Anyone Ditched their Car Completely for a Bike?

[Welsh wheels]

I don't drive at the moment and I enjoy going everywhere I need to around town by bike- work, shops, friend's houses etc. However, I would consider driving in the future because long journeys are not very practical on a bike. I am all for longer rides and cycle touring, but sometimes a car is just better. For example I recently considered cycling to a friend's wedding, but it would have taken 4 days and cost 150 quid in B & B fees, not to mention other expenses. Or I could just have a 5-hour car journey. If I had the time and fitness I would love to cycle everywhere, but because I don't have the time to allow days/weeks to get anywhere, it's not practical.

 

[Tin Pot]

It was a Hillman Hunter!

You reinforce my point.

 

[Drago]

^^^looks like a base model Dacia

 

[Tin Pot]

For example I recently considered cycling to a friend's wedding, but it would have taken 4 days and cost 150 quid in B & B fees, not to mention other expenses. Or I could just have a 5-hour car journey. If I had the time and fitness I would love to cycle everywhere, but because I don't have the time to allow days/weeks to get anywhere, it's not practical.

HTFU*

It's about a five hour drive from my place the Manchester, 230 miles - I could do that in a day.

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[Drago]

I could do it in the morning, and still pop out for a 500 mile bimble after lunch.

 

[subaqua]

I could do it in the morning, and still pop out for a 500 mile bimble after lunch.

Yeah well I could do it before breakfast , and then go out again and lick t road clean still all before lunch....

 

[Welsh wheels]

HTFU*

It's about a five hour drive from my place the Manchester, 230 miles - I could do that in a day.

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If I arrived at the wedding having cycled from Cardiff to Carlisle in a day, the bridesmaids would all be fighting over me. Assuming I'd showered first of course.

 

[MichaelW2]

I got rid of my car and use a bike to get around the city. Get a backup bike, a bike trailer and join a car club. My 2 wheel flatbed trailer can haul large shopping and gardening loads. The car club is useful for jobs the bike can't do.
I would suggest one urban utility bike with dynamo lighting, disc brakes, rack and mudguards, and one other style of bike eg folding, cx, road, mtb that you can play on for fun and use as backup.

 

[screenman]

Be interesting to see a breakdown of the car less people, something like, single, not working, retired, living rural, town, city etc.

Me, I live rural, married, working and have lots of varied interests that mean me being a in places a fair distance apart each day.

 

[Dan B]

Did it have a vinyl roof, or was that the Avenger?

No, the Avenger had leather trousers

 

[Dan B]

I had no car until I got married. Now it spends most of its life depreciating quietly in its parking space (a Christiania trike is a big help here) but is occasionally indispensable for journeys such as "get the family to Christmas with parents in rural Worcestershire"

 

[Drago]

Me, I live rural, married, retired.

 

[Tin Pot]

If I arrived at the wedding having cycled from Cardiff to Carlisle in a day, the bridesmaids would all be fighting over me. Assuming I'd showered first of course.

Worked for me getting to Carlingford, Ireland

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/cycling-to-the-airport.208829/post-4569918

 

[subaqua]

I had no car until I got married. Now it spends most of its life depreciating quietly in its parking space (a Christiania trike is a big help here) but is occasionally indispensable for journeys such as "get the family to Christmas with parents in rural Worcestershire"

This .

 

[Effyb4]

Be interesting to see a breakdown of the car less people, something like, single, not working, retired, living rural, town, city etc.

Me, I live rural, married, working and have lots of varied interests that mean me being a in places a fair distance apart each day.

I'm married. I have 2 grown children and 1 still at school (all living at home). I live in a small town and work in the next town, 6 miles away. My husband works about 3 miles from home.