:16 PM UTC+1, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:

It might have become "normal" for some people to commute daft distances;
that's another part of the problem.

When I worked at BP I had the longest commute in our lab at 12 miles and was the only one who cycled in. One evening, I got a lift home and it took me 15 minutes longer than my bike ride home and I was told by my driver that this was "normal".

My bike ride took 25-35 minutes depending on the wind (never traffic) and by car, it could be over an hour in the evening.


Some people think transport is spelled C-A-R.
At the Uni we have a sports centre and some of my colleagues and myself use the facilities.
The difference is I walk the 5 mins to the gym whilst my colleagues spend 10 mins driving + finding a parking space and then walking to the gym.
Some people are either mentally lazy or they think 'successful' people use cars, or chisels, or little dogs.


Of course, I never needed a gym as I got over an hour of high intensity aerobic exercise every day. Some weeks I would ride around over 200 miles as I was a cycling club rider as well.

Now I am retired, those years have meant that my body at age 60 is still in a decent state.


Around 10 years ago when we had that really harsh winter I was given £1Million to convert some old labs into a state of the art Light Stable Isotope facility. That meant getting in to work before the contractors.
I couldn't face cycling in the cold at 6am so I took the train and joined the gym. I like going to the gym.

 




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