Someone else (not you patentcad) posted that exact quote a while back ... it's probably in one of the threads I've linked to earlier in this thread.

I just thought it was interesting that two people on this forum have had exactly, word for word, the same experiences.

To get from point A to point A.

I ride to reward myself for being so awesome.

I have to borrow P-Cads reason. Having cycling taken away by less than stellar health, and so many doctors over the years tell me it's not a good idea, was miserable.

I ride because for years I couldn't.

I ride because the clock is ticking and I know one day I might not be able to.

I ride today because I want to ride tomorrow.

I ride for my sanity...my family drives me crazy and cycling helps me relax. Gotta love those endorphins.

I ride for my brother...diagnosed with MS 3 years ago. I train for and ride the local MS 150 every year.

I ride because I love food...and I have little to no self control. If I didn't ride, I'd weigh 300 pounds in no time.

To get a tan.

My monitor tan is starting to wear off.

Mostly because it's one thing I'm good at that doesn't include sitting on my ass. Running makes more than my muscles sore, and biking is just so much fun. It's the one thing I can actually exercise and get away. Might I mention, it's the first time I've ever gotten hungry while exercising. I mean I can go on a 20 minute run pushing myself just as hard, but I don't eat any where between that time. I can go biking for 4 hours and the chocolate chip chewy bar has never tasted so good. It's something I've always done, but when I was little I thought road bikes were weird.

I didn't know why the handle bars were shaped like that, I didn't care, and I never got the skinny tires either. Up until I was about 10, I didn't understand why people owned such goofy looking bikes.

as many others have said, because it's fun...the fact that it is exercise and healthy is ancillary....important, but ancillary.

Mostly I ride cause its fun. I also like to work on bikes (very relaxing). I ride mountain bikes because some fool told me I'm too old to ride a MTB. I ride road because I like riding with the pack. I ride MUPs because its great excersise. But mostly I ride because its a blast, pure fun.

**** else am I gonna do?

I ride for the mud.

I ride to ride, to get away, to ride, to be outside, to ride, to lose (or at least not gain) weight, to ride, to meet people, to ride, to escape, and most of all, to ride.

They are if you're me.

Yeah, me too.

it's cheaper than therapy.(?)

besides the other reasons already mentioned...because it feels like i'm driving a sports car, but better...