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@p0ly 385222 wrote:

A shower

cant shower if you are going somewhere other than home

@General Lighting 385232 wrote:

if you don’t ride like you are trying to win the Tour de France and slowly build up your fitness its not a problem.

Also e-bikes require less energy and thus less sweat but they are expensive (it is fun though being able to overtake lycra types with what looks like a “euro-style” bike with loaded panniers, those who have never seen ebikes before think “WTF”?

wearing a rucksack causes a lot of other problems and you are better off with the “old fashioned” metal rack and panniers.

You know me GL, an old fashioned bike with panniers is just my thing, which reminds me I need to get some bike clips for me trousers. That’s cool, its the one thing that always makes a bike as a mode of transport seem a bit unrealistic. With the way fuel prices are going etc I really dont want a significant part of my future earning going on a mental box.

what kinda distance very roughly can a fit man do on a bike (assuming its an average road)?

@General Lighting 385238 wrote:

you can even get fluorescent yellow cycle clips. Alternatively, hybrid bikes and city bikes usually have chainguards so you don’t catch your trousers in the chain nor sully them with oil (before I got a bike with these I always tended to wear dark coloured trousers :laugh_at:)

I used to do 4 miles every day to work and back in Reading, and currently do 7 miles each way from Ipswich to my work (out in the sticks in a converted stables). For leisure journeys 20-30 miles and that was before getting the e-bike, although on some of those journeys I wouldn’t have pass a anti-doping test :laugh_at:

Today a few of my mates live 26 miles away and I visit them every few months or so (East Anglia is way better than SE England).

nice, that sounds doable. I only have a 150 quid mountain bike at the moment, but its not too bad for road use as it only has front suspension, though it would be nice if you could lock it. Will have to see how far I can go on it over the summer

@joshd96320 385248 wrote:

i dont sweat at all on my bike unless im pushin…

i sweat when i walk loads, coz wen i walk i cant helping speeding round like a stormtrooper

rucksack makes my back proper sweaty

loose clothes

i got the 150 quid mountain bike sort of thing too, i could cycle for ages on it. reckon i can cycle bout 15-20 miles without break at leisurely pace. refresher bar and a pint and im off again for another round 😀

refresher bar! haha love it