Originally Posted by
cyccommute
What makes you think that I...since you still seem to be fixated on the 7 bikes thing...
don't spend my weekends/holiday time traveling? I'm out traveling on my bikes or dragging my bikes to places that I want to see but would rather see from the saddle of a bicycle rather than from in a cage. I even take vacations...long ones...where my transportation
is my bike. I've even managed to raise two kids while owning many more bikes than I do now and getting them to participate in the activity.
As for maintenance, it's minimal. I do almost all of my own work and keeping a bike operational takes about 30 seconds per week. That's a
big sacrifice
The biggest job I've done recently is reinstalling a fork I just got back from being serviced and upgraded...about the only thing I don't do...and it took less than 20 minutes.
How do I do all this, you may ask? I have a 14 year old truck that I put less than 7000 miles on a year. Most of those miles are weekend trips to either go ride or go fishing. I don't put gas in it but about once a month...remember this forum is about bicycle commuting. The money that I don't put into the stupid gas tank or spend on purchasing a new vehicle or paying interest on the debt of a new vehicle, I can put into my other mode of transportation...my bicycles.
Now can you quit obsessing about my 7 damned bicycles...the horror!...and get this thread back on track?
I do about the same thing as you do. I save alot of gas by commuting to work as often as I can. I mix it up too by making part of the commute off road. I agree it keeps it interesting. When we get settled in sometimes we tend to accumulate stuff. I remember years ago I had 6 snowmobiles. I certainly didn't need all of them, but I loved them so.... Now I only have one and don't use it because gas cost too much. I have a few bikes too but certainly have my favorite that gets all the TLC and miles of great riding.
