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The best are the "you're crazy" comments from people standing at a bus stop with no gloves or hat on when it's in the 20s. OK.
Its a great opportunity to expand peoples horizons. You are doing what they feel is impossible. This past week or so I have been telling coworkers who make similar comments that I feel sorry for them they have a chilly 4+ block walk to the train to and from work while I get to stay warm creating heat and riding directly to and from my destination.
Amazing how perceptions can be so inaccurate.
I hate being cold more than anything. That's why I ride my bike all winter.
Really if your plan is to jump in the lake in December, does the bike ride to get there really make you crazier? Also how long is the Great Lakes surfing season and are there any guides for how to find spots?
One of my coworkers kind of did a double-take yesterday as we're leaving and I'm wearing shorts with tights underneath.
I get the questions "isn't it too dark to be biking?" while they're looking at my bike with a bike light on my handbar or when I"m coming into work on a rainy morning they ask, "Did you get wet?"
Co-workers, family and friends started to feel sorry for me and offer me rides everywhere. "You know my offer is still on the table is you want me to pick you up or drop you off..."
When I lived in my home town (about 20,000 pop. located in the Central ILL) I often rode and walked to places by choice instead of driving, which of course is the default for transporting one's self, and the response from everyone was the same when they saw me "do you want a ride?" or at times they would forcefully tell me to get in the car as if I was a lost, crazy man.
I am usually a little more sarcastic now when people comment about riding in Chicago in the winter. I usually tell them, "Yes, I am super human that is the only reason I can be outside in the winter".
Eduardo Acosta said:I get the questions "isn't it too dark to be biking?" while they're looking at my bike with a bike light on my handbar or when I"m coming into work on a rainy morning they ask, "Did you get wet?"
Co-workers, family and friends started to feel sorry for me and offer me rides everywhere. "You know my offer is still on the table is you want me to pick you up or drop you off..."
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