Originally Posted by
AaronJohnTurner
I get quite the kick out of people making a big deal of my totally flat, 6km roundtrip commute. My co-workers in my age bracket (18-25 group) are stupified by my first 350km bike tour this summer, and a couple even go so far as to call me nuts for riding my bike in the 0 to 2 degree Celsius weather we've experiencing in the morning lately. I would love to hear what they would have to say about the few hearty Edmonton commuters who ride up to 40km a day when the mercury hits down to -30C. A bicycle is but a toy to just about everyone in my town, and many are horrified to find out I spent $850 on one.
This post reminds me of one I found well-written on a thread, "Convincing People that I Chose to Bike to Work:
Originally Posted by
irwin7638
I've found that most Americans think of bikes in three ways: children's toys, exotic toys for fitness fanatics and transportation of last resort for the impoverished and disadvantaged. It's socially acceptable for an adult to dress up like a circus acrobat with friends once a week, run around in circles as quickly as possible with no other purpose or destination, but to ride a bike somewhere for a purpose implies some sort of need and is looked upon as an act of desperation.
To which I replied:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
...It took me a couple of readings to figure out that the adults who dress up like circus acrobats and run around in circles are joggers.