Can i now call myself a commuter?

rubertoe
rubertoe Posts: 3,994
edited June 2011 in Commuting chat
i was going to do a poll but i cant be bothered!

I have just finished my first full weeks commute - 16 mile round trip. last week i did 4 days (mon- thurs) and the previous week 3 days.

I've cycled in the very warm, the very wet (today), also this morning my lovely neighbour decided it was a good idea to start blaring her music at 3 am this morning and wake the dead (even after asking her to turn it down - i could still hear it and it was still going when i left this morning, so very little sleep last night/this morning) so when very tired.

As the title says.

Can now I call myself a commuter?

or do I have to wait til its dark when I leave in the morning and when i leave work? have to ride in the snow and at less than 5 degrees? before i can truly be a commuter.

I really don't want to get back on PT if that helps.
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Mate, its just a ride to work. This isn't fight club :P
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    rubertoe wrote:
    Can now I call myself a commuter?

    If you travel from home to a normal place of work, you can call yourself a commuter. ;)

    But yeah, maybe you need to wait until the nasty, dark and cold commutes before you really get your wings. Until then, one might claim you're just a fair-weather bike commuter. Or maybe a summer bike commuter, since you said it rained today.

    Or maybe anyone can wear the bike commuter badge, and the real hardcore can assume the label year-round bike commuter, or all-weather bike commuter, or hardcore bike commuter.

    I'm overthinking this, aren't I?
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Agent57 wrote:
    rubertoe wrote:
    Can now I call myself a commuter?

    If you travel from home to a normal place of work, you can call yourself a commuter. ;)

    But yeah, maybe you need to wait until the nasty, dark and cold commutes before you really get your wings. Until then, one might claim you're just a fair-weather bike commuter. Or maybe a summer bike commuter, since you said it rained today.

    Or maybe anyone can wear the bike commuter badge, and the real hardcore can assume the label year-round bike commuter, or all-weather bike commuter, or hardcore bike commuter.

    I'm overthinking this, aren't I?

    Yep its just a ride to work 8)
  • navt
    navt Posts: 374
    No SCR, no commuter is all I say.
  • Libraio
    Libraio Posts: 181
    First rule of fight club. ehhhh, commuting...
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  • SmellTheGlove
    SmellTheGlove Posts: 697
    Yes you can. And also communter and other popular misspellings.
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