nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
It lets me eat more food
What is it about riding a bike that feels so good?
- Thread starter KneesUp
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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
It has allowed me to drink yellow beer with breakfast at 8am without a shred of guilt.
12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
Riding is like a 7 layer Viennese torte:
You are in your environment, not separated by glass and steel. Nature is good.
You enjoy the pleasure of a well crafted machine in which all the parts work perfectly together, and if you tinker, a lot of that perfection is on you.
Your machine is so perfectly adjusted to your body and requirements that you are not aware its there, but rather feel it to be an extension of yourself.
Not only is the bike a perfect machine, but thanks to your riding, you are stronger, less blubberous, and the opposite sex is excited by your muscular, chiseled legs. Biking is kinder to joints and tendons than many other forms of exercise and so you do it more often.
Not only are you looking good, but your are healthier, as your cholesterol is lower, your heart and lungs are more capable and your sweat helps purge toxins from your system. I call this "bike medicine" and a daily dose is very good for you.
Your stress is much less, The PITAs we all encounter are less irritating when you can count on daily bliss.
The fun you are having and the endorphins flooding your system make you happier. Happy folks are more attractive than whiny mopers and so you get more love.
And the rich chocolatey icing on the torte...knowing that even in crap weather you can brave the elements and enjoy yourself increases your sense of accomplishment and maybe even pride.
You are in your environment, not separated by glass and steel. Nature is good.
You enjoy the pleasure of a well crafted machine in which all the parts work perfectly together, and if you tinker, a lot of that perfection is on you.
Your machine is so perfectly adjusted to your body and requirements that you are not aware its there, but rather feel it to be an extension of yourself.
Not only is the bike a perfect machine, but thanks to your riding, you are stronger, less blubberous, and the opposite sex is excited by your muscular, chiseled legs. Biking is kinder to joints and tendons than many other forms of exercise and so you do it more often.
Not only are you looking good, but your are healthier, as your cholesterol is lower, your heart and lungs are more capable and your sweat helps purge toxins from your system. I call this "bike medicine" and a daily dose is very good for you.
Your stress is much less, The PITAs we all encounter are less irritating when you can count on daily bliss.
The fun you are having and the endorphins flooding your system make you happier. Happy folks are more attractive than whiny mopers and so you get more love.
And the rich chocolatey icing on the torte...knowing that even in crap weather you can brave the elements and enjoy yourself increases your sense of accomplishment and maybe even pride.
G3CWI
Veteran
- Location
- Macclesfield
Annoying the car commuters.
Racing roadkill
Guru
It’s because you’re breathing harder. Oxygen is a natural high, add in the endorphins / dopamine / 5HT, and you’re ( quite literally) laughing. There’s also a smug satisfaction of riding past the motons, who are taking longer to do the journey in a vehicle, than you are on a bike.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Yup... Because cake. 
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Someone told me it was the same as the "WHEEEEEEEEE!" noise kids make when riding downhill.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Freewheeling ! 
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
It transports you into the now, you become alive, you aren't separate from the environment you become one. You are the wind blowing through the landscape. Your legs burn, lungs rasp, heart beats In unison as your mind empties of thought. You flow as a river down hill.
You are doing what millions of years of evolution was leading to. You're in a heady mix of flight and fight never wanting to let go. We were never meant to spend long periods without movement.
You are doing what millions of years of evolution was leading to. You're in a heady mix of flight and fight never wanting to let go. We were never meant to spend long periods without movement.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
In a nutshell, it's the three Fs.
Fun, freedom and fitness.
For me, everything else stems from this.
Fun, freedom and fitness.
For me, everything else stems from this.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
There is no reason. We do what we do because we like it and we don't know or care why.
All the reasons trotted out as to why we do it are just excuses used to justify it, even though we don't have to justify it and we don't need to.
All the reasons trotted out as to why we do it are just excuses used to justify it, even though we don't have to justify it and we don't need to.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
I think there's something about the effortlessness.
Similar feeling to skiing or sailing a dinghy. I imagine piloting a glider likewise.
Powered stuff, whilst it can be fun, doesn't bring the same satisfaction somehow.
Similar feeling to skiing or sailing a dinghy. I imagine piloting a glider likewise.
Powered stuff, whilst it can be fun, doesn't bring the same satisfaction somehow.
Starchivore
I don't know much about Cinco de Mayo
- Location
- Halifax, West Yorkshire
I think a lot of it is getting somewhere on your own steam and energy. And you feel so nimble compared to the big hulking cars that squash themselves grumpily into never-ending lines.
There's a feeling of freedom, I think being stuck in a car can get people agitated, with cycling you usually feel good when you reach your destination.
There's a feeling of freedom, I think being stuck in a car can get people agitated, with cycling you usually feel good when you reach your destination.
- Location
- Glasgow
Same here, I went from a 5 mile commute each way to a one mile.
As you say, by the time you factor in the locking of the bike, plus the time to change if you get wet it's quicker walking.
But when I take the bike, I know that I can ride anywhere after work, should I wish.
Freedom
