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Posted: 07:58 - 15 Aug 2023 Post subject: |
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Bhud wrote: | It's not my problem - it's CyclingMikey's (and cyclists' in general) problem. It's not about me and my bike. Clearly, a bicycle is accessible to all, yet not everyone is going about by bicycle. Why is that? Here are some possibilities:
1) Doesn't provide enough reward to merit the effort.
2) Bicycles don't lend themselves to start-and-stop riding in traffic.
3) They're already done it to death (in childhood and adolescence), and to progress to the next level they need to put in more effort and/or accept more risk.
4) Different personality types - I would find road cycling boring because I wish to go at motorbike speeds, which I find fun). |
It kind of is, because your perception of at least points 1 and 2 is in part because you ride an inappropriate bicycle which is hard work to ride on the road and means you have to get down out of the saddle when you stop.
I must admit, point 1 also applies to me but I'll freely admit I am a lazy bastard but even then. When I still had a local pub I used to ride my bike the 2 miles. If my road bike was out of commission, I'd walk rather than ride my mountain bike because it was too much like hard work despite it being literally parked next to the road bike.
Point 2 I totally disagreee with because I find bicycles superb in stop-start traffic, you can filter to the front, make smooth progress through traffic and can get away from the lights quickly enough that you beat most cars across a junction. In urban settings is where bicycles make most sense. When Mrs stinkwheel lived in York, we'd cycle everywhere, to the point I bought a cheap bike to leave at her house for when i went over to visit.
I mostly don't ride a bicycle to the shops and such because while it's only 2 miles there there is a fuck-off steep hill both ways between my house and town meaning you arrive at either end in a muck sweat. The pub ride was the other direction and mostly flat. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Putting your foot down on a bicycle? Something's gone horribly wrong if this is a problem. I got hold of a really nice aluminium Kona frame dirt cheap a while back the only downside being it was a 21" frame. Awkward but not impossible at 5'5" but then again I have a slightly larger inside leg... nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean, ladies ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Well I don't want to hijack and derail the thread, guys. You may well be right. I'm just speculating as to the cause of the CyclingMikey thing, and perhaps I'm wrong in superimposing my own experience of pushbikes upon the wider picture. No doubt, there are many nuances and many good and plausible reasons, related to place, bike and rider.
But my history with the mountain bike is like this: got back into cycling after decades away, after being infatuated with an ancient BSA town bike. I built up my fitness on that (it took a few months) and found myself always heading to the same tracks and trails. With its skinny tyres and 3-speed Sturmey Archer, it wasn't the best choice, so I decided to get a mountain bike. Went back on those trails and it was amazing. Then I got bored. Quite a pedestrian ( ) story. What if CyclingMikey has the ideal bike for town riding, wears the ideal gear, and behaves in the ideal way for the urban environment and conditions? Would I want to emulate him in any one of these things? Probably not. |
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Old Thread Alert!
There is a gap of 236 days between these two posts... |
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Bhud wrote: |
1) Doesn't provide enough reward to merit the effort.
| Reward in what sense?
I do it for a living, I pay a fraction of the costs of using a vehicle, I get to exercise for free, I get a 'tool' that doesn't depreciate in value.
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2) Bicycles don't lend themselves to start-and-stop riding in traffic. | How? It's physically no effort
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3) They're already done it to death (in childhood and adolescence), and to progress to the next level they need to put in more effort and/or accept more risk. | eBikes. If you want 'next level' then a pushbike with electric power is alot of fun, without the licence requirements or higher speed risks.
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4) Different personality types - I would find road cycling boring because I wish to go at motorbike speeds, which I find fun). | Again, hop on an ebike to your local supermarket, you don't need motorbike speeds to feel the wind-rush and enjoy a carpark skirmish.
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I don't really want to be 12 again. It was fun for a little while but you can't keep going over the same ground over and over. | As above.
Fat Angry Scotsman wrote: | .....meh, complaints.... | As above.
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Bicycles are shite for anything but a leisure activity.
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Holy thread resurrection!
Don't care, still dislike moon-crater-face-Mikey. ____________________ PRESENT: 2018 BMW S1000XR SE Sport.
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I missed it initially and it really isn't that long of a time, I didn't understand the irrational opinion.
You don't have to like the guy to accept my points are valid ____________________ Roger wrote: Women don't get damp for clingy puppies. Get some better happy pills, hit the gym & buy a medallion the size of a dinner plate. Job done |
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