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@Jasper
The only lawyer I've ever had pretty much wore business casual and helped me out perfectly.
I thought I specifically said, "Not saying everyone should be showing up in a suit and tie to work"? Business casual is perfectly work-appropriate. It's what I wear to work every day. And I bike to work often. But there seem to be a bunch of people commenting who are putting out "Steve Jobs" and "Silicon Valley" as the example, as if everybody should be wearing acid-washed 501s and sneakers to work. Bill Gates is Silicon Valley too and he wears business casual.

Again, the article didn't set any sort of standard so everyone is making their own. If the article was complaining that too many places require business formal, I think that's off-base since very FEW places I know of require business formal and I think the comments here back that up. I think I can count on one hand the number of times I've worn a suit to the office and it was for an outside meeting every time.

@oboe
kept in mind all the excellent advice to "ride slow" and that "you're not in the Tour De France" we've been getting here as I rode 35 miles into work this morning, but somehow I still got all sweaty. I can't imagine what I'm doing wrong. Maybe if I traded the Lycra and Coolmax in for a dress shirt and pair of summer-weight wool trousers?

The people we should be targeting to bike to work, those who are the easiest to convince to do so, probably live within 4 miles of work. And the reason they can be convinced to bike to work is that it's time-competitive, convenient, and doesn't require taking a shower when you get to work. So yeah, this advice doesn't apply to you; that doesn't make it completely irrelevant. Here's a survey done a while ago: http://www.bicyclinglife.com/Library/Moritz1.htm the median distance was 6 miles.

by MLD on Jun 21, 2012 2:52 pm • link • report