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[Anonymous No.11315606]

Thinking about walking to work 5 days a week to save some money.

It's about an hour one way (4.9 KM).

Anybody do something similar? Is it really that bad?

[Anonymous No.11315613]

If you've got the time then why not?

Depending on how busy your route is you could listing to podcasts or try to learn a new language. To save money I went to work on a bike for a total of 2 hours each day. Fantastic way to get in shape and I didn't have to own an expensive to maintain car.

[Anonymous No.11315614]

How much is one hour of your time worth?

[Anonymous No.11315618]

you'll get fit in no time
I say do it anon

[Anonymous No.11315620]

>>11315606

Why not just get a cheap bicycle? Will save you money, but also not as time consuming as walking.

Also you get to piss of NPC wagie boomers in their financed cuckboxes.

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[Anonymous No.11315633]

>>11315613
Adding to this, it only sucks when it's raining outside. And even then a good waterproof coat is a lot cheaper than keeping a car on the road for a month.

Getting a bike wil make it faster, and seeing as 5KM is jackshit, you'll probably be just as fast on a bike than with a car (no fucking around with traffic and parking )

[Anonymous No.11315637]

Get a bike, unironically

[Anonymous No.11315651]

>>11315606
I did this when I lived a similar distance from work. It sucked during the winter, but was pretty nice overall.

[Anonymous No.11315654]

Professional wagechad here

My work is 4 miles away from home. Tried taking train, costs way too much over time AND in many cases is as slow as walking. Walking is good exercise but its extremely slow. You think its an option now but you'll be losing 2 hours of your day to just walking - it sucks. The ultimate chad option is bicycle. You can get one on craigslist for like $150. Also, walking makes you sweatier than biking so you show up to work a mess, but on bike the breeze keeps you cool.


tl;dr buy a bike

[Anonymous No.11315656]

>>11315613
>>11315620
>>11315633
>>11315637
Biking is good for halfway of my route. The other half has major construction and honestly I wouldn't want to take a bike considering it's a very tight squeeze.

Also, winter is coming. Do you guys bike in the winter too?

>>11315614
I don't do anything on weekdays anyways.

[Anonymous No.11315662]

>>11315656
I also live in a very construction heavy area, biking through it kind of sucks but its still better than walking over time man trust me.

Walk to work for a month and you'll see what I am talking about. You're going to be exhausted and you're losing 2 hours a day mate. Time is money.

[Anonymous No.11315675]

>>11315656

I don't bike in anymore cause I moved cities and now my commute is 12 miles.

I used to bike daily though, summer and winter. Around 5 miles each way. Not that intensive but the consistency of doing that over the course of a few years turned my legs into ripped fucking quads of steel and my glutes popped out like a latino bitch. Cardio was on point too.

I even got hit by a pajeeta who turned into a junction while I was crossing it. Not much damage done - split lip etc. but her insurance had to pay me around $8,000.

[Anonymous No.11315771]

>>11315656
Summer or winter, but both are very mild here. I did prefer biking in freezing weather though, since you warm up very fast even if you only ride at a moderate tempo.

The only difference might be that you don't have many bike paths / roads or some sort of weird culture where everyone driving a car instantly wants to murder you for "getting on their road".

How cold are your winters / how hot are your summers? How often does it rain?

[Anonymous No.11315794]

>>11315771
Winters are freezing and summers are extremely hot. I live just outside Toronto.

[Anonymous No.11315808]

get a 4 stroke 125cc scooter

very cheap to buy - if you have balls and you know the area. streets where cops cant drive through because to wide. dont even pay for registration or insurance. just get a fake license plate from the junk jard.

you only expense will be gas and the mileage on these are god like. you wont be stuck in wagie traffic. just pass by. and they are fun to drive pretty fast also.

i did this myself and had a 10 mile (18 km) commute. taking the side roads and taking it easy driving chill. i barely needed 25 minutes for one way.

with your 4.9 km you will probably dont need more than 10 minutes

[Anonymous No.11315812]

>>11315771

Yeah you are cycling in a road going 25mph but a boomer fucktard in a shitbox wants to dangerous overtake you to join a queue of traffic 1 second faster where you will pass him again anyway

If you want to experience the insufferability of the normie then try cycling in a city.

[Anonymous No.11315924]

>>11315794
Well you're going to be freezing your ass off walking as well then. You're going to stay cooler in summer on a bike, and warmer during winter after a kilometer or two. The only issue would be snow, which will make it very difficult.

>>11315812
Yeah dealing with idiots on the road is the most dangerous part if there isn't a sheet of ice. My luck was that my route would take me through some country roads. The only danger there is assholes in white company vans going 140 km/h on an 80 km/h road, while it's dark, foggy and raining. I bought a special high powered light that with a very rapid flash setting for that.

I kind of miss biking, I was in great shape, lifted after work and my job involved warehouse stuff so I was very physically active.

Now I turned into an office potato that takes the bus because it's too far. I gained at least 30 pounds and lost a lot of muscle too.

[Anonymous No.11316246]

>>11315924
>>11315812
>>11315771

I'd gladly hit and run your pathetic normalfaggot "lifes". Take your shitty two wheels off the road. Same applies to motorcycles.

[Favelanon No.11316267]

Doest worth it.

You will waste a lot of calories (will have to eat more carbo/protein/good fat), you will have to buy new shoes faster and you can always get robbed or have another problem.

You dont make money for saving some pennies that will cost your health, you make money earning more and using your money properly.

[Anonymous No.11316271]

>>11315675
>I even got hit by a pajeeta who turned into a junction while I was crossing it. Not much damage done - split lip etc. but her insurance had to pay me around $8,000.
how'd you get insurance to pay out that much?

[Anonymous No.11316273]

>>11316246
t. American mutt too fat to walk/bike

[Anonymous No.11316302]

>>11315808
what's the advantage of getting a junkyard plate over just registering it...?

[Anonymous No.11316393]

>>11315808
Buy a 4 stroke dirtbike if you plan on running from the cops. They can go almost anywhere. Go look on youtube there are tons of videos of people easily evading the cops on dirtbikes.

[Anonymous No.11316407]

>>11316267

Lol holy shit how fat are you exactly?

[Anonymous No.11316453]

>>11315656
>The other half has major construction and honestly I wouldn't want to take a bike considering it's a very tight squeeze.
Can't you just dismount for that part of the course?

I just get off the bike whenever I have to cross a road with heavy traffic, because you never know what obese, neurotic carfags are going to pull.

[Anonymous No.11316493]

>>11315656
Winter biking only shits out when there's ice everywhere. Even a road bike navigates snow fine. But when there's ice everywhere that it's difficult to walk, you and your bike will spend a lot of sideways time on the pavement.

[Anonymous No.11316544]

>>11316302
This, not worth the risk. Insurance is piss cheap on mopeds and motorcycles. I pay $90 a year.

[Anonymous No.11317103]

i use my bike

[Anonymous No.11317117]

OP get a bicycle it will take 10 mins to work. or jog to work. I always walk/or bicycle to work free cardio

[Anonymous No.11317128]

>>11315606
lmao bro i don't even walk to the fucking bathroom. i use my hoover board or my Denali . walking is for peasants.

[Anonymous No.11317152]

Been doing this for a few years, really improves my mood to walk in to work.

[Anonymous No.11317167]

>>11316246

I don't cycle anymore sadly, but nothing is more pathetic than a fucking cuck who tries defines their masculinity around a combustion engine strapped to a shitty steel frame.

I bet your facebook profile pic is your car. Sad cunt.

[Anonymous No.11317301]

>tfw just bought a bike two days ago
Feels like savings, man.
Saves money, saves time. Rent somewhere close to work and it's nice.

[Anonymous No.11318321]

Patrician choice.
No sweat when reaching the workplace.
It folds and is like 1/4 of a bike' space.

[Anonymous No.11318701]

>>11315606
i was on a summer work in germany, worked in mcdonalds in a industrial zone, 13 km from apartmen, 3,3km closest bus station. Getting a bike was enlightening. A used bike (30-70€) is your best option. You will enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.11318714]

>>11318321
my nigga I just ordered this one yesterday

[Anonymous No.11318730]

>>11315656

Ride bike up until construction. Get off bike and walk with bike. Construction ends, get on bike.

Anything else lad?

[Anonymous No.11318763]

>>11315606
After calculating it out, I would only save close to $3000 a year. Doesn't seem worth it considering the physical toll it would take on my body. Take it from someone that used to run competitively.

[Anonymous No.11319814]

>>11318321
>>11318714
thoughts?

[Anonymous No.11319827]

>>11319814
Ahead of its time so you will get harrassed by normies, but pretty good for short distance travel.

[Anonymous No.11319830]

>>11318763
>vehicle maintenance
>gas
>only 3k
?
>>11319827
>so you will get harrassed by normies
lolwut, really?

[Anonymous No.11319847]

>>11315606
I used to take a 70 min train then walk half an hour to work in all kinds of weather. Mile and half. Not doing that anymore.

[Anonymous No.11319856]

>>11319830
For sure, my buddy has one and normans make fun of him or constantly beg to try it and bang it up.

[Anonymous No.11319860]

>>11319856
>normans make fun of him
people are so stupid, what is there to make fun of lmao
the brainlet meme is real

[Anonymous No.11319863]

>>11315606
in the netherlands people bike like 15km or 10 to work and its sort of normal so yea 5km should be nothing

[Anonymous No.11319864]

>>11319860
Just because it’s different they think it’s nerdy or uncool or something. Just total sheep behavior, some people think its really cool.

[Anonymous No.11319868]

>>11319864
hmm, I imagine most people here would either not care much or would think it's cool, even in bumpkin areas i'd really only expect some light banter and nothing else

[Anonymous No.11319870]

I miss frugal threads on /biz/

[Anonymous No.11319871]

>>11315606
>what is public transport