I think i have been converted...

[reed]

I am 21, as soon as i turned 17 i ditched the 50cc and did my full bike test,then got riding straight away. I loved it, and always was of the opinion that cars were for boring people, and had no intention of getting one. However, i did my driving test last December, and since then i found myself coming onto to this forum less and less. In fact i haven't been on here for a good few months, other than today, and i am using my bike less and less, even in the summer just gone.

Don't get me wrong, it still came out, but instead of coming out every day like had been the case for the previous 3/4 years, it came out maybe once every week or two, even in the middle of summer!! In fact, it hasn't even been insured for the last month, i only insured it earlier today as my brother needs to borrow my car for a while, and i need to get about.

I never thought i'd choose a car over a bike, but it seems to have happened! It just seems like the easy option to jump in the car, over getting on bike gear and getting it out of the garage.

Has anyone else caught this disease? Or is it just me suffering from it?
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[zico]

I have my car and motorbike, I use both and don't over analyse it. Whatever suits you, do it.
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[kiddakidda]

there is a place for both in your life.
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[The Wobbly Orange]

I use my car more these days, particularly during the winter. The bike will pull you back. Unless the weather improves a jetski would be of more use anyway.
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[Teflon-Mike]

My car's a domestic appliance, like the washing machine, and like the washing machine gets most use and least thought or enthusiasm.

Some folk get all enthusiast about trains, other's just use them to get places. Enthusiasm doesn't have to be proportional to use, or participation.

How much time do Drag Racers spend actually 'riding'? What, three or four ten second runs in a day, maybe six or eight events in a season? Lets be generous and say they get maybe half an hours riding in a year! Doe that mean they get that much less pleasure, or are that much less of an enthusiast than the get-to-work commuter who has no interest their C90 beyond the cheap tax and high mpg, but spends 300 hours a year n the saddle going to and from work?
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[Shaft]

I started riding bikes as a schoolboy, got my full bike licence within a few weeks of turning 17, the car test took a little longer (due to having a bike accident) but I still did it within 6 months.

Ever since, I've always had a car and bike at my disposal - some years the bike gets used a lot, some it doesn't get used at all.

Because I've been a bike user/owner for over 35 years, I consider myself a biker, whether I've ridden one recently or not.

If other people think of me differently, so what?
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[kiddakidda]

[hmmmnz]

Swings and round abouts really, ive pretty much always had both car and bike since I was 15,
I currently only have bikes, but im missing my classic car that is still in nz,
I might buy one at some point, or I might buy a bedford rascal,
Or I might buy nothing, and keep riding.

To me, both cars and bikes are a mode of transportation, and then they are a way of of having fun,

There is no wrong answer, apart from not having a bike,
Thats always a wrong answer.
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[chickenstrip]

If you want to keep interested in riding bikes, I think there are times when you need to re-invent your riding life. When I started out, I rarely got more than 20 or 30 miles from home, going to the same places all the time, riding the same roads, plus a dull weekend motorway commute. If that's all I did now, I'd soon lose interest.

Bikes can make the commute easier, maybe even more fun - for a while. But anything you do day in and day out becomes a chore if there's no variation. They're just not about simple transport in my view, although they can be useful for that. First and foremost, they need to be about fun.

Variation - that's the key. Go different places, ride roads you haven't explored before, go to a few race meets, do some track days, go touring, go for rides with mates and go on trips alone. And then there's trying different bikes. You can get bored with the same bike sometimes; if you've always had IL4s, try a V-Twin, a triple, a 2 stroke, whatever. You wouldn't be the first to discover that all you needed to rekindle the enthusiasm was a change of steed.

Alternatively, you're just not going fast enough...
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[Polarbear]

My bike has done bugger all miles this year. Next year I'm off to Croatia on it and will do something like 5000 miles in 3 weeks. Swings and roundabouts.

And yes, I can't be arsed to get all my gear on and get the bike out of the garage when the car is conveniently parked outside.
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[yen_powell]

My car battery is going flat from lack of use, I'm up to 19,000 miles on my new bike and still got a month to go before it's a year old. I just can't stand sitting in queues, I find it so depressing.

If I lived somewhere with no traffic whatsoever I would probably drive a lot more.
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[esullivan]

I have a car and a bike, but live around London. I have to force myself to drive the car every few weeks to keep in practice.

Big urban areas are arguably the only parts of the country where a scooter or motorbike is still a serious transportation option. Most places, riding is an unusual lifestyle thing, like wearing bow ties or voting lib dem.
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[Rogerborg]

[pdg]

I can't use my bike for work, because I can't get a big enough trailer behind it.

Bike also gets used less in summer - my bike gear doesn't have windows I can open to cool down.

There we go, I said it - I'm mainly a seasonal biker - autumn, winter and spring with occasional summer rides if it's not too hot
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[Nexus Icon]

I have both and enjoy both but the car is just a little bit too convenient to ever lose the battle of which I'd get rid of first. 340bhp doesn't hurt either.
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[chickenstrip]

Was well worth unlocking the bike and gearing up today
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[The Tot]

I got the cycling bug... As soon as I started pouring money into my mountain bike, I stopped riding my bike. As for the car, it's only ever used to shuttle my mountain bikes to trailheads and forests. Bike has only done 4000 miles this year, and same with the car!

The only time I find riding a bike exciting and challenging is when it's dark and wet and on country roads! That sharpens up your skills. So, in winter, I've been out a fair few times to get the battery charging!
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[P.]

I haven't ridden in months. It's gone from being fun to monotonous. Racing/trackdays appeal. Road riding sucks dick.

[M.C]

[reed]

Quite a few replies on this topic!

I rode my bike to work today, and it did kind of make me want to use it more again, i think its more the fact that i get used to driving the car, and forget that it is actually much more fun on a bike.

I sometimes feel i should ditch the car anyway, as i pay a lot less attention when I'm in the car, not intentionally of course, but it just seems to happen.
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