A lot of people don't realize the logistics around going on the bike. This is HUGE friction.
Pumping the tyres, water, computer charged, clothes ready, it's all friction that you don't want to deal with in the morning.
Pumping the tyres, water, computer charged, clothes ready, it's all friction that you don't want to deal with in the morning.
I pump the bike tires once a week and that takes less than a minute, including the time to get the bike pump.
The water bottle takes a few seconds to fill.
A bike computer seems like a luxury, if you don't want to deal with charging it, don't use it.
In the summer, my bike commute prep is only a few minutes... Longer in the winter since I need more bike specific clothing
It's also not really a problem any more since I'm well over the hump of getting into the habit. It's more that I tend to misplace things in general. ;-(
I pump up the entire family fleet every Saturday. No computer, no water bottle. Part of the deal was figuring out what stuff I can confidently leave behind. As an extreme example, I can live with the possibility of getting a flat tire during the summer, since I'm never more than two miles from work or home.
For example, my first weeks in the new company I kept forgetting my entry card, now I put it in the same place every day as I arrive home, didn't forget it in months.