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Over the last 7 years one of the key ingredients to surviving the physical endurance of the weekend riding frenzy that forces me to steal most daylight hours on a saddle (well once I have surfaced that is;).....is the daily commute on my bike to work.

As I work for myself my clients can be all over and outside London. So sometimes my commute is 10 miles, sometimes 5 and sometimes more.
The journey in is a key opportunity to not just keep a level of fitness but also allows me to practice Trackstands at traffic lights, tights cornering as well as bunnyhops over pot holes.

I know some bike snobs that think that commuting is not really biking! Well these folks are plain wrong. Simply put your daily ride keeps you fit for the weekend, allows you to practice core skills and dodging London traffic keeps your senses alert finely honed in. In my experience these people often really struggle on the weekend..so wise up

By riding in you get into work and you feel alive and pumped. You get home and your troubles are gone. Why because you have been on your bike.

I'm a strong believer in helmets on the roads of London (I have been hit too many times) and stopping at traffic lights. I started stopping a couple of years back since being an admitted fiend. I haven't been hit since. don't confuse cars and other cyclists and I ride with better braking control on the weekends. If you are a commuter...feel proud to be a biker.

So why the post...well for the first time I have a client without showers in the office. I have been here for a month and have not ridden putting my work appearance first!. This has been bad. I put appearance and personal hygiene before biking. I feel guilty.

This week I started biking in. hurrah! Wet wipes are great;) and I feel a thousand times better.

So put simply it is "always best to get out and ride"

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penfolduk said:

... Wet wipes huh? Glad I dont sit next to you lol What bike do you use to commute, I used to ride to work all the time a nice 16 miles there and back. Since I got my freedom pass I have not been riding in and boy can I tell. I hope to start again as it is just pure laziness that is stopping me. I totally agree with the helmet comment, there is no excuse for not wearing one. Even a simple one is very cheap these days. I have a member of staff working for me and was knocked off his bike the other week and it was just dumb luck he didnt crack his head open over the road because he wasn't wearing a lid. He STILL hasn't bought one, I can not believe it...... what an idiot!

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stumpy_dan said:

	... I did wonder why by 2pm people started avoiding me in the last few days. Oh well. It is a Giant SCR 2.0. Fun and speedy (bike... not me, although tyres little thin for London roads so I put some knobbly ones on
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tomtomks said:

	... hey!! where i live there are no trails.....its out on the tarmac where i put all my skills in trackstands,bunnyhops,wheelies, manuals... go hard on the tarmac! go mad on the trails... day, night , sun , rain, lid on! just get out and ride...
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