commuted by car today.

[uberkron]

today i had to collect an engine and other parts, so i thought id drive into town, then do my collecting on the way home. My usual scooter commute is 20 minutes or so, the car trip for same time of day was 90 minutes.

It was extremely unsatisfying.

It would have been quicker to have just scooted home and got the car out in the evening, does anybody else use a two wheeled conveyance simply to beat traffic?

By this i mean you do it year round to save time/fuel or are you an enthusiast or both?
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i ride a zip 50 2smoke. It overtakes a hundred times a day.

[Shinigami]

um, where's the option for all 3?
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[uberkron]

Ive tried to add a fourth but it is not allowed. Not voting is voting for all three then.
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i ride a zip 50 2smoke. It overtakes a hundred times a day.

[DMCpro]

[EXC-Rider]

its my only mode of transport so i have to ride, not that its a bad thing
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[J.M.]

All of the poll options.

I'm 19 with a fault accident against me. I haven't got enough lube to pay for car insurance. So there's the cheaper point.

I hate sitting in traffic for more than a few seconds. That really annoys me in cars and I fill with envy when a bike filters past.

Then finally I enjoy it.

Although if I could afford it... I'd probably commute in a car in all but nice weather. Then just take the bike out to play whenever I felt like it. Fair weather rider, probably, but what's wrong with just riding when you'll enjoy it rather than forcing yourself to do it more often?
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[arry]

I only ride for fun, TBH. I've avoided commuting where possible on the bike as it's not a lot of fun going up the city in rush hour regardless of weather - it's not what I bought a bike for.

Starting a new job next week away from London and will drive or ride. Cost between taking car or bike is pretty much pound for pound by the time you work out the expensive servicing and tyres on the bike and the fact it's not exactly extremely economical. If I commute on the bike then it's only going to come down to time saving but even then, it's not really much of a time saving by the time you've thrown your gear on and off at both ends and got changed into your work stuff. What it does do is gives you a more guaranteed time of arrival - ie when the traffic's really crap, your journey time only goes up slightly, versus hours and hours in the car.

A couple of years ago I had a week's work in another office up in the cotswolds. Took the bike for the week so wife could have the car whilst I was away - glad I did as on the way back the M25 was closed from M1 to M11. Absolute nightmare traffic, filtered my way all the way across the top of the M25 on the A414 and it added an hour or so to my overall journey time. One of the guys that was in the same office that week drove and lives 30 miles to the south of me - he took 10 hours - yes, 10 hours - to get home.

[Acemastr]

Took the car because it was damp and I don't want to clean the bike or get my new gloves wet

but then my car is comfortable and relaxing and fairly nippy as is, took the bike yesterday
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[DrDonnyBrago]

None of the above.

Car parking at work is a PITA.

[uberkron]

Parking is i assume free or very easy for bikes everywhere, so yeah i only had three options. Can a higher being enlighten me?
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[Slacker24seve...]

I do it because its quicker. I don't enjoy commuting by bike and its certainly not cheaper than commuting in a small econobox but it slices huge chunks of time off, turning a 50 minute morning commute into a ~35 minute one.

When I say I don't enjoy it that's not strictly true. Good filtering makes me feel immensely smug, particularly if it is past my colleagues.
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[anthony_r6]

Like Jordan, Car insurance is ridiculous in price so I opt for the bike. I don't really need to commute to work since it's little over 15minutes walking, but I do it anyway and go for a quick blast and some aggressive filtering around town before I head in in the morning. Always leaves me feeling good to ride before work.
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[scorps]

I us my car as I need it for my job, have used the bike once or twice but it scares the heck out of people having me turn up in black leather and apparently according to my boss, it isnt very professional
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[t121anf]

I commute by car as its cheaper, faster and more convenient.

Where's my poll option?

[EXC-Rider]

[bikertomm]

And the award of most retarded poll ever goes to...


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[Kradmelder]

I ride because I love riding and absolutely despise caging. Caging is the transport of last resort. I would rather ride in rain and cold than cage. I don't care if riding is more expensive than a small cage. Im going to ride bike until the day I cant swing a leg over.
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[haroman666]

I ride bikes because they are better than cars in pretty much every conceivable way (Contextual to the individual, but rings true for me).
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