I ride my bicycle always. It is good exercising and good for schizophrenic persons. It is a good way to get fresh air and see also people whom I may know. For example, today was very sunny and just -5 C and it was perfect for bicycle riding. My carbon footprint is very low and I save money because I do not have auto expenses such as gasoline, auto repairs and other auto related expenses. You can say I am very happy just to ride my bicycle.
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Same here. But you have to live in a place where itās possible, the distances are right, the roads etc.
I feel so free on my bike.
Remember to wear a helmet even itās annoying and ugly, i crashed some weeks ago and was hospitalized for concussion. I rode without a helmet, but bought one instantly when i was out of hospital.
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I would ride if i could and i have bought a couple of great bikes in the past but the seat was very uncomfortable and i would get confused by the gears, i would love to ride an electric ebike if i could but they are expensive around Ā£1k maybe more for a really good one
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My brother just bought an electric bike.
He spent $3000 on it.
Heās wealthy though.
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its crazy really, we are only allowed to have electric assist up to 15 mph or 24 kmph
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I think his bike is assist Iām not sure.
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Americas rules are a bit more Lax about the top speed
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it looks big and meaty, i couldnāt afford one unless i paid it up and iām not very happy about doing that.,it looks fantastic though Wave 
I just got my subscription of the big issue and it says they might be doing something with ebokes, renting them out to help the homeless sounds like a great idea, here is the article.
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I hate cars. Always have. If crab without a shell is a seperate species from a crab with a shell then people in cars are another species from pedestrians. I used to ride bike everywhere but the meds destroyed my stamina somehow but im getting back into it.
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Iād love to forego vehicles. Would save us $1150 every month. Thatās payments and insurance. Not factoring in fuel or repairs. This is a smallish city, so the public transit is for dog poopy.
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Itās never a good idea to ride a bike when youāre drunk. I tried it once, and I survived unscathed, but I was awfully wobbly the whole time. One of my old AA sponsors had an x-ray hanging from the ceiling in the middle of his living room of his hip broken with a pin in it. That happened because he thought it was a good idea to ride a bike drunk.
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I hate cars too and I donāt own any cars and I donāt and canāt drive. Everybody is better off with me off the road.
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I mostly prefer walking now. I like having a vehicle for when we go on a trip, but we may look into renting in the future.
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Iām also glad I donāt have a vehicle. I donāt have a car payment, insurance, fuel and repairs. I have a low budget and Iām glad I donāt struggle with these expenses. I get along fine with alternate transportation.
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I need my car simply because itās quicker to get to the volunteering I do. Itās like a 45 minute drive each way and public transport ( train ) is possible but that journey becomes an hour and a half. I would rather not have the expenses of a car but itās practical for my lifestyle.
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I took the bus everywhere from 1990-95. That meant a 1 1/2 hour bus ride to work and an 1/1/2 ride back. It meant catching the bus for 45 minutes to college and 45 minutes back. It meant 1 3/4 hours on weekends to visit my sister.
I couldnāt see going those places on a bike 5 or 6 times a week. I mean at the time, I accepted my fate, I did what I had to do because the group home I was in didnāt allow anyone to have a car.
But once I got a car I was home free. I could go places on my schedule, not the buses.
I like riding bikes for fun or exercise. But they just arenāt practical for me as a day to day transportation.
To each his own but during a rainstorm I like driving 30 minutes to work in a warm, dry car, listening to CDās and sipping a coke.
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The hard part of my commute is not tripping over the cat on the stairs.
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Yeah, I live in an area notorious for heavy traffic and congestion and very fast paced.
I know first hand why they call it āfightingā traffic.
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Haha most walk in Nepal
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