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So I'll ride my bike 10 or 12 miles to an appointment. Then I circle around the building looking for a parking spot that's right by the door so I don't have to walk 10 yards from the bike rack. And when I get inside, I always take the elevator rather than walk one flight up, or even down. :o
Any other lazy cyclists out there?
...when I get inside, I always take the elevator...
Well, I see elevators as the only universally accepted, fully functional public transit mode in the US. And they're free!
kjohnnytarr
06-06-07, 11:33 AM
Yeah, I'm lazy too. I grab my bike on trips so short, it would be faster to walk when you cound in time spent locking up, just so I can coast.
Well, I see elevators as the only universally accepted, fully functional public transit mode in the US. And they're free!
:D
Yeah, I'm lazy too. I grab my bike on trips so short, it would be faster to walk when you cound in time spent locking up, just so I can coast.
How else can you sit down to exercise?
Travelin' Jack
06-06-07, 11:49 AM
How else can you sit down to exercise?
Rowing?
Rowing?
You read my mind! As soon as I haul my ass away from this forum, I'm going to ride my bike to a nearby lake, rent a rowboat, and make a lazy afternoon of it!
fuerein
06-06-07, 12:18 PM
I would be more likely to take the stairs at work, however due to "security reasons" the stairwells have a locked and alarmed gate between the first and second floors. The gate can only be opened by people going down and even then it sets off an alarm. Basically I HAVE to use the elevator.
scottyk
06-06-07, 12:49 PM
I would be more likely to take the stairs at work, however due to "security reasons" the stairwells have a locked and alarmed gate between the first and second floors. The gate can only be opened by people going down and even then it sets off an alarm. Basically I HAVE to use the elevator.
Yes, because someone with a bomb could do much more damage in a stairwell than in an elevetor full of people. joke
I sometimes leave for work a little early so I don't have to push as hard, but the day I start taking the elevator up or down one flight is the day I put a rockingchair on the portch. I wonder how much electricity with its associated CO2 output from the coal-fired powerplant it takes to raise or lower an elevator car one floor. Probably not a lot, but some.
Any other lazy cyclists out there?
Why lift you bike over your head to hang it when you can buy a rope and pulley system to do the work for you? I bet you could even find a motor for it.
Artkansas
06-06-07, 01:22 PM
Elevators and Escalators are for old and feeble people. ;) If there is an option, I see it as a challenge.
timmhaan
06-06-07, 01:26 PM
i almost never take elevators. i even walk up to my office on the 7th floor a couple of times a day and my apartment on the 5th floor as well. for me, however, the issue has more to do with not being compressed into a little space with other people.
When I hit the PowerBall, I think I'll hire someone to ride my bike for me.
Yep, me too. Ride forever to get somewhere only to put forth as little energy as possible once I'm at my destination.
onegear
06-06-07, 02:59 PM
Well, I see elevators as the only universally accepted, fully functional public transit mode in the US. And they're free!
If they were not free, people would use the stairs more often, combat a sedentary lifestyle and will show some savings on the electric bill.
heck you gave me a great idea If I ever become the owner of a building my elevetors ain't gonna be free!!!
heck you gave me a great idea If I ever become the owner of a building my elevetors ain't gonna be free!!!
Me and my big mouth. As soon as I mention something, if it's bad it happens, and if it's good it goes away. Don't do it, onegear, just say no!
My coworker has twice given me flak for using the elevator to transport me and my bike one floor, as opposed to carrying it up the stairs. I thought that was pretty odd.
CommuterRun
06-06-07, 04:46 PM
I'm so lazy I cleaned up a bunch of junk between the front door to the shop and the ice machine...just so I could park my bike right by the front door.:D
jimisnowhere
06-06-07, 07:23 PM
When I hit the PowerBall, I think I'll hire someone to ride my bike for me.
Get a tandem and a washed up pro racer to stoke :D
Nycycle
06-06-07, 08:04 PM
So I'll ride my bike 10 or 12 miles to an appointment. Then I circle around the building looking for a parking spot that's right by the door so I don't have to walk 10 yards from the bike rack. And when I get inside, I always take the elevator rather than walk one flight up, or even down. :o
Any other lazy cyclists out there?
:lol:
kjohnnytarr
06-06-07, 09:28 PM
It's not really lazy though. We're just saving more energy to pedal.
;)
What a terrible person!
I take my bike with me on the elevator!
(when I'm at work that is)
It's not really lazy though. We're just saving more energy to pedal.
That's the thinking!
I read a book about riders training for the Tour de France. They always get their wives or trainers to pull the car up to the door and to drop them off at the door wherever they're going. They believe that walking --even a few steps-- saps the strength they need for cycling!
alanfleisig
06-07-07, 01:47 PM
I go for 50-mile training rides every Sat, Sun and Wed. Then I spend the rest of the day in bed watching TV, "recovering."
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