Living Car Free - Top 10 reasons to ride a bike.

Lets hear 'em !

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1. No gasoline required.
2. Free parking everywhere.
3. No traffic.
4. No parking tickets.
5. No road rage.
6. No insurance.
7. No car payments.
8. Stay in great shape.
9. You can eat anything you want, anytime! :eek:
10. Don't support the oil industry!

:p

Ok, lets hear more of them !

11. Gives me an excuse to wear those clingy black shorts in public.
12. Qualifies me for membership in Bikeforums.
13. Tanlines!

14. You get to actually SEE the city you live in
15. You REALLY appreciate a nice day
16. Its pretty easy to fix mechanical problems with your transportation

14. Less caffeine required.

15. Makes you feel like a kid agian..."lets see how fast I can go down this hill!!!!"

16. Tend to support local business.
17. Don't spew pollution every trip.

Lets hear 'em !

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1. No gasoline required.
2. Free parking everywhere.
3. No traffic.
4. No parking tickets.
5. No road rage.
6. No insurance.
7. No car payments.
8. Stay in great shape.
9. You can eat anything you want, anytime! :eek:
10. Don't support the oil industry!

:p

Ok, lets hear more of them !


not sure about everyone else but I get road rage on my bike all the time ;)

Lets hear 'em !

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10. Don't support the oil industry!


Not to nit pick.........

This point ain't exactly true, mate. ALL manufacturing of bikes takes oil in the process. Yes, I know
you ment that bikes don't consume fuels but without petrolum no bikes would exist unless made of
wood. ;) ;)

I think #1-8 should be "Health", with #9 and #10 "saving cash" and "convienience" respectively.

18. I learn a lot of mechanics from maintaining by bike
19. Limit my otherwise excessive purchase at grocery store;
Now I only pick up iterms that I really need and able to haul by bike

Maybe in the not-so-distant future we'll have learn how to get around without a car.

Don't forget global warming...

20. If there is a mechanical problem, you can just carry it to the store/home to get fixed. Try that with a car.
21. You can find out that a little rain will not make you melt.

Rode home in the rain without a jacket or anything.. my feet got wet (clipless sandals - which have left tanlines) but they were hot from being in boots all day anyway.

A complete tune up or major repairs usually cost me under $50, not over $1,000

unlike public transit, my bike goes where i want, when i want.

unlike public transit, my bike does not charge me $3 to $8 for a round trip in the Philadelphia area.


ALL manufacturing of bikes takes oil in the process.

yes, but those giant oil companies would be awfully poor if all they had between them was the measly profits from fossil fuels used in making bicycles and their lubricants.

yes, but those giant oil companies would be awfully poor if all they had between them was the measly profits from fossil fuels used in making bicycles and their lubricants.

True,but the oil used would then last much longer it most of it was allocated only to manufacturing
uses.

"it there is no need.....create one" Big Oils & Big Gov't's mantra.:( :(

Funny... the gas stations LOVE cyclists.... they don't make money on gas... they make money on gatorade and power bars. :)

Funny... the gas stations LOVE cyclists.... they don't make money on gas... they make money on gatorade and power bars. :)

That's what I hear, some places make most of there money from purchases other than gas. Heck, some places even make money on air itself.

...it helped me grow a butt to hold up my pants.

unlike public transit, my bike does not charge me $3 to $8 for a round trip in the Philadelphia area.

:eek: Are you serious? 3 to 8 dollars? or does that include far flung suburbs as well...man am i glad for my $2.25 flat fee

18. My totally ripped and bulging tibialis antierior muscles!

Thank you, clipless pedals. :)

101. Chicks dig it.

1.5 pulling nice long wheely in front of some police officers, and never once getting a ticket for doing this

22)Freedom...

23) Pissing off lazy fat people at work who complain about their health issues and then see that there is an alternative but still keep doing the same old crap that got them there in the first place.

25) Members of the opposite sex randomly shouting "I Love You" as you ride.

Not to nit pick.........

This point ain't exactly true, mate. ALL manufacturing of bikes takes oil in the process. Yes, I know
you ment that bikes don't consume fuels but without petrolum no bikes would exist unless made of
wood. ;) ;)
True, but you're not pumping gallon after gallon, week after week into a tank. Also, although rare, manufacturing processes can actually derive power from renewables. We have a few businesses in town that actually make claim to purchasing all wind power generated electricity. This costs more in this area.

26) I can walk my bicycle around a train, if it's not too far from the intersection.

27) Not contributing to noise pollution
28) improves your posture (if you're riding a three-speed, which you should be doing anyway)
29) built-in excuse not to visit the in-laws (too far away!)

30) Talk to people you pass by when riding.
32) Discover your neighborhood

Not to nit pick.........

This point ain't exactly true, mate. ALL manufacturing of bikes takes oil in the process. Yes, I know
you ment that bikes don't consume fuels but without petrolum no bikes would exist unless made of
wood. ;) ;)
Yeah, you're nitpicking.

Yeah, you're nitpicking.

Do the trucks that deliver to our grocery stores does that take oil? I am not to sure I am still confused on if there is any oil used when we buy stuff from a convience store does a truck drive there? So we still use oil I think that the oil gas jet fuel type of stuff is more used when we transport things between the warehouse and stores and people on planes. When we ship a package etc. Then we drive sure it helps, I don't think we will see the national average price of gasoline will drop. When a quarter of a million or so people ride bikes to work etc. I am not to sure on how this stuff works so I think the only diffrence that bicycling makes as far as oil, and gas. Is were not taking out of our pockets for the stupid stuff. I am sure this is a ill formed quote, but I am not really paying attention

26. Automatic air conditioning
27. Always the first one in line at the light.


By the way, you can get tickets - my brother got one in Portland years ago biking on the sidewalk. And I get road rage all the time. And bikeriders can buy insurance in the Netherlands - tho I don't know if it's required. ;)

33) You can't stay pissed off or melancholy after a mile or so...

34) Because a parked bike looks so lonely.

30) Talk to people you pass by when riding.
32) Discover your neighborhood

Yes!

33) You can't stay pissed off or melancholy after a mile or so...

If only this were true! On the other hand, I would be much more likely to be more "pissed off or melancholy" and stay that way if I were driving.

Holy cow, 2 pages and no one's mentioned...

34) It's fun!!

Holy cow, 2 pages and no one's mentioned...

34) It's fun!!

It's fun! :p

It let's me clear my head.

23) Pissing off lazy fat people at work who complain about their health issues and then see that there is an alternative but still keep doing the same old crap that got them there in the first place.

nice!

35) You get to eat lots of food and still loose weight.

42. nearly the same view of traffic as a small truck/SUV without the guilt/pollution/consumption.

ever get back into a car after a few days of biking and get sorta vertigo from the dramatic change in road perspective?

43) In a car, averaging 20 mph makes you furious. On a bike, ecstatic.

I thought of this one yesterday while buying a new pair of jeans:

44) Buying 30inch waist pants for the first time since being 19

get tax allowance for cycling business miles (£0.20/mile in uk):)

This should cover it. http://life-cycle.blogspot.com/2006/08/why-ride.html

Wait everybody!! I thought of a few more.
No drive-thrus - better eating habits!!!!!
Don't have to clean out the bike.
CAn't lock yourself out.
No dented doors at the grocery store.
Don't have to keep up with the Jones' (cause the Jones' don't own bicycles)

This should cover it. http://life-cycle.blogspot.com/2006/08/why-ride.html


Great avatar image !

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Better parking spots than the handicapped.

David

Getting in conversations at red lights.