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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I admire the people who do this, but personally I can't get past the safety risk (from vehicle traffic) or the inclement weather logistics. Does everyone who bike commutes in May-Sept have access to showers at work? Because I would be a disgusting mess by the time I got to work, and I don't have a place/time to shower there. [/quote]

I used to take bike share to work daily from my home in Brookland to downtown. You'd be surprised at how much cooler you are whizzing down the street on a bike than walking, even in high humidity. I did have to adjust my clothes to accommodate the bike (some clothes make you hot and sweaty despite the air flow and I'd avoid those, plus you want pants that won't flop around near the pedals and gears and also something that will be comfortable to sit on a bike in) but it was well worth how easy it was to commute this way.

The main weather issue with a bike is actually cold and especially rain. No one wants to sit on a wet bike. If it was just a drizzle, I'd wear a good rain jacket and make sure to bring a towel to wipe down the seat. But in a downpour, I'd take metro. I also had to get the right gear for biking in really cold temps -- this meant gloves with good grips, a jacket or scarf that I could pull up around the lower part of my face, and sometimes wearing long underwear under my clothes. But DC has relatively few bitterly cold days and it almost never snows, and you can always take public transportation instead if the weather is bad enough, so this wasn't a big deterrent.

Biking in DC is so fast and convenient. I'm no longer in good enough shape to do it and no longer have a daily commute which is an obstacle to getting back into shape for it. But I did it for about three years and it was great.[/quote]

Not uncoincidentally, when I was bike commuting downtown, I was in the best shape of my life!  It was almost effortless. [/quote]

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