On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 05:02:03PM -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: > say 8-12 MPH was a realistic number. Maybe saying all having to change > clothes was wrong. But none of us felt comfortable not being able > to shower after the morning commute. Some knew there were days they > couldn't, the drove or took a bus in. Others only commuted on Fridays > or other dress down days.
Well, all I can say is that when I use to ride ~3 miles to work (mostly along the lake Michigan path) in Evanston, IL on my recumbent bike, the only time I ever had a problem was on the absolute hottest & most humid days, which was maybe 3 or 4 days out of the year (and those days, I would have sweated just as much if I had walked a mile at a moderate pace). This was in the morning, about 8am, and I was usually wearing lightweight khaki slacks and a cotton/polyseter pocket-tee. I usually took about 25 minutes for the ride, but getting to and from the lake path usually required a total of around 3-5 minutes waiting to cross busy streets, so my crusing speed was around 9-10mph. A couple other people who worked there also biked in, and they didn't shower either. So either we are more tolerant of not feeling "comfortable" than your club, or something else is different... When you talk about not feeling comfortable, I flash on that commercial about "that not so fresh feeling"! -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
