Why Do You Commute?

fishrider314

fishrider314 that is one hell of a quote and has really cheered up my working day which was going pretty crappily - thanks! [/QUOTE]hope you enjoyed your ride home???? nothing gets me quite as jazzed after work as riding home dodgeing wildlife, other riders, pedestrians, etc. as they pop into the reach of my battery lights, then having a fine brew after embracing the wife and sons. weather be damned, ride if you are able.

dvnjhn

I started to commute cause I really needed to exercise. Up until I was 22 (I am 29 now) I was a very fit guy. 4 months ago I got up and my partner said "I remember when we first met you had a 6 pack and pecks that didnt sag".

I never mentioned she has put the beef a uk size 6 to a size 10, but hey I just thought I need to do some thing.

I stay 200 yards away from work but cycle 5.5 miles in to work and most nights the same home. The only day I dont on my late night I do a 10 mile cycle to work.

I am now hooked and have bought my GF a bike and she now commutes. We both now plan on mountain biking throughout the summer

jawnn

I just could not pay for my car. $1000 a month is not unusual over the life of a car (purchase, maintenance, insurance, fuel) even with out adding the environmental damage and the cost of war to keep the black gold flowing.

And of course I needed the exercise, read more of my raving at http://www.actionbent.blogspot.com

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chrehn

"the benefit of your body having first hand intamacy with the changes of season from riding year round is absoloutley priceless."
--Fishrider314

The quote above from Fishrider314 is the best description I have ever seen that describes why I ride bicycle/commute.
There are so many reasons why I commute and the main reason is because "I like it." Everything else is frosting on the cake.
Thanks.

ohiobiker

Fun, Fitness and funds. I drove a service truck for 11 years. 45,000 miles a year traversing 5 states servicing machinery. This is a nice change and I can't wait for the weather to improve so I can ride the bike even more.

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raphie

I commute so I can exercise more. For me commuting is a good way to get a good exercise.

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caityrosey

I miss the freedom of riding a bike around town. Used to all time when I was in school and before I began working full time. I plan to start doing so again in the near future.

You would think that a car, because it gets you places faster (for the most part) would seem freer. But a car, because it's so insulating, just becomes an extention of home or work. On a bike, I am forced to think about other things. I almost never go on auto pilot. I am more engaged, my mind is more active. Riding a bike, rather than driving, I feel more alive. Other reasons aside (fitness, envrionmental concerns) that's the real reason.

buckybux

I have been bike commuting since the late 1980's. Two years ago I sold my car (still access to my wife's auto) and get to work by bike or bus.

I commute because it is healthier, keeps me in shape, and I feel a whole lot better.

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TheBugGuy

I'm a college student working as a research assistant, so I can't exactly afford a car. Cycling doesn't cost anything, and I live in a bicycle-friendly area, so it works great for me.

I'm tempted to start riding to campus in shorts and jersey now that the weather's warm (even though it's only 2.5 miles) just for the same subversive kicks that everyone mentioned.

Plus, the 25 miles I ride each week commuting is great exercise because I never commit to going to the gym. Add onto that trips to the grocery store and other errands.

(And my fiancee looks really good in her shorts and jersey )

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mikesbytes

Your got to get to work/school/where ever so if you can, why not ride a bike.

I bike commute to work every day and haul my stuff there and back.

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referee54

Bunches of reasons:
#1---I just was released from PT due to my bialteral total knee replacements---I need to continue to build up my leg muscles.

#2---If I drive, it is a Ford F-150 4X4- (we heat our house with firewood---need the truck to pull a trailer and chainsaws and stuff)

#3---I find that I am more relaxed and can teach better after a ride to school, and I feel better about myself when I ride home from school

#4---I am, ironically, in better shape thatn my students who are decades younger than me.

#5---likethe ohers have said, I like to eat too much, so riding helps me keep the lbs. off.

Tim C.

Chavez

Actually one of my favorite parts of bike commuting is when you go zipping through jammed up traffic - "hey folks, how's the ride home treating you today?"

TheBugGuy

If I take a certain route home from campus, I almost always go by a long line of stopped cars, even if the light ahead is green. I just have to make sure the oncoming traffic turning left sees me.

Right after that the road goes through a park with a 15 MPH limit -- there's some satisfaction in overtaking cars that aren't even in traffic.

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tbkahouna

1) I just love to bike and in time it has become a lifestyle. Bike commuting just became an extension of that new lifestyle;
2) the commute to work by bike has made it useless for me to go to the gym and it has, as a result, freed up some time in my daily schedule. In time, I have lost 95lbs and the greatest shape I have ever been;
3) the scenery along my biking route is a lot more inspiring than the asphalt and concrete highway and street mess I had to take by car;
4) bike commuting has allowed us to get rid of one engine-driven vehicle with all the financial savings that goes along with that action; and
5) we give the environment a bit of a break by burning up so much less fossil fuels and our country's health system by not needing so much medical attention.

Cheers,
Ron

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