View Poll Results: Is your Bike your only form of transport?

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  • YES - Only form of transport/daily commuter.

    57 47.11%
  • YES - But use public transport when it's wet.

    6 4.96%
  • NO - Bike is only for recreational weekend riding.

    23 19.01%
  • NO - Own a car as well for wet weather.

    35 28.93%
  • NO - But I have access to bf/gf/flatemates vehicle.

    8 6.61%
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Thread: Is your bike your only form of transport?

  1. #1
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    Blah Is your bike your only form of transport?

    OK, im sure this has been done in the past but I just looked outside. Its peeing it down with rain, pretty windy and my jacket is not waterproof.

    I have Uni at 9am in the city... someone make me feel better!!

    My bike is my only form of transport!

    Who else is in the same situation? Or do most of you have a car as well???
    "Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary - that's what gets you."
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    Harden up!
    The majority of my commuting for the last 3 years has been by bike. In Wellington where we have proper weather from glorious sunshine to earthquakes during blizzards.
    If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?



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    You not the only one in this boat, i decided to take the bus today. After a dry spell the rain tends to wash all the shite across the road... and not wanting any mishaps, hence the bus. Should be all good after a few days of rain, will be riding tomorrow again what ever the weather.

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    no i have the bike and as a full time dad i have a van to take kids to playcentre and where ever we decide to go also my wife has her own car

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    Alrighty then.....

    that does make me feel better! hardening up.... (damit, that sounded better in my head. Damit!)

    Oh and a quick tip, just made scrambled eggs... dont put cream style corn in with them... it looks like vommit.
    "Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary - that's what gets you."
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    I need another option

    NO - I have a car for doing large grocery shopping, but still ride in wet weather

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    you can pick more than one option... smart arse!! hehe
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    Bike's a second option for me. I'd always own a car first before even thinking about buying a road bike.

    You can't take your mates/girls on a bike.

    You can take much stuff on a bike.

    You sure as hell can't tow a trailer with dirt bikes on it with a road bike.
    "I'm gonna get to the bottom of this, and I dont give a fuck if you're at the top!!!"

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    My bikes have been my only form of transport since i was 16. Im proud of it.

    I didnt get wet on the way into town this morning, but i had the rear wheel out about 2 feet on a corner...
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    Wasn't me officer, honest, it was that morcs guy.
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    Yeah I do recall, but dismissed it as being you when I saw both wheels on the ground.
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    lulz, ever ridden a TL1000R? More to the point, ever ridden with teh Morcs? Didn't fink so.

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    I have a bike and a car
    but i don't use the car if its wet, i use the bike during the week for work, NO MATTER WHAT.
    car is for weekend. unless im going for a cruise on my bike.

    go to an outdoors shop, and get some cheap wet weather stuff.... i have them tucked under my seat, they are very thin, but the water just drips of them, and eventually gets through, but it sure slows the process down. and if your trips not too long you won't get wet.
    watever i got was 30 bucks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pervert View Post
    Bike's a second option for me. I'd always own a car first before even thinking about buying a road bike.

    You can't take your mates/girls on a bike.

    You can take much stuff on a bike.

    You sure as hell can't tow a trailer with dirt bikes on it with a road bike.
    That's the point Norman. Let the bloody bludgers sort their own shit out.
    If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?



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    I took the bus today (didn't want to crash on my g/f's b-day, she might kill me lol). My tyres are bollocks in the wet, gonna get some new ones soon.

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    Haven't owned a car for about seven years I guess, don't miss it neither. Bonus is the missus has a car for weekends away etc, I used to try to convince her to buy a bike to commute on but she insists helmet-hair is the killer there.
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    Harden up. Riding in the rain is good for you. Sharpens your skills and makes you a better rider...
    Exploring pastures anew...

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    I'm fortunate enough to have a company car, so my bike is for weekend stress relief, that said though before moving over here 12mths ago I lived in Canberra Aust and my bike was my only form of transport, you get used to the -5degC mornings and you dress appropriately, mind you it takes an extra 10min to get ready everytime you go somewhere.

    BTW Can't say I miss the daily commuting on my bike, there came a time when it just wasn't fun anymore, being constantly watchful for that idiot waiting to kill you by mistake kind of sapped the joy out of it, but it probably had something to do with the arrival of my daughter too, all of a sudden you become that extra bit more responsible.

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