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Title: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: in4 on February 12, 2017, 11:57:39 pm
Of course we did not need to be reminded but:
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: jags on February 13, 2017, 12:01:03 pm
They would say mass.
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: energyman on February 13, 2017, 05:07:49 pm
You will also get frozen feet.....,.....
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Post by: ají on February 14, 2017, 03:59:12 am
worst thing about bikes is cars
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: John Saxby on February 14, 2017, 08:33:35 am
All the things in the poster could come true for someone who takes up cycling. For this lifelong sceptic of advertising and PR, two BUTs have to be registered:

    > The benefits of cycling (not the same as its virtues) are listed/described as appeals to vanity.  Maybe that's a good way of selling cycling.  I'm not sure.  Most of the cyclists I know don't ride so they have better abs, whatever.  I'd prefer a message that's simpler and less vain: Cycling brings better health, fitness, and a sense of well-being.

    > There's a nagging, finger-wagging undertone (or is it overtone?) of "Do this because you should."  Better to state the obvious--Riding a bike is fun!--and let people reach their own conclusions.
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: RST Scout on February 14, 2017, 05:43:50 pm
Don't y' know? Cycling is a sport, or so we keep getting told. Not to me, it isn't. I don't currently have a car so the bike (whichever one is nearest in the garage ???) is my transport. It takes me (and my dog) down to the beach, it takes me shopping, it makes me feel good and is a green machine.

Janet
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: jags on February 14, 2017, 09:26:54 pm
The devils own invention the car  ::)
heard on the news  few days ago young girl  club cyclist killed by a 20 year old driver  head on   :'( :'( she had no chance.
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: RST Scout on February 14, 2017, 11:29:37 pm
 >:(
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: John Saxby on February 15, 2017, 12:23:21 am
The road to contentment may be travelled only on two wheels.
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: ají on February 15, 2017, 02:59:48 am
Quote from: TabbyCat on February 14, 2017, 05:43:50 pm
Don't y' know? Cycling is a sport, or so we keep getting told. Not to me, it isn't. I don't currently have a car so the bike (whichever one is nearest in the garage ???) is my transport. It takes me (and my dog) down to the beach, it takes me shopping, it makes me feel good and is a green machine.

Janet

yep thats a good thing about touring bikes, they readily become grocery bikes
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: energyman on February 15, 2017, 06:52:34 pm
Quote from: ají on February 15, 2017, 02:59:48 am
Quote from: TabbyCat on February 14, 2017, 05:43:50 pm
Don't y' know? Cycling is a sport, or so we keep getting told. Not to me, it isn't. I don't currently have a car so the bike (whichever one is nearest in the garage ???) is my transport. It takes me (and my dog) down to the beach, it takes me shopping, it makes me feel good and is a green machine.

Janet

yep thats a good thing about touring bikes, they readily become grocery bikes

Sorry I disagree.  A bike specifically required for shopping is an excellent excuse for getting yet another bike.  (Remember the N + 1 law)  :)
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: ají on February 17, 2017, 11:41:25 am
yeah but... remember the motto of sandsmachine.com:
Your Travel Bike ... Your Only Bike!
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Post by: energyman on February 17, 2017, 01:17:34 pm
That's just a motto,  N + 1 is a law :)
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Post by: RST Scout on February 17, 2017, 03:11:24 pm
Oh don't start me off again! ::)
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: Pavel on February 18, 2017, 03:28:23 am
Einstein did not cycle. My waistline - I call fraud, and it bothers me that that is no Thorn. OMG ... is that carbon fibre? 
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: ají on February 21, 2017, 02:51:35 am
Quote from: energyman on February 17, 2017, 01:17:34 pm
That's just a motto,  N + ! is a law :)

hold on, what is this N+! law?
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: Danneaux on February 21, 2017, 03:26:46 am
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hold on, what is this N+! law?
Actually, that should be written as "n+1".

The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.

"n" is the number of bikes currently owned. "n+1" means the correct number of bikes is always the number you own...plus the next one. Altogether, this is a wonderful way to justify adding yet another bike to the stable. After all, it is not just a formula, it is a Law.  ;)

Best,

Dan.
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: John Saxby on February 21, 2017, 04:41:43 am
I have seen "the perfect number" phrased as S-1, S being the number at which your spouse leaves you...'course, it's kinda hard to know what the value of S may be beforehand, although the after-the-fact calculation is usually spot-on.
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Post by: energyman on February 21, 2017, 10:10:55 pm
Sorry , just corrected the ! for a 1.  Finger trouble.
Thanks Dan.

(I have just been offered a Pashley Tricycle  for a very good price ..................... but maybe not this time)
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: Danneaux on February 21, 2017, 10:46:13 pm
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Sorry , just corrected the ! for a 1.  Finger trouble.
No worries, e-man!

A lot of my posts are made on my phone's keyboard with numb fingers, sometimes roadside and occasionally in very poor weather. When you see I've edited my posts, it is usually after I've gone back and looked in horror :o  at the typos I've made --  ??? -- and must correct!  ::)

All's good.  :)

All the best,

Dan.
Title: Re: Why you should bike/cycle
Post by: ají on March 01, 2017, 01:33:47 am
i agree entirely. n+1 is a law. i want a fliz bike.
S-1 is interesting too. for owners of "classic" cars, the "s" value is always very low.