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Forms of Alternative Transportation to Work?

Posted by Cliff on from the better-than-a-bicycle dept.

puargsss asks: "For many people a bicycle is not a viable form of transportation to work due to lack of storage space. Are there any products out there suitable for transportation to a working environment (the ability to store them inside is essential), or a detachable/retractable set of wheels similar to heelys that are built for a working environment? I normally rollerblade for sport/exercise, but it is fairly unprofessional to show up in my workplace with the rather large and clunky traditional equipment. Any ideas?"

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  1. it's not a lack of storage space by Bill+Dog · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's that I'd have to ride on busy streets to get there, and I'm too young to die (or worse).

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  2. As a bicycle commuter... by Otter · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ...my advice is to buy a junker bike, lock it outside, and if it gets rusty or vandalized, so be it. Maybe there's something I'm not getting (please explain if that's so) but I can't imagine a workplace where there's _nothing_ to chain a bike to.

    The only such situation I can imagine is where you ride so far that you need a good road bike that you can't leave locked to a parking meter. But if that's so, wheelie shoes are hardly a workable alternative.

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  3. Unprofessional? by Seumas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So showing up to work in a giant 4,000lb gas guzzling, exhaust spewing, parking-space using hung of metal is professional, but a pair of wheels on your feet is not?

    This makes about as much sense as those people who judge employees based on whether or not they're married and have kids.

    Get to work however the hell you want. If your boss somehow insists that you use one method over another, the fat fucker can pay for it.