Selling stuff to survive

[brocklanders023]

Would love to ride to work but it's a 40 mile round trip over some huge hills on one of the most accident prone roads in the UK No public transport either.

Not much you can do about the dangerous roads except keep your wits about you. I sympathise. That said my commute is mostly busy A-roads, crossing a motorway junction, plus some hilly bits, and I do it on a single speed.

The distance thing I'm not buying as easily though, my colleague cycles in on a fixie 3 times a week over 25 miles each way, occasionally taking the Mendips to make it a bit more challenging too.

As some wise man on here rightly once said: 'the hardest part of any ride is getting your leg over the saddle in the first place'.

I never thought I would do it until I did then I realised it's really not that bad.

Know where you're coming from mate but massive trucks with mad drivers and no slip road or kerb mean it's a no no.

My job involves scooping up the remains of people that took a chance or were simply unlucky on the very same road so no chance I'll be riding it any time soon

Not fit enough to ride it atm although I accept that's only a matter of putting in the miles.