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Bike commuters lie to you. They tell you that bicycling will save you moolah. This is a myth. And here is why.
All that money you save on gas by not driving doesn't go into your wallet. It goes into your stomach. Once you start biking regularly, you will be starving! Like, an extra meal a day starving. Like, it's 9:30 in the morning and I need second breakfast now and I know I'll need a snack before dinner too starving. Think of yourself as becoming a hobbit.
Your hard-earned cash also goes into your washing machine. One set of riding clothes. One set of work clothes. One set of got-home-just-took-a-shower-don't-want-to-put-back-on-work-clothes-that-I-wore-after-riding-and-then-no-shower clothes. That's three outfits a day, folks. Which equals a whole other load of laundry a week.
I also assume that eventually I will be having to shell out big bucks for an entirely new wardrobe. Why? For all the pounds I miraculously drop with all this extra exercise, of course.
So, you see? Big time liars, bikers. Propagandists. Manipulators. And the real problem is, by the time you've figured out the truth, you're hooked. You continue the commuting because it's fun and peaceful and healthy and stress-relieving and mood-lifting and environmentally responsible and does anyone have a dollar I can borrow for the vending machine?
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