Is cycling cool?

[HJ]

So who here thinks cycling is cool? According to the Guardian 24% cyclist think that people who use their bike at least once a week are weird...

But on the plus side 65% of the people who took part in the survey consider bike riding as normal, phew...

 

[swee'pea99]

Or to put it another way, more than a third think cycling is abnormal.

 

[Archie_tect]

Shades of grey as usual!

 

[L.E.D.]

It's swimming against the tide that sometimes makes cycling all the more appealing.

Cool no thanks.

 

[HLaB]

I like cycling, so it must be weird

 

[HJ]

Ah, HLaB you most have been the cyclist the Daily Express had in mind, based on the same survey

 

[ACS]

My children claim I am the most un-cool person on the planet (and I have to agree with them) and I like cycling so it cannot possibly be 'cool.'

 

[Maz]

I've really noticed a lot more cyclist lately. The bikes look like recent acquisitions of the supermarket variety, maybe there's a deal on at the moment. Good to see more cyclists around, really.

 

[HLaB]

Ah, HLaB you most have been the cyclist the Daily Express had in mind, based on the same survey

Ah it was in the Daily Depress, it must be true

 

[darkstar]

It all depends who's on the bike! Some people can be cool doing no matter what. I'd say Downhilling and BMXing are both very cool at the moment though.

 

[Ste T.]

Yes, I think it is cool. To me, anything that is a bit wierd and not mainstream is cool. Commuting by bike every day through the winter then going cycle camping for two weeks in Britain instead of sitting on a hot beach in Spain is the height of wierdness to many. But on the other hand, I think to the an awful lot of non cyclists we are anything but cool. Just losers who can't afford a car.

 

[HJ]

And yet just a couple of weeks ago, according to the media, we were all MAMIL's who own two cars, are more likely to read broadsheet papers, shop at Waitrose and have a household income of £50,000 per annum.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

I couldn't give a monkey's fig whether or not it is "cool". I love it.

 

[Muddyfox]

I've really noticed a lot more cyclist lately. The bikes look like recent acquisitions of the supermarket variety, maybe there's a deal on at the moment. Good to see more cyclists around, really.

1 in every 3 bikes sold in the UK is an Apollo

My son thinks my touring bike is seriously un-cool but my Cannondale MTB is very cool

Simon

 

[J.Y.Kelly]

I sincerely hope it isn't cool, because if it is, it will eventually become uncool, the way all fashions do.