Cycling, a poor mans means of transport!

[Drago]

Our car cost £40k. I cycle because I enjoy it and it helps me stay trim. Money is not a consideration whatsoever into my transport choice.

 

[Oldspice]

Considering you can get bikes from £0 to thousands (if you like high-tech bling) there available to anyone. If a person chooses to pimp there bike, it's there choice! It's there money.

PS I cycle because i like the alone time and public transport is just to icky

 

[MattHB]

I'm lighter, fitter, healthier, saner (just), sociable and far far far more satisfied with life because of cycling.. I'm way richer than I thought I'd ever be.

 

[RedRider]

Our car cost £40k. I cycle because I enjoy it and it helps me stay trim. Money is not a consideration whatsoever into my transport choice.

I bet it winds you up people assume it's cos you're skint

Hypothesis: the poor persons' transport image is a reason some don't cycle, especially those with little money to spare.

 

[Drago]

And of all my bikes, which cost me from £20 to £1500, it's the cheapo £500 one I love the most.

 

[400bhp]

cycling costs for me are about 10p per mile.

Does that make me poor?

Or make me relatively rich? (think about it)

 

[Psycolist]

I think that perhaps up to 30 -40 years ago it was exactly that, a poor mans transport. but no longer. these days its seen as a life choice rather than necessity

 

[400bhp]

These threads are a bit willy wavey aren't they.

I am not poor because of [insert amount spent on bike/car].

I find that a bit distasteful.

 

[cyberknight]

I think that perhaps up to 30 -40 years ago it was exactly that, a poor mans transport. but no longer. these days its seen as a life choice rather than necessity

Speak for yourself

 

[Drago]

These threads are a bit willy wavey aren't they.

I am not poor because of [insert amount spent on bike/car].

I find that a bit distasteful.

Nope. Plenty out the spent vastly more on bikes and cars than me and I'm not remotely upset. Indeed, good luck to 'em.

 

[growingvegetables]

Naaah - just transport for everyman, everywoman, and every-inbetween-and-beyond

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Riding a bike to work saves me £7- £14 a day vs train fare, depending on how you calculate the rail fare. running a car cost a similar amount. Running my commuter is about 7p a mile. Would be less but I like blingy chains and pricey tyres.

As to the survey, well, it is perceived as a poor person's mode of transport and as perceptions are reality....

 

[Accy cyclist]

The state of some of the cars i see while out cycling reassures me that cycling definately isn't the lowest form of transport!

 

[Cyclopathic]

The way I see it, although the bicycle can be seen as a cheap means of transport that is not the same as it being transport for the poor man.

In towns/cities, travelling by bicycle it's often easier to get around and there is no hassle with parking, so it may be the logical choice regardless of finances.

Thinking of a utility cyclist as someone who cannot afford a car is a 1960's/70's attitude which is managing to cling on.

With the ever rising price of running a car I'd say it was a use of the bike that is making a come back rather than just hanging on. I have recently bought a trailer so that I can use my bike in a greater variety of ways that would otherwise have needed a car. Obviously I can't carry quite as much as far but it's been useful so far.

 

[Red Light]

Some of the noveau-paupers who ride bicycles: