For me, a major aspect of riding is exploring the different neighborhoods around me NYC). So I usually have a backpack with a small camera (SONY A7IV + 40mm semi-pancake lens), and ride around some time randomly, intentionally getting lot too.
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I hate everything that comes with driving a car: Expensive gas, expensive repair costs, expensive parking lots, expensive insurance… you get the gist.
What else am I gonna do?
Not ride?
Being forced to by parents. LeJog is harder than it looks.
Because I hate walking. Also because two wheels go fast
Speed, risk deprivation stimulus. It’s awesome
Smell the grass, smell the flowers, it gives me awesome legs and a great ass and I love the endorphins. Also the fact that most people can’t or only do it once a week, fk that. I can climb a hill like Merckx (in my mind), I can throw a football over that mountain!!! Jk it’s a nice get away from life.
Because I hate exercising and if I don’t ride, I’ll get fat (again) and die.
Before biking I’d wake up every hour through the night, sometimes every half hour. Have been this way for as long as i can remember and I’m 28 now. Now I can sleep 2-3 hours at a time. I only woke up 3 times last night and I’ve felt so much less tired today
because i would leave this job if not for the hour of mindless bliss before and after
Peace of mind and having some time for myself.
5mi does more for my chronic pain than drugs that make me nonfunctional. And it’s fun and faster around town than the car.
It helps me zone out from real world problems. Helps my anxiety and depression and makes me sleep better.
I’m also in nyc btw!
Easy, fun way to get great exercise and explore the world around you. Why wouldn’t you ride?
They say you make friends by starting a hobby, 13 years in, still waiting
It’s the best speed to travel
Walking to downtown: 1 hour
Biking to downtown: *10 minutes*
I don’t like jogging, it’s just so slow. When you are cycling, the environment around you changes much faster. It makes it a bit more exciting.
Relaxes me
For the fun of it
I ride a 92 diamond back sorrento.
Love the design and frame geometry.
Riding cleats the body and mind especially riding in the right conditions
1- Exercise
2- Lose weight
3- Having Fun
4- Exploring
5- Depression and Stress relief
8- Commuting
Well, you have to understand that my local café ( a café is what you call a pub) is 900m away from my place. And i have a dog who need exercises. And do you have any idea of the price of a European driving license? ( Around 1000€ here) So, i want to keep my driving license and exercise my dog.
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I ride to live, and live to ride.
I ride to live, and live to ride.
The feeling of freedom and accomplishment that comes with a good long hard ride.
I have to.
Similar. I like to MOVE. It feels good to be the engine, to be able to hear, see, and interact with the world around you and not be sealed in a box. To be able to explore without the ball and chain of a car.
I like the gofast powered by ass rather than gas
It gives me unbearable easiness of spotless mind.
(Sorry, cant help but combine two movie titles in one sentence)
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I’m Dutch.
Health benefits and I just enjoy it. When I was working at the office, I commuted by bike. But then Covid.
I also am working on my Eddington number. Eight more rides to get to 68.
Fitness and fun. I hate going on walks or runs because I don’t travel very far and it gets boring.
Same. I like to explore the hills and small towns nearby.
I need to get from point A to point B. Biking is cheap, healthy, and I get fresh air. It is also just as fast as taking the bus or a car (if I owned one).
It’s a good outlet for my excessive energy and restlessness. Also I tend to overthink except for when my wheels hit the road and then my mind goes blank! It’s like I black out but in the best way possible
To be honest, riding my bike is genuinely the only time in my life when I can confidently think and feel “yes, this is exactly where I should be and exactly what I should be doing right now.”
That’s a bit sad but it’s the truth