Poll: Why do you cycle?

[Cycling Dan]

No option for i think i look cool.

 

[Radchenister]

I cycle to save the planet.

 

[Cycling Dan]

I cycle to save the planet.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

All the above except 2,6 & 9.
I cycle for the mind clearing freedom, the exercise, the beauty of the places I go, the simplicity, and that wonderful feeling that I'm not wearing underwear in public.

Did I say that last bit out loud? ...Oops!

 

[Andy_G]

I started to ride to save money and then i lost weight so i started to do it for fitness, now i love it to the extent i sold my BMW because it just sat on my drive for months on end because i rode everywhere.

 

[Typhon]

1&3 for me.

 

[Alan57]

I cycle to get from A to B or X Y and Z depending on how I feel about a longer ride.

 

[Rob3rt]

"I cycle for a reason"

No idea WTF that option is there for, but it best describes the reason I cycle, as none of your other options really cut it! Other than to make myself happy, which is usually short lived because whatever just happened, whatever time posted, position placed, it is not good enough for long.

 

[BrumJim]

I cycle because I want to be more like Matthew_T

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Ah I didn't spot the multiple answers allowed bit. I voted 'cos it makes me happy.

I also do it despite having a car, it allows me if not to be fit then al least to eat what I want without worrying about getting fat.
I suppose explore kind of fits too. I can often go out of my front door or from work on a nice evening and simply go for a ride wherever the fancy takes me. Not training, no getting to anywhere, just riding around the next corner.

 

[MontyVeda]

i voted "I cycle for a reason"

if i want to get from A to B, i can either walk, cycle, get a taxi, bus or train, ask a friend for a lift, etc... The bike is often the easy and logical option.

if I want to get out and see a bit of the glorious countryside, i can either walk, cycle, get a bus or train, ask a friend with a car, etc... the bike is often the easy, logical and most pleasurable option.

 

[Matthew_T]

"I cycle for a reason" means that you are going to the shops or commuting to work as such.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

You missed out an option for 'I cycle because I like to go weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee down hills".

 

[Rob3rt]

Which of the above choices apply to riding for sporting purposes then?

 

[mickle]

I cycle because I think my arse looks great in Lycra. I cycle because cycling's environmental credentials allow me to feel superior to other road users and pedestrians - more accurately described as a feeling of 'holier than thou'. I cycle because I can spend fortunes on obscure, unusual vintage componentry that no one, including other bike geeks, can tell. And I cycle because it gives me a sense of social inadequacy when out on the road surrounded by motor vehicles which feeds into my deep seated feelings of frustated jealous anger (that I can't afford what I really want; a new black 4X4 BMW) which leaves me permanently on the look out for a road rage confrontation.