I've been retired since June 2018 but commuted by bike except in winter when I'd walk home after work. My commute was about 5 kilometers and I'd ride about 10 or 11 kilometers after work if I wasn't on call(retired software developer). My ride to work was short enough that I could wear street clothes (carry pants to change into from shorts in summer, e.g.)
The Clem sounds like an ideal commuter but I guess the relevant questions are: 1. Do you have a SECURE place to store your bike? 2. What do you have to carry? 3. Since you have a 50-minute commute, do you have facilities to shower/change clothes, or can you improvise ?(shower before, baby wipes or some such to clean up a bit) 4. Are you OK dealing with rain, etc. if you get caught in it enroute ? Or will your bike be OK if there is a storm when you leave work and you have to pick it up later...that has happened to me more than once; riding in a thunderstorm is dodgy at best. 5. Fairly low-stress, low-traffic route? Don't beat yourself up about not riding when conditions are bad. Otherwise On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 2:14:28 AM UTC-5 Ed Carolipio wrote: > My 5-miles-each-way bike commute is usually the best of part of my day for > the same reasons. > > I suggest the next step is to commit to just one day a week. (If you have > a M-F, 40 hour workweek, best day to commit is Friday.) For me, that was > easy enough to stick with and helped make bike commuting a habit. That also > gave me some time between commute days to make adjustments and address any > issues that came up during the commute. Try that for a few weeks and see > how it goes. > > And if it's available, I suggest designing a "long way home" route that > incorporates a scenic ride or an intermediate destination via a low stress > path. I'm lucky enough to include 5 miles of beach path for my long way > home, and I almost always chose that on Fridays in the spring and summer > when the days are long. > > --Ed C. > On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 6:41:39 PM UTC-7 Doug H. wrote: > >> I rode today and noticed the quietness of my Clem. The friction shifting >> is almost noiseless and the Silver2 shifter is perfect. The front shifter >> is the clickety Sun Race that works just fine but does make noise. After a >> somewhat stressful day at work the ride was just what I needed. I have >> considered commuting but haven't taken the plunge yet. My commute would be >> 50 minutes and about 9 miles each way I think, which isn't bad and would >> help clear my mind. I know Roberta has started bicycle commuting and I'd >> love to hear hers and others experiences, challenges and benefits. >> Doug >> Athens, Ga >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3a25a9a1-363b-4d53-ae2d-89378aebaa02n%40googlegroups.com.
