Originally Posted by
johnnyace
This is key. I hate gyms, and I hate exercise for the sake of exercise. I love cycling, but not because it's good exercise; that's just a side benefit. The same goes with hiking/backpacking.
On a related note, I find it incredibly humorous that people pay good money to cycle indoors, on "bikes" that don't go anywhere.
Same here. I love cycling. I am an outdoors person and I also hate exercise for the sake of exercise. I know I have to do it to get my weight down but commuting by bike is just fun and it just does not feel like "forced" exercise. I also try to use my bike as much as I can for running any kind of errands. And one can enjoy nature much better. The sounds, sights and smell one hardly experiences inside a car.