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if you want to ride a bicycle, ride one. there is no reason to be embarrassed. tell your friends who tease you about it nothing. let them tease you, and then listen to them turn around and complain that they dont have any money, or that gas costs too much, or that city traffic sucks. the reality i think is that they are jealous of you because you have stuck to riding your bike rather than drive everywhere like they do.
biking, I got a bike 2 years ago and i try to go everywhere I can here in the North Bronx, NY. I still have problems with hills which is why I don't bike to work and I'm battling being overweight and having metabolic syndrome but at least I am staying on the bike for a good part of the day
I rode a bike to work (and everywhere else) from late Summer of 2006 until December of 2009. For much of that time I didn't even own a car. In these parts, you may take some good-natured ribbing for it, but the jokes became few and far between when gas was $4 per gallon, and my coworkers were having to spend $90+ per week on gas. Bicycles are incredibly efficient machines and riding one is nothing to be embarrassed about. Unfortunately bad knees and my nearby grocery store closing down rather forced me to finally purchase a car, though I still try to ride to work occasionally when the weather is nice. Nothing else compares to it. For a while, instead of asphalt and brake lights as a commute, this was what my commute looked like:
I do cycling for weight loss workouts, sometimes bmx freestyle, and often for transportation to save gas and parking meter fees. As of 7-11-10 I saved $29.51 in gas and $19.50 in parking meter fees by using my bike instead of a car to do errands, shopping, and to go to some places [for 2010].
I have a $32,000 collection of bikes.
The pic shows my $2800 Trek Pilot 2.1 SPA with a $280 Burley Nomad - I use this setup for heavy duty grocery shopping.
I do cycling for weight loss workouts, sometimes bmx freestyle, and often for transportation to save gas and parking meter fees. As of 7-11-10 I saved $29.51 in gas and $19.50 in parking meter fees by using my bike instead of a car to do errands, shopping, and to go to some places [for 2010].
I have a $32,000 collection of bikes.
The pic shows my $2800 Trek Pilot 2.1 SPA with a $280 Burley Nomad - I use this setup for heavy duty grocery shopping.
I rode a bike to work (and everywhere else) from late Summer of 2006 until December of 2009. For much of that time I didn't even own a car. In these parts, you may take some good-natured ribbing for it, but the jokes became few and far between when gas was $4 per gallon, and my coworkers were having to spend $90+ per week on gas. Bicycles are incredibly efficient machines and riding one is nothing to be embarrassed about. Unfortunately bad knees and my nearby grocery store closing down rather forced me to finally purchase a car, though I still try to ride to work occasionally when the weather is nice. Nothing else compares to it. For a while, instead of asphalt and brake lights as a commute, this was what my commute looked like:
I've had both knees replaced and this is the bike product that I use to keep my leg alignment dead true so my knees don't get twisted and hurt........
No reason to be embarrassed about it, I use a busted up, foldable Montague MTB for 75% of my daily outings. Ride 6 miles back/forth to work, 4 miles back/forth to gym and school, then 10 miles back/forth on the US395 to my stepdads place.
Only time I use a car is when time's a factor and distance is beyond 20 miles.
If anything, I experience more irritation from belligerent motorists that have a problem with a vehicle taking up only two feet of the right side of the road.
People like that ought to take some Midol and go lay down.
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