Biking to work doesn’t make sense in every scenario, nor does it have to.
I guess it’s worth mentioning that the winded and sweaty-thing is really an infrastructural problem - if your workplace offers showers, you can alleviate this problem. I used to do that back when I lived 14 km from work.
I bike almost every day to work these days living around 5 km from work, but back when I lived 14 km from work I would stop biking to work during winter as the ride was a bit too painful and risky during that time, and I opted for bus+metro instead back then.
Currently I will sometimes choose another mode of transport (mostly train) or work from home if it’s raining very heavily or I’m planning to be drinking a not-insignificant amount of alcohol (rare these days).
Biking to work doesn’t make sense in every scenario, nor does it have to.
I guess it’s worth mentioning that the winded and sweaty-thing is really an infrastructural problem - if your workplace offers showers, you can alleviate this problem. I used to do that back when I lived 14 km from work.
I bike almost every day to work these days living around 5 km from work, but back when I lived 14 km from work I would stop biking to work during winter as the ride was a bit too painful and risky during that time, and I opted for bus+metro instead back then.
Currently I will sometimes choose another mode of transport (mostly train) or work from home if it’s raining very heavily or I’m planning to be drinking a not-insignificant amount of alcohol (rare these days).