Originally Posted by PotatoSlayer

With the recent decline in gas prices I get a lot of "Since gas has gotten cheaper (an oxymoron), are you going to start driving to work again?"

Which is really annoying.. but I try not to be a jerk about it. I just say "I don't bike to woke just because of the price of gas.. in reality, I haven't even broke even this year with all the money I've put into the bike" They usually are pretty perplexed when I tell them this.

You and I know that the cost of gas is one of the smaller reasons we continue to bike to work... may have been a key motivating factor but not what keeps us doing it..

I do it for health. Relaxation. Political purposes (believing we need to use less oil), cost of gas, getting ready to go car-free, wakes me up better than the strongest cup of coffee, feeling refreshed when I get to work, losing weight, lowering blood pressure, an 'in your face' to those who said I couldn't or wouldn't before I started... the list goes on.

But the most important reason.. BECAUSE I CAN!