Originally Posted by
SlimRider
Have you ever returned home tired or sick?...Too sick or tired to a repair that darned bike?...That's what I mean by
NEED!
You just wake up fresh or rejuvenated the very next morning. Maybe inflate your spare bike's tires up to specs, and take off! Now you may classify that event as a convenience, or luxury. However, at that very tiresome moment as you dragged your dreary butt over that threshold and through the door, you felt a very pressing
NEED to lay down. It's only because you could rest assured that you had a spare bike, that you could afford to lay down when your body both
NEEDED and
YEARNED for it...
Spare bikes are for emergencies and stressful situations. I'd say that "winter", qualifies as a very stressful situation.It most certainly is tiresome, if nothing else!
BTW
After you crashed your bike, didn't you
NEED another one, either the next day, or soon afterwards?
- Slim
If I am too sick to repair my bike I will probably not be able to make it to work either. I am used to working extremely long hours on my feet so I have never been too tired to fix my bike if it really needed it, if something needs to get done I just suck it up and do it.
When I was hit by a car I did not NEED a back up bike, I took the bus for a few days until I got the replacement. There are other ways to get to work without a bike and if need be I can utilize those options for a day or two.
So once again, a second bike is certainly nice to have but is not a need.