• sugar_in_your_tea
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    5 months ago

    I did it for a few years. I only stopped because I switched jobs after COVID and my new commute is more than twice as long.

    I highly recommend it, and the main reason I’d switch jobs is to go back to cycling to work.

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      5 months ago

      I live 20 minutes of highway from my job, which is in an industrial area with absolutely no pedestrian infrastructure.

      Feels bad man.

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        5 months ago

        Yup, same for me, but 30 min and my company is at the top of a big hill.

        Feels bad. I might give it a try because there’s a train that’ll take me halfway there, but that hill isn’t going anywhere…

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              Oh I thought you were worried about the hill. I do 40 minutes myself and prefer it over any other option

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                It’s just that it’s 25 miles away, so even with an ebike, it would be quite a long ride (probably 2hr w/o ebike).

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          But think about the speed you’d get on the way home!

          Also I grew up on a bluff, I had to go down a big hill and back up twice every day. After a summer of going it I was powering straight up a monster hill every day. It’s daunting for a few weeks though.