Your Cycling Motivation?

[Julia9054]

Needing to go somewhere, unlike many on here I don't drive.

I do drive but prefer not to wherever possible. In fact, getting into my non air conditioned rattle bucket is a special kind of hell in this weather.

 

[Julia9054]

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I remember a kid in my son's youth band who used to cycle there with his euphonium in a trailer.
And a late colleague of mine - in her seventies - who would cycle on her shopper bike to the local orchestra with a French horn strapped to her back.

 

[DCBassman]

Ah, but the amps and sundries...

 

[Julia9054]

Ah, but the amps and sundries...

I'm reminiscing not recommending!
(Plays the cornet and drives to gigs!)

 

[glasgowcyclist]

The simplicity of it is the biggest motivation.

Everything else that follows on from it is a bonus: the low cost, the time saving on the commute, physical health, mental health, unencumbered mobility, seeing & hearing nature better, freedom,, independence... the list goes on.

 

[confusedcyclist]

I'd like to say it saves me money, and it did to start with but then I bought two fancy (relatively speaking) bikes.

So my main driver is to avoid the tedious car commute. The trade off is a slightly longer commute on some days, but when traffic gets bad, and it often does, I save a LOT of time. However, cycling kills many birds with one stone. Cheaper than car, better for environment, no need for boring cardio at gym, fun, simple, liberating, healthy.

Bicycles are great social equaliser and make transport easier for the masses. I only wish more infrastructure was dedicated to them.

 

[confusedcyclist]

Ah, but the amps and sundries...

Yes. The economy used to be a lot more local, gigs were down the pub. Not down the motorway. The motorcar changed everything, not necessarily for the better I might add.

 

[pjd57]

Ah, but the amps and sundries...

Go acoustic

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I remember a kid in my son's youth band who used to cycle there with his euphonium in a trailer.
And a late colleague of mine - in her seventies - who would cycle on her shopper bike to the local orchestra with a French horn strapped to her back.

I used to cycle to school with my Euphonium on the rack.

 

[Julia9054]

I used to cycle to school with my Euphonium on the rack.

Wow. Euphoniums are huge!

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Bicycles are great social equaliser.

Not sure I agree with that bit. I'd say the social hierarchy in cycling based on how expensive the bike is, what sort of gear is being worn etc, is even more pronounced if anything than in general society.

 

[Randomnerd]

Not sure I agree with that bit. I'd say the social hierarchy in cycling based on how expensive the bike is, what sort of gear is being worn etc, is even more pronounced if anything than in general society.

This axe has been ground down to the point of it being useless: the thread is a positive, light-hearted look at what drives us forward, not a polemic on class war and all which holds us back. Give it a rest.

 

[Reynard]

Eh, at the end of the day, it's about having a bike that makes you want to ride it and smile while you're doing so. Mine does that for me.

Wouldn't be without Wiggy now.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Wow. Euphoniums are huge!

Seemed so as a kid but they fitted to a spring loaded rack pretty easily. Now a Tuba would be much bigger but the euphonium or smaller tenor horn were fine.

 

[Trigger369]

Sitting after work Depressed putting weight on . Started cycling agian for health . Just love it now.
Try to get out any chance I get ,even joined a club and do regular 60miles each ride. Goal before winter comes is 100miles