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View Poll Results: Why do your ride?
I have to ride, I don't own a car. It's my only transport.
19.72%
It's all about health, fitness, and pushing yourself.
77.46%
It's a job/ lifestyle thing. I don't really think about it.
28.17%
I do it for recreation on my days off and on weekends.
42.25%
I'm a gearhead, the latest and greatest is all I need.
5.63%
I ride for the environment, because it's eco-friendly.
26.76%
I ride because my friends do. I ride where/how they ride.
4.23%
I like a vintage ride, high tech is a waste of money.
8.45%
I ride because cars and gasoline are evil.
19.72%
I believe that bikes can save the world!
23.94%
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Old 05-25-05 | 01:14 PM
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Why do you ride?

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Old 05-25-05 | 01:42 PM
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There are plenty of reasons I could list as to why I ride. But there is no reason that I ride my bike. I ride my bike just to ride.
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Old 05-25-05 | 02:29 PM
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One word: diabetes.
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Old 05-25-05 | 02:31 PM
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Bikes: Trek 2100 Road Bike, Full DA10, Cervelo P2K TT bike, Full DA10, Giant Boulder Steel Commuter

Where is the racing option?!
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Old 05-25-05 | 02:35 PM
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One word: diabetes.
That’s why im riding so I don’t end up with it like my dad did... Plus its fun and good exercise and fun... I did almost get right hooked yesterday.... and I only been riding 3 weeks... and he didn’t even have his blinker on either?!!? Im glad I been practicing with my front break
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Old 05-25-05 | 03:12 PM
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From: Inside my scabs

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Remember when you first learned to ride a bike? You pushed off, and cranked down on the left pedal, and before you could roll to a stop on the grass, you magically made the transition to the right pedal, and then the left again? You wobbled all the way across the yard and turned a big arc back to the driveway, and rolled to a stop by the front porch. You were so high up, and moving so fast. Then when you started riding your bike to school, and you watched your shadow racing along on the pavement beside you, wondering why the spokes near the hub cast a shadow; but out by the rim, they were just a blur…

That's why I ride a bike.
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Old 05-25-05 | 07:58 PM
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From: Knoxville, TN baby!

Bikes: 2004 Kona Hoss Dee-Lux

I don't know...I just ride, go figure.
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Old 05-25-05 | 11:45 PM
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Food,clothes,roof over my head, after that its all gravy.
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Old 05-26-05 | 12:01 AM
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Bikes: '18 Kona Explosif, '18 Sunday Primer BMX, Giant Roam (ss converted), Old Peugeot (SS converted, broken)

I ride because computer games aren't fun anymore.
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Old 05-26-05 | 12:20 AM
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I ride because voices in my head tell me to do it.
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Old 05-26-05 | 01:05 AM
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I ride because I heard it's a good way to meet chicks. Hey, it worked for Lance.
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Old 05-26-05 | 01:45 AM
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From: Northern Ontario

Bikes: Colnago Master XL, Bianchi Via Nirone 7, Marinoni Fango

I ride for the fun of it, the adventure of travelling on the open road or on the trail. The health benefits and environmental aspect are just a bonus.
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Old 05-26-05 | 03:39 AM
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without I would be an overstressedd,overweight,indoor ****** with no life....jeez I know some people like that.

Seriously, cycling has kept me fit. I don't really enjoy the traditional team sports. After college baseball and basketball had no attration doing the townie thing.
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Old 05-26-05 | 06:37 AM
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I find riding to be a very meditative experience. Going down a country road with just the sound of my bike, the wind, and the smells of nature I feel closer to enlightenment.
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Old 05-26-05 | 06:46 AM
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To look good naked.
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Old 05-26-05 | 07:09 AM
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most of the above.
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Old 05-26-05 | 11:01 AM
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10. Its faster than walking
9. Its safer on the knees than walking.
8. Not about to swim the bayous and ditches to work.
7. I don't have chicken legs.
6. Can't skateboard on dirt trails.
5. Its like a bad habit that you can't quit.
4. Open aired decompression chamber
3. Chicks dig scars
2. From time to time, it takes me back to my childhood... yeah when my dad would swing me around and I'd pretend I was an airplane... just now I crash land.
1. If I didn't ride, my wife wouldn't let me keep all those bikes.
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Old 05-26-05 | 11:10 AM
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Retain my sanity.
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Old 05-26-05 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Joker
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I ride for fitness, recreation, I don't have a car and its my play time.
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