Why do you ride your bike?
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Because it makes me happy 
and chicks dig it :mrgreen:
and chicks dig it :mrgreen:
Because it's insanely awesome and fun :mrgreen:
I can get to nearby places without resorting to motor vehicles, or take a long hard ride just for the selfness of it, or take a leisurely cruise down the C&O canal towpath with nature & friendly people. But mostly, out of all the toys God has given me, the bicycle is my favorite.
1) because I still can
2) because I love to ride
3) its why I love to save old bikes....I get to ride them whem I'm done!
4) I want too
5) why not
6) its like freedom
7) keeps me in shape
8) meet cool people also riding
9) saves $$$ on gas
10) I know someday I'll be using a trike..... :lol:
2) because I love to ride
3) its why I love to save old bikes....I get to ride them whem I'm done!
4) I want too
5) why not
6) its like freedom
7) keeps me in shape
8) meet cool people also riding
9) saves $$$ on gas
10) I know someday I'll be using a trike..... :lol:
I ride my bike when i can.
It saves gas
I did nothing but ride before i was 16...
it keeps my buttox in "Shape"
It saves gas
I did nothing but ride before i was 16...
it keeps my buttox in "Shape"
It's pure freedom.
Very few other activities will let you do whatever you want. You ride what you want at your speed, when you want, to wherever you want.
No boss (hopefully) telling you which way to go.
No noise as long as the phone is turned off.
No parking fees or traffic to get caught in.
No annual taxes or registration of any real significance, or insurance payment.
The most freedom I've ever experienced was as a kid in the mid 60's, hopping on my bike first thing in the morning on summer vacation, and riding, barefoot, all day long. Only stopping at home to get food and refreshment, then back out until sundown, going anywhere with no restrictions.
Only had to be home at dark. Kids today can't even fathom that concept.
Very few other activities will let you do whatever you want. You ride what you want at your speed, when you want, to wherever you want.
No boss (hopefully) telling you which way to go.
No noise as long as the phone is turned off.
No parking fees or traffic to get caught in.
No annual taxes or registration of any real significance, or insurance payment.
The most freedom I've ever experienced was as a kid in the mid 60's, hopping on my bike first thing in the morning on summer vacation, and riding, barefoot, all day long. Only stopping at home to get food and refreshment, then back out until sundown, going anywhere with no restrictions.
Only had to be home at dark. Kids today can't even fathom that concept.
When I was a little kid, we lived on a busy street and I couldn't cross it without one of my parents in tow. Despite the restrictions, I managed to explore every front yard on my side of the street. I was only four or five and things were "safer" then, at least we thought they were.
Around the time that I was in first grade, we moved to a quieter neighborhood with more young families and kids my age. With the relaxed atmosphere came a lifting of the "don't cross the street" restriction. It was also around this time that I got my first bike complete with training wheels and the freedom that came with it. I explored every inch of my neighborhood, knew everybody and everything in it and rode so many miles that the training wheels were nothing more than rusty axles attached to bent up brackets. The smells, the sounds, I knew and appreciated everything.
Now when I ride my bike, it reawakens the dormant kid explorer in me. Cars are for transportation, a means to an end, where bikes are more of an experience. I see things that I would have missed in a car. I hear sounds that the radio would have covered up. I wave to neighbors and strangers and I grin...heck I might even smile a bit as I cruise around town. So the question shouldn't be "why do you ride a bike," it should be "why don't you" to those that have forgotten how to have fun...
Around the time that I was in first grade, we moved to a quieter neighborhood with more young families and kids my age. With the relaxed atmosphere came a lifting of the "don't cross the street" restriction. It was also around this time that I got my first bike complete with training wheels and the freedom that came with it. I explored every inch of my neighborhood, knew everybody and everything in it and rode so many miles that the training wheels were nothing more than rusty axles attached to bent up brackets. The smells, the sounds, I knew and appreciated everything.
Now when I ride my bike, it reawakens the dormant kid explorer in me. Cars are for transportation, a means to an end, where bikes are more of an experience. I see things that I would have missed in a car. I hear sounds that the radio would have covered up. I wave to neighbors and strangers and I grin...heck I might even smile a bit as I cruise around town. So the question shouldn't be "why do you ride a bike," it should be "why don't you" to those that have forgotten how to have fun...
Hey I just came from a crazy ride through manhattan new york with four of my friends and their choppers, acting like total fools, howling and honking our horns. I love this bike thing! Bump! Lets keep this going, I know they're some more bikers on this site!
BIKE TILL U DIE :mrgreen:
BIKE TILL U DIE :mrgreen:
like some of the others, it's the sense of freedom and that it's an experience. It's also very sensory...the wind in your face, the sounds of everything around you, the smells, the fact it gets your blood pumping. And then, at certain speeds, the wind whistles at a certain pitch through my earrings.
Mainly though, it's the sense of freedom I feel while riding that I love the most.
Mainly though, it's the sense of freedom I feel while riding that I love the most.
This is why... viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17604
For me it's all about fun. I don't ride out of necessity or bike commute to work. Do ride to the store but that's cause it's more fun then driving. I don't think I get much exercise out of it.
Here's 2 videos that probably say it all for me...
Here's 2 videos that probably say it all for me...
