Originally Posted by
LittleBigMan
When I started bike commuting about a dozen years ago, I never gave much thought to what it would be like now, many years later. Now, because I've had this bike commuting habit for so long, it's the normal thing for me to do.
me too, but I've been commuting every day for 23 years (more, if you count the years where I commuted only on fair weather days)
Originally Posted by
LittleBigMan
Not only is it my preferred way to get around, it makes trips fun. Going somewhere on my bike, like to work, to the store, or to other commitments gives me an excuse to get out on my bike. In fact, I put in enough miles that way that it actually feels funny just to go out riding without any specific destination, other than back home again.
me too
Originally Posted by
LittleBigMan
Not only that, but when I see other cyclists who are out riding together, I realize I've been riding alone all this time. I didn't choose it that way, but that's just the way it worked out day after cycling day. Am I in a "rut?" If I am, it's a comfortable one, but I admit I wonder if there are very many others in the same boat.
naw. I've had rides with various groups over the years, but by and large, I do almost all my rides by myself
Originally Posted by
LittleBigMan
Are you, or is anyone else you know, primarily a solitary bicycle commuter of many years? Are you so hopelessly addicted that you can't imagine your life without bicycle commuting?
yup
Originally Posted by
LittleBigMan
Do you plan activities so that you can include a bike ride?
yup
Originally Posted by
LittleBigMan
Are you ever late somewhere because you wanted to ride, even though you could have driven?
nope, I give myself enough time to include the ride
Originally Posted by
LittleBigMan
Have you ever gotten off early from work to get in a bike ride before an appointment?
I've left work in the middle of a shift and returned to get a ride in
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LittleBigMan
Been to the doctor's in sweaty clothes?
yup
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LittleBigMan
Suffered uncomfortable weather so that you could ride, and you'd do it again in a hearbeat?
even did it this morning
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LittleBigMan
Give people a confused look when they ask you, "Are you going to ride today?"
all the time
Originally Posted by
LittleBigMan
Ridden a junk bike because that's all you had at the moment?
just last week, I rode the bike I bought for my 12 year old (who is now 25) to make it in to work in the snow
Originally Posted by
LittleBigMan
Built a "Frankenbike" when your preferred ride was broken down and you didn't have the cash to fix it, just to feed your addiction?
my main bike is a "frankenbike"
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LittleBigMan
Stayed up way too late at night fixing your bike so you could ride tomorrow, or to put on a new part that took longer than you thought it would take?
many times
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LittleBigMan
To what lengths have you gone to ride when obstacles got in your way?
all the above and many more