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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
Zero999:
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--- Quote from: nctnico on June 01, 2020, 08:45:15 am ---Normally I'd use public transport to get there but due to the risk of infection in public transport and the lack of parking spaces (this customer is located at the worst place to go by car) the only real alternative is to go by bicycle.
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You're lucky that's even an option to consider.
As soon as the lockdown was announced I told myself that I'd come out of it better off in at least some way, and since going for a bike ride was one of the very few remaining permitted activities, that's what I decided to do - more exercise.
So, I discovered Strava and starting recording my daily activity. I've ridden about 10 miles most days, discovered some great cycle tracks within just a couple of miles of home, and have done some much longer days without major issues. I wouldn't call myself "fit" by any means, and certainly not in a competitive sense, but I figure I'm as capable as a middle aged nerd can reasonably be expected to be.
My last customer visit was 60 miles each way with an HP 4395A... try doing that on a bike.
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Yes, cycling is good. Over a couple of years, I lost weight, from a BMI of 28 to 23, just by cycling 14 miles per day, without adjusting my diet, in fact I've being eating more, rather than less and not all of it is healthy! I think you have to do a reasonable pace to lose weight: fast enough to work up a sweat and get out of breath.
nctnico:
Pace doesn't matter. Just burn energy. Some say you start burning fat after 20 minutes. I lost weight too in the past half decade by being more active.
coppice:
--- Quote from: nctnico on June 02, 2020, 08:12:33 pm ---We are in good company. Even the queen of the Netherlands travels by bike for work related visits nowadays:
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The security detail isn't visible though but they are there.
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These pictures always show cycling under ideal conditions. A dry sunny day, that's neither too hot or too cold. Few people mind cycling a reasonable distance under those conditions. However, they are a small percentage of all days for most people. This queen has no fear cycling, as the moment rain starts her security detail can put her in a car, and probably some sucker in the detail will have to take her bike and get wet.
james_s:
--- Quote from: coppice on June 02, 2020, 11:30:31 pm ---These pictures always show cycling under ideal conditions. A dry sunny day, that's neither too hot or too cold. Few people mind cycling a reasonable distance under those conditions. However, they are a small percentage of all days for most people. This queen has no fear cycling, as the moment rain starts her security detail can put her in a car, and probably some sucker in the detail will have to take her bike and get wet.
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That's certainly the case here. The weather is crap 80% of the year. Cycling is great on a nice day, but if it's 40F, pissing down rain and windy or if it's 95F under the blistering sun it's just plain miserable. Add to that the fact that around here there are hills everywhere, and I don't mean the little humps you see in some regions but HILLS with hundreds of feet of elevation gain and you have to be really hard core into cycling to use it as transportation. Riding on the road with cars is also absolutely terrifying, it's bad enough in another car but on a bicycle it's a death wish with everyone driving around looking down at their phone.
bd139:
That's what's good about the UK. The weather is always sort of "okish". If it's pissing it down it's usually warm enough for it not to be too bothersome. If it's hot it's not usually hot enough for it to be bothersome. Most of the time it's just overcast. Also where I am in London it's mostly flat and littered with cycle lanes :)
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