Why do we ride

**jrandom** · 17th December 2003, 11:11

Originally Posted by Redstar

I read somewhere that if you dont ride before your 20 your probably never will

if you don't count pillioning then I prove you wrong so nyaaaahhhhh

**Coldkiwi** · 17th December 2003, 11:37

I wonder if that explains why so many car drivers won't change to bikes despite seething with rage at sitting in traffic?

well its not really an explanation, more than an observation.

did anyone see the 'spleen' in the NZ herald yesterday (back page of section A)?
Some tit raving about how annoyed he was with his car radio playing incessant crap (talkback/ads/parliament) that he drove through a red light while he was distracted changing stations, got ticketed (HURRAH!) and proceeded to be grumpy all morning.

In contrast my morning starts with me having a wonderful time riding past such lemmings and their pathetic cage mates while I congratulate myself on being smart enough to have seen the light of biking.

add to my list of why I love biking
1. stupid top speeds available in very cheap packages (not many people under 24 have been 250kmhr on wheels)
2. absolute convenience of getting around this gridlocked city. I can choose when and where I want to go without worrying about whether the traffic is heavy. (leave work at 5, over the shore in 10 mins, play touch, leave shore at 6, fly back over the bridge and back in howick by 6.30).
How many (cage) dudes ya know roll like this??? :bigthumb:

**James Deuce** · 17th December 2003, 12:24

Not many
If any

**georgedubyabush** · 20th December 2003, 19:51

Just to wear leather without being called a fag.

**madandy** · 23rd December 2003, 15:07

All of the above, plus my bike uses half the fuel that my car does.So my wife can drive the car slowly for economy and I can ride quickly without feeling guilty for using all the gas...

**Bend-it** · 11th April 2006, 14:59

The ULTIMATE resurrection of a long dead thread (look at the date of the previous post) which I thought was pretty cool. Why do we bike? Even though it gets cold and wet, even though we could get killed through no fault of our own, without a hope in hell of preventing it really, even though our friends (then) thought we were crazy. Why do we bike.

For me, it's simple... It's too expensive paying the fines to get my thrills in a car. On a bike, it's not hard to scare myself without exceeding the speed limit! Something someone said in one of the prev posts is quite true when I think about it. Biking's the closest thing to flying, without actually flying. And isn't that what we all want to do?

**Sniper** · 11th April 2006, 15:00

Now this is a post worthy of reviving a thread. Well done.

**Nitzer** · 11th April 2006, 15:15

Originally Posted by Redstar

I read somewhere that if you dont ride before your 20 your probably never will

I didn't learn to ride until I was 26yrs:

I ride as it's my only means of transport as I've never ever been behind the driving wheel of a car and can't drive. Fortunately I love riding bikes!

**Bend-it** · 11th April 2006, 15:18

Originally Posted by Nitzer

I didn't learn to ride until I was 26yrs:

I ride as it's my only means of transport as I've never ever been behind the driving wheel of a car and can't drive. Fortunately I love riding bikes!

Cool bananas! I'm 26 too and just picked up riding!

Scooters and pushbikes don't count...

**Nitzer** · 11th April 2006, 15:27

Originally Posted by Bend-it

Scooters and pushbikes don't count...

...I guess not but at least riding a bike or scooter will give you better road sense for riding a motorcycle. Prior to the bike I rode a pushbike for years around London. I think it helped!

**oldrider** · 11th April 2006, 15:37

Spank said it for me too, I just love the feeling of freedom and facing up to and handling all the challenges that you face when you ride a bike, it's different every time I ride. Cheers John. Edit: Sometimes I get it ohhh so wrong!

**justsomeguy** · 11th April 2006, 15:54

Speed, can't get enough of it.

**Paul in NZ** · 11th April 2006, 16:23

Dunno?

Still get that feeling of phooaaarrr when the right hand goes twist and the world goes backwards and the colours light up, the air thickens against my face and intensity comes... aaaaggghhhh....... Vunderful