Roody

Being carfree or carlight is definitely not typical behavior. Maybe people who are unconventional in one area of life are off the charts in other areas too.

In other words, maybe we're all as weird as hell?

no motor?

I've usually been able to think for myself, and that makes me weird in others opinions. But not mine.

Singlespeed92

I agree...and I ain't worried about others opinions anyways-but sometimes I argue amongst myself about what they said...

chandltp

Oh yea.. I got something wrong with me. I mean no one in their right mind hops onto a bike with 12" of snow on the ground at 5°F with a smile on their face.

chandltp

shh.. the voices will hear you

enigmaT120

I'm certainly not Sam, the Statistically Average Man.

SparkyGA

Yeap, I'm weird as hell. Whatever though, I still get laid.

Fasteryoufool

I'm weird. But not because I'm car-light.

wahoonc

I routinely think outside of the box, I also tell people that I like coloring outside the lines of life

Aaron

Roody

It's probably not enough to just SAY that you're weird. We need some actual examples of weirdness.

pick

I feel that we are the ones that keep the world turning - if we were all 'normal' how freaking dull would that be. On a serious note about your query. Perhaps we all have a slight deviant mentality in us - for me, I know I have several areas that I could be considered unconventional in - right now I happen to be the 'dude on a trike with a little dog in a basket resting her head on my head as I ride around with my wife' and I am very happy with that label; until I put another one on. ;P

Roody

How cute! Do you have a picture? You seem to fit in the "weird but wonderful" category.

pick

nope, not yet...but I promise that on tomorrow mornings ride I'll have der wifey snap one...and I'll post it here!

2manybikes

Spending enough time on here to know some other posters hobbies, location, bike riding likes, and even other family related info, isn't that weird?

Having a dog on a trike or a bike makes you sound normal around here.

ubringliten

Around here in my city, I am pretty common. I have some friends that are car-free and some that are car-light. Pretty much all my coworkers drive to work. When I take my "dutch style" bike to work I feel I have this enlightenment emotion. It's like I am this advanced human being. I guess it depends on the setting.

krobinson103

I was asking myself questions about my motivations this morning as I cycled 60km in a rain storm with a head wind. But, if doing things that others consider impossible or difficult makes me weird, so be it.

SparkyGA

Proof: I walked 90 blocks home instead of getting a ride home yesterday. I had enough money to either get an ice cream or bus fare. Ice cream won.

chandltp

Do various mental illnesses count?

DX-MAN

Yup, I'm weird; I frowned for about a minute when I junked the last car, then just jumped back on the bike (drove the car 3x the last 2 months I owned it).

I also don't go to the bar/club, I don't need the latest cell phone, and the only reason I have a full pull on DirecTV is because somebody else is paying for it! I don't have a million-inch flatscreen, either, or a DVD library that you can walk into, like a closet.

Does it count that my memory-foam mattress is on the floor instead of a platform? Or that I use the 'wrestler's roll" to get out of bed?

pick

heheh...you have to consider that I am the only 'bent triker out here and my wife and I are the only regulars that do errands on our bikes - this is our normal 12 mi. RT to the Post Office and stop at the park.. here's a pic from this morning's ride:

gerv 

I disagree with all this "weird" talk.

I do thing either because I want to or because I think they need to be done.

Sometimes, when you consider something you are doing "weird", you really mean in other people's eyes this activity would be considered weird. In this case, the only weirdness is being concerned about what others think.

Roody

I don't think so. I've found that some mentally ill people are weird--that is, unconventional or eccentric. But most can't be distinguished from other people by their appearance or habits. (I've worked in psych hospitals for more than 30 years and I have an MA in clinical psychology.)

cycleobsidian

Adorable picture. Thanks for sharing! That dog sure looks like he can't wait for the ride!

About the OP, I behave very differently than my colleagues that are my age, so I do feel weird. I'm the only one who prefers a bike over a car, and my digs aren't too fancy, as I tend toward used furniture even though I can afford new. I don't eat meat or dairy so that makes me stand out too.

It doesn't matter anyway, I feel less weird being weird than I would if I didn't follow my principles.

2manybikes

Great photo, also great set up.
I see the dog has a harness on, is there anything on the bottom of the harness holding the dog in? I put a thread closed clip on the bottom of my dog's harness and attach it to a clip with a swivel, in the middle of the bottom of his basket.

chasm54

Am I weird? Difficult for me to judge, since I am looking at me from the inside, and what feels normal to me is, almost by definition, normal for me.

So I asked an old friend and ex-colleague. The word she chose was "unusual". When asked for examples, she pointed out that I was relentlessly argumentative, that (I quote) "there is something almost magnificent about how little you care what other people think of you" and that I seemed almost pathologically candid and unwilling to conform. On the positive side, she did say that she thought my commitment to fairness, and to not merely going with the flow, was admirable.

Oh well. It's true that my friends tend to be very secure in their own opinions and of an analytical turn of mind, and that others have been known to find me challenging, even rude. The latter was rarely my intention, it's just that people seem to object to one pointing out that what they say makes very little sense.

Weird? Maybe.