Riding bike to work

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IcyHound · #21 Unread post by **IcyHound** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:24 am

I keep a pair of flat basic shoes at work to change into. Considering when I fell I scraped the right side of the front of my left foot and the inside of my left foot the boot is scraped halfway up my calf. So yes, you need the full protection. This was slow speed and my Oxter are no longer shiny and perfect.

koji52 · #22 Unread post by **koji52** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:31 pm

yea i was definately planning on riding early in the morning since work is going to be pretty flexible so i'll probably ride down 295 and 206 at like 6 in the morning to avoid traffic. haha...i'll probably just change shoes at work...all i know is i cannot wait for it

jstark47 · #23 Unread post by **jstark47** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:19 pm

koji52 wrote:i'll probably ride down 295 and 206 at like 6 in the morning to avoid traffic. haha...

"295 and 206" What the hey? You a denizen of the land of Apparently Permanently Acting Governor Codey?

Fathertork · Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:36 am

Boots or no Boots riding to work can be very dangerous to your financial health. You may find, you miss a day evry now and again....especially on the beautiful sunny, warm ones.

koji52 · #25 Unread post by **koji52** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:06 am

TRENTON NJ BABY! I guess we'll have to see how permanent Codey will be since he doesn't even know how long he'll stay...oh well...jstark are you from jersey?[/quote]

koji52 · #26 Unread post by **koji52** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:08 am

i hope to ride as much as possible...the only thing im scared of is that there is a decently steep hill at a light and i just hope i don't get caught at it...no problem in the car with the hill and the clutch, but i've never taken a hill on a bike...i'll have to practice...but im usin boots one way or another...i just got my job offer actually today and they are pretty lax about the work attire so i may be able toget away with just wearing the boots all day...we'll see

jonnythan · Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:14 am

koji52 wrote:i hope to ride as much as possible...the only thing im scared of is that there is a decently steep hill at a light and i just hope i don't get caught at it...no problem in the car with the hill and the clutch, but i've never taken a hill on a bike...i'll have to practice...but im usin boots one way or another...i just got my job offer actually today and they are pretty lax about the work attire so i may be able toget away with just wearing the boots all day...we'll see

It's easier on a bike because you can sit on the rear brake with your foot while start letting the clutch out and giving the bike a little gas.

I do this when I go home. There's a light on a steep hill. I sit on the rear brake, then, when the light changes, rev the engine a bit, let the clutch out til I can feel that the bike is trying to move forward, then slowly let off the rear brake. Easy as pie.

jstark47 · #28 Unread post by **jstark47** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:54 am

koji52 wrote:TRENTON NJ BABY! I guess we'll have to see how permanent Codey will be since he doesn't even know how long he'll stay...oh well...jstark are you from jersey?

Lumberton in Burlington county, next to Mount Holly. I work in Princeton. I used to live in Trenton in the 1990's, West Ward, Hillcrest neighborhood. (Got married, SWMBO decreed that She Would Not Be Living In Trenton... so I moved.)

koji52 · #29 Unread post by **koji52** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:00 am

oh sweet dude i am going to work in princeton as well...i go to the college of new jersey right now I went to highschool at northern burlington

celt · #30 Unread post by **celt** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:15 am

i leave one pair brown and one pair black dress shoes at work.

usually i wear jeans and roll up a pair of dress trousers(less wrinkles if you roll instead of fold) and carry them in my backpack to change into when i get in.

sometimes i leave a couple pairs of trousers rolled up at work if i know i'll have other things to carry in my backpack the following days.

i'm not sure yet, but i may get some overpants this spring to alleviate the trouser-change step.

when you ride to work, it's ALL about planning and giving yourself enough time.