Women motorcyclists - riding to work

[andrea]

FARK.. Now that is cool!!! lol...

yeah it is cool i tried getting one of the bike shops to get it in for me, but one advised that its best if i get it in myself cause it'll be cheaper, so im getting my friend to help me out

[LilSel]

yeah it is cool i tried getting one of the bike shops to get it in for me, but one advised that its best if i get it in myself cause it'll be cheaper, so im getting my friend to help me out

Wicked!!!! go you!!! Ill be all jealous when I see you out riding with your flash as lappy bag!!! 'One day... I want to be just like Andrea'!

[andrea]

Wicked!!!! go you!!! Ill be all jealous when I see you out riding with your flash as lappy bag!!! 'One day... I want to be just like Andrea'!

LOL geez i wont be getting it anytime soon though got to concentrate on bike shopping

[LilSel]

LOL geez i wont be getting it anytime soon though got to concentrate on bike shopping

hahaha... true true...

oh well.. WHEN you've got it.. then I can say that

[mstriumph]

back on topic

...... i ride in once or twice a week [it'll be more now the weather is brightening up a bit]

have a pair of steelcaps at the office to change into
- corporate shirt goes under my jacket, black draggin jeans are close enuff to company issue to pass muster .......... helmet hair? well - hair's always every whichway anyway so it makes no difference.... i have full shower and bathroom facilities at the office if needed

one of the reasons i'm working where i am [besides they pay me, fund my tuition and insure me portal to portal ]-------- it's a sweet, winding, mainly-unpopulated 40 kms of country road between home and the office - over rivers, under railway bridges, throught the village, up, down and round hills between open meadows .......... magic in the early morning and a great start to the day!

[ceebie13]

I work from home when I choose, but I also have desk space in Welly CBD.
Its a small ad agency and they used to have this "casual" Friday routine where jeans and tees were OK on Fridays only. Just recently its been stopped because "its not quite the image we mean to portray.." Me? I just turn up brushing past everyone regardlessly with bad hair, rustling overtrousers, tank bag, helmet etc etc. I love it...freedom to do what I like, when I like and wearing what I like. Clients haven't complained yet...in fact it breaks a lot of ice. Ah, the joys of freelancing.

[GMGirl]

I ride to work everyday (rain, hail or shine) from Kumeu to Auckland City (30km ride) in peak hour traffic... yep that's me riding up the lanes (legally of course), I get to work within 30 minutes... took the car the other day... it took an hour and 10 min... it was the most stressful trip to work ever... sitting in a car... don't know how everyone does it. Anyway I work in a corporate office and leave my work shoes at work and wear under my leathers my top/shirt I am wearing for the day, and fold up pants and/or skirt in my backpack together with all my gym gear and off I go... sweet as, I don't think I would have it any other way as I have been doing this now for 2 years. Cheers.

[KATWYN]

Been riding to work and getting into the whole routine thing
for a couple of weeks now. Its awesome!! theres a shower at
work, so I have been coming into work early, having a workout
then using the shower and getting changed at work.

Have left some of the vitals at work, like meeting clothes and shoes etc
make up - toothbrush/paste (verrryy important in my books!!) have found
initially I have had to buy 2 of quite a few things in case I forget. (one for home one for work)

I put $16.00 in the tank a week ago......if I had have been driving the other V8 into
work it would be costing us $100.00 per week in gas (just for that vehicle!), so i'm stoked

and the hair thing....well I have been wearing one of those granny
net thingies under my helmet....goodness help me if I get sprung with
it in an accident tho.... or one of these pulls me over and
I have to take my helmet off !

[buellbabe]

and the hair thing....well I have been wearing one of those granny
net thingies under my helmet....goodness help me if I get sprung with
it in an accident tho.... or one of these pulls me over and
I have to take my helmet off !

OMG! Cracking up at the mental picture!
I had long hair and found it really easy to deal with in the helmet, just tied it up... but got bored with long hair and went short... jeez the helmet KILLED it! So its getting long again!

[CastorPollux]

I've only just stared riding to work. I used to work close to home, literally 5 mins down the road so I'd walk (if it wasn't raining). But now that I've started a new job I'm riding my bike everyday, about 25-30 mins each way. I love it, even in the rain!

[surfchick]

I commute te atatu pen-cbd most days, then twice a week te atatu-pen to otara! motorbike is soo the only option as I have no parking space at AUT in town... just found out that sudeep commutes to the same spot as me...cool.

i just pull leather pants up over my jeans-luckily i teach art-so having crazy hair is actually ok. the worst part is my boots which are so stiff i can't walk far in them.

[Chaosmage]

Little late but, I ride to work every day rain/hail/shine etc. Leave a pair of shoes at work under my desk. Wear the shirt I will wear for the day under my leather jacket. Wear boxers under bike pants and take a pair of pants in a bag to change into when I arrive. I have always tradtionally carried a spare pair of boxers & socks for when I get wet through

[Nasty]

Interesting what people do .. I ride most days when bike not in the shop .... I wear my work top and if wearing pants to work those and then my motorcycle gear on top .. or even draggins if its hot ... if wearing a skirt I put it in the givi and change at the office ... one of t he girls i work with wears non crush skirts .. so rolls them up under her leathers .. small people are so lucky

[granma2]

I ride to work everyday (rain, hail or shine) from Kumeu to Auckland City (30km ride) in peak hour traffic... yep that's me riding up the lanes (legally of course), I get to work within 30 minutes... took the car the other day... it took an hour and 10 min... it was the most stressful trip to work ever... sitting in a car... don't know how everyone does it. Anyway I work in a corporate office and leave my work shoes at work and wear under my leathers my top/shirt I am wearing for the day, and fold up pants and/or skirt in my backpack together with all my gym gear and off I go... sweet as, I don't think I would have it any other way as I have been doing this now for 2 years. Cheers.

What time do you ride through from Kumeu?

I come from Henderson out to Kumeu for work Mon-Fri. Am usually heading down the Nor-Western just after 7.30am and get into Kumeu around 7.50am. Have been doing this for the past 8 months. I just love the trip into work, except on nice fine days when I am sooooo tempted to just keep riding.
Its not that nice in winter as my fingers go numb and then really hurt with the cold.
I wear my uniform under my gear and leave my shoes at work. I leave gel and brush in the ladies room (I'm the only lady that works there). It doesnt take that long really. For 5 mins of dragging gear on and off, I get 40 mins a day of sheer great fun.
Yip if I have to take our van to work it seems to create a high stress level by the time I get there/home.

[GMGirl]

Hi there, yeah I leave home in huapai about 7.45am so I get to Westgate just before 8am and on to the northwestern... where abouts do you work and what are you riding so I can wave out to you.