#793

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:laughing:

Sorry, sexybum.

#794

It’s fine. Graphs are good. I think?

#795

Whipps Cross roundabout was originally built and planned to motorway intersection standards as it was meant to be the location of the junction of the North Circular and one of the Ringways roads.

#796

great chat

takes me back to the halcyon concrete-discussion-with-guntrip days

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#797

Is this bike chat warny? It’s like they’re talking a foreign language.

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#798

no idea. Thinking of starting an all-purpose aggregate chat thread. Interested?

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#799

Is this the point where I post the Jay Foreman video about this?

#800
Answer

No

#801

If a normal person was going to cycle to work, whats the upper distance/time that is possible without having to take a change of clothes/shower at work?

#802

6 miles I reckon

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#803

I’d say the key factor is terrain . hills = sweaty

You could get away with quite a long flat commute provided you take your time a bit and aren’t required to ride into a massive headwind

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#804

Or a mainly downhill commute in is good, cos then you only sweat on the way home . I had one a bit like this once

#805

I don’t shower (we don’t have them in our office), but I do take a change of clothes and have a freshen up at work.

My commute is 7 miles, pretty flat, but it’d need to be about 2 miles for me not to get sweaty, even in winter.

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#806

My commute is 7 miles each way and I do not shower when I get there, but I do wear clean lycra every day and change into normal clothes when I arrive. In the “height” of summer I can get a bit sweaty, but I just sit on one of the air conditioning units waiting to cool before changing.

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#807

Normal People

#808

yep

#809

I’ve cooled down now - off to change into regular clothes. Shh don’t tell the normos.

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#810

Thanks all. Gave it a go today. It’s roughly 9 miles, I got lost a couple of times and stopped for a Maccies breakfast, but was definitely in need of a shower when I arrived. Quite fun though.

#811

You really made the most out of your ride, great work.

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#812

Over the summer holidays when I was dropping the kids off at their holiday camp I was doing 9 miles in each direction on my folding bike, which tends to be a bit harder work than a regular bike. I wear my work clothes to cycle in with the exception of swapping out my shirt for a t-shirt to ride in and then changing tops on arrival. Central London is pretty flat in fairness, but even in July/August I didn’t find myself getting sweaty on that ride - I don’t cycle very fast tbh tbf…