Telling people that you cycle to work
When I tell people (specifically, non-cyclists) that I ride to work I’ve noticed that I get a fairly common reaction from them.
They usually look at me as if I was mad.
Then I go on to explain my route and point out how most of it involves riding along quiet back streets and by the Thames and the initial “you’re mad” look fades away and they wistfully say something like “That sounds really nice”.
Of course, some still think I am mad.
Before I considered cycling to work I wondered how to do it whilst avoiding the two fast dual carriageways linking my home and my office.
Luckily the <a href=”http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cycling”>free maps I got from TFL</a> are excellent and showed me some great routes.
Without them I may never have considered riding to work as I was (and still am) put off by the speed and amount of traffic on the main roads mentioned above.
I wonder how many more people would ride to work if only they knew how feasible it was.
