I'm cruising along in my Ford, jamming to Aerosmith and I pass some dude on a bike!
Can you imagine, a grown man on a bicycle, I always shout 'Hey man, the war is over, you can get a car and stop wearing neon yoga pants!'
People theses days!
I think it is the allure of wearing those cool alien head helmets.
Within the last couple of years, I've seen a number of people riding those lay down bicycles and it just looks plain silly. Their thinking must be "I want to get fresh air and exercise, but I still want to feel like I'm lying in bed like a lazy dope".
https://hubpages.com/sports/RECUMBENT-BIKES
Blame the Dutch for that.
shareDid he have a TracPhone?? 😱
shareYou wanna fight?
shareI don't like the cut of your jib 😠
shareJust echoing the OP of the TracPhone thread. I don’t really want to fight, it all seems like too much hard work.
shareWhat do you mean by that??
(I know. I was just going along with it and providing you with a fight 😘)
I know sweetie, but there’s so much negativity, sometimes I find it exhausting.
shareespecially in winter when it's freezing.
shareI absolutely positively want to move to a small city where the bikes outnumber the cars.
That means cool things nearby!
I bike, but what cool things are you talking about?
shareI bike, too, and here we have a walk by a river that parallels the downtown district of cafe's and nifty little shops and theaters.
But I was thinking more of foreign places that cater more to bikers. I loved it in the film "Copenhagen" where they literally went everywhere on their bikes. Not once did they take a taxi..
Today's high-tech bikes are kind of ugly. When I was a teenager in the 1970s bikes were gorgeous!
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/De-Rosa/1972_derosa.htm
Most people are terrible drivers and don't pay attention. I wouldn't want to risk my life by biking.
shareI wouldn't want to risk my wallet by driving.
shareyou are risking your life by cycling on a city street.
shareI wonder how the statistics add up with this. More bicyclists killed in vehicle crashes versus motorists? Probably not.
More bicyclists living happy and healthier lives because of the bike? Probably so.
I admire bicyclists.
We have miles of trails here which are fine. Cyclists are very aggressive here and think they are going to win in a collusion with a vehicle.
sharecities need to change!
we dont have enough fossil fuel , or solar panels OR SPACE for everyone to be carried around in there own two ton steel box.
I to admire cyclists, its the most energy efficient form of transport ever devised,
I say that as a "car guy" who is too lazy to cycle.
Could not disagree with the OP more. I started biking over 4 years ago at 47. I have several bikes and odometers on all of them and keep track of how many miles I ride. Last year I rode 4,716 miles. This year I am trying to go over the 5,000 mile mark. I am getting the bike you see below in March. Someone said "I wouldn't want to risk my life by biking." There are bikes trails in every state. No vehicles allowed. Biking is a great hobby. Great scenery, fresh air and great exercise.
https://images.giant-bicycles.com/b_white,c_pad,h_650,q_80/zbuhtbeghxavmwrvdfnt/MY20Contend3_ColorA.jpg
https://media.timeout.com/images/103510283/image.jpg
Coming from you, now I hate bicyclists.
shareBuy a car, bikes are for little kids😉
Wrong. Bikes are for ANYONE who wants to have fun, fresh air, good exercise and great scenery.
https://www.cityofspartanburg.org/cms_assets/CFF_0812.jpg
If a man wants to wear neon yoga pants, I say let him. As you stated, the war is over.
But in all seriousness, biking is fine imo, quite fun to do as an adult and useful when you want to pop into local stores and get small items home. Sos long as you don't go all out buying that skin-tight liquid cycling wear. If you're not training for the Olympics, just why?
I like the tight neon yoga looking bike pants on women, frankly, I slow down to get a better view when I round a bend and see a Lady on a bike in those pants...I'm sure that I should be ashamed, but I'm not🍑!
shareAnd then you drive pass her and see the face...
shareBeard! OMG, was that a beard?!?
shareLol! My hair has been pretty long for decades, back in my 20s my girlfriend and I were at a bus stop in Houston with our backs to the road. At one point we heard a couple guys loud catcalling and we turned to look. The two teenagers driving by saw my beard and tried to crawl under the dashboard of their little truck! "Oh shit, it's a dude!". We laughed till the tears flowed!
shareThose young fellows learned an important lesson that day😂
shareThat's a truly beautiful story.
shareBiking is promoted where I live so bikers are everywhere. Great exercise and cheaper than a car or public transportation. I won't commute on one, but I enjoy biking along the waterfront and in the parks during warmer climate on the weekends.
Neon yoga pants? Bleech! I agree.