Why do you ride a bicycle? What kind of bike do you have? How far do you ride every day/week?

Question

Why do you ride a bicycle? What kind of bike do you have? How far do you ride every day/week?

Answer 1

I ride for fun and fitness. I have a Giant XTC4 SE. My typical rides will be about 20 + miles and I will usually do 2 - 3 of these per week. I also have a Raleigh road bike. This is good for poping down the shops on and getting a smooth peddle action. Will do about 10 - 20 pw on this.



I have had my present bicycle since August. Before that I had a Trek 820.



Luck

Answer 2

I started riding because it looked like fun. I kept riding because it relieved college stress and kept me sane. By the time I got a job in a bike shop, I was hooked. It became a major part of how I defined myself.



I swore I would never be anything but a mountain biker until I rode an MS-150 on one. Then I bought a road bike and took three hours per day off of the previous year's ride time.



Now I have an older Ellsworth Isis frame with Manitou Black Super forks, RaceFace/SRAM setup and Avid discs for the dirt. My road bike is a custom Dean titanium El Diente frame with full Campagnolo Chorus, FSA carbon cranks, and Campy Proton wheels.



I currently ride over 100 miles a week, and am in my 17th year as a serious cyclist.

Answer 3

Hey,



I ride a bike 1) For my fitness, 2)Because I enjoy it, 3)It's easier to get around in the city and 4)For the social aspect.



I have a Specialized Tarmac Road bike. It is a speed machine, and i ride it nearly every day. I have a GT Avalanche 2.0 mountain bike that has a kid seat for my daughter, but getting a bit cold in Australia for that now.



I ride at least 40km's a day during the week and try for about 150km's on a weekend. I guess that works out to about 400kms a week.



I raced BMX when i was younger, then got back into riding about 15 months ago. Now I race criteriums aswell and really enjoy it.

Answer 4

I bought my bike as another way to try to keep in shape, I know lots of people who ride and I try to always ride with them. The local bike club has several rides a week. I just bought a new Trek 1000 WSD and I love it! We usually average about 15 miles every time we ride, although I am still slow at this point so once I get faster I am sure my ride distances will increase!

Answer 5

I love the feeling of the wind. Better than a convertable because you go slower and can see stuff. I ride a Motobecane 30 speed road bike when I'm in the states. I only get to ride between 50-100 miles per week and only during the warm months in upstate NY.

Answer 6

I own a Giant XTC840. Quite a good hard trail mountain bike with 24 gears.

i ride it everyday to go to school, an average of 7 kilometers per day, and I take on the weekend (depending on the weather) for more than 100 Km distance rides.

I live in Sapporo, Japan

Answer 7

Presumably you mean that either you were riding on the footway rather than on the carriageway or that this particular high street is pedestrianised. Both are illegal - bicycles are vehicles and so it is illegal to ride them in areas which are for pedestrians only. It has hard to believe that you did not know this - it seems to me that only a child would not know it, and children cannot be given fixed penalty notices anyway. There is no point in appealing since you have committed the offence. Pay the fine and ride properly in future.

Answer 8

I have a 2007 coyote bootleg mtb. I ride for at least 2 hours every day and often ride up into the mountains for a trek. I ride my bike because it keeps me fit and healthy, I enjoy it and the mountain biking community is so much friendlier than in other sports



take it easy

zamudio

Answer 9

There is nothing like taking a backroad adventure on my bike, it's peaceful and relaxing.



I try to do anywhere from 90-120mi a week, but I don't always get to go as far depending on weather and my motivation. I've been riding for almost 2 years and I ride a Felt F5C, the best damn bike ever!

Answer 10

Why do I ride? Probably the best answer to that is that I've never completely lost that inner childhood sense of wonder and adventure that comes with exploring the world under my own power. I walk, run, hike, ski, canoe, kayak, swim, skate, and bike. Of course, to see the most in a given time period, there's nothing like a bike!



I've been riding a bike of some sort for nearly 40 years.

- The first one was a brand new 1969 single-speed green Raleigh, that I took the fenders from the same day as I lost the training wheels.

- In 1977, I obtained a five-speed Raleigh touring bike ... a deep rust brown color, which made it difficult to know when things were really rusting out.

- In 1982, I got my first real 'road' bike, a 14-speed steel tube Bianchi Imola with Campagnolo drivetrain and a real Italian leather racing saddle. The color was royal purple - it made me feel like the king of the road!

- In 1990 (after I'd wrecked my second Bianchi), I got my first true mountain bike ... I say "true" because that first single speed got to see a lot of the world, and it wasn't all paved roads!. The bike was a Haro Vector ... no suspension, 24 speeds, cro-moly frame and forks, Shimano drivetrain.

- In 2004, I moved to my current road bike, the Felt 55 compact design. Aluminum tubes with carbon seatpost, front forks, and chainstays. Shimano DuraAce drivetrain, with FSA carbon compact crankset.

- Finally, in 2006, the Haro packed it in ... and I ended up with a Gary Fisher Tassajara Disc.



I still have the Haro, by the way ... I'm rebuilding the freewheel and cassette by hand, since the parts are no longer available anywhere.



These days, I ride the road bike (Felt) 36-40 miles a day (18-20 each way to work), with longer rides of 62-100 miles on at least one day most weekends. Add to that my mountain biking (on the Gary Fisher): evening trail rides of 8-10 miles most weekdays and tours by the lake on the other day of the weekend, and I probably add another 60-80 miles a week to the road bike totals.



And I'm just an amateur rider!

Answer 11

HI. Yes, I ride. I have a Cannondale Rush 600. I ride about every other day and all day on Saturday and Sunday. Total would be maybe 50 miles a week.

Answer 12

I ride a Trek 3500, bought last Dec. at a pawnshop for $95.00. Added a rack, bar ends, and an inexpensive cyclometer. I ride anywhere from 5-15 miles a day to and from my jobs. Been doing this for the last month.

Riding keeps me sane; I can see things I wouldn't notice driving, and I'm happier knowing I'm doing something good for myself, physically and mentally (although my body complains a lot about the hills!).

Another reason is economics. $3.43/gallon is out of my budget. I'll drive if I'm going out of town, but locally I use my bike.

Answer 13

Mine is ancient, several decades old. Was once black, I believe. It never crossed my mind to look at the contraption close enough to ascertain what kind it is. No fancy gears or anything like that, if that is what you mean. I ride it a couple of miles every day, no matter what. That is how I fetch my mail. I prefer snowshoes, though. The bike's name is "Norman", for some reason. It came, second hand, with that personal name. It never ever needs repairs of any kind.

Answer 14

I ride for fun and fitness. I have a cannondale synapse and a jamis ranger. I try to ride at least 20 miles a day, 4-5 days a week.

Answer 15

A Zen Teacher saw five of his students return from the market, riding their bicycles. When they had dismounted, the teacher asked the students, "Why are you riding your bicycles?"



The first student replied, "The bicycle is carrying this sack of potatoes. I am glad that I do not have to carry them on my back!" The teacher praised the student, saying, "You are a smart boy. When you grow old, you will not walk hunched over, as I do."



The second student replied, "I love to watch the trees and fields pass by as I roll down the path." The teacher commended the student, "Your eyes are open and you see the world."



The third student replied, "When I ride my bicycle, I am content to chant, nam myoho renge kyo." The teacher gave praise to the third student, "Your mind will roll with the ease of a newly trued wheel."



The fourth student answered, "Riding my bicycle, I live in harmony with all beings." The teacher was pleased and said, "You are riding on the golden path of non-harming."



The fifth student replied, "I ride my bicycle to ride my bicycle." The teacher went and sat at the feet of the fifth student, and said, "I am your disciple."



I am the fifth student.

Answer 16

I ride for fun, for fitness, for transportation, because I can!



I ride a Gary Fisher mountain bike.



I ride as far as I need to/want to, daily. 700+ miles so far for 2007. Been riding since I was a small child, and don't plan on ever stopping.

Answer 17

ride for the fun of riding/i do not drive a car/freedom to come and go on any route chosen/it is 3.5 miles to my work in the morning, up to 6.0 miles home depending on the route chosen...trips to the grocery store/shopping...on the weekends I usually put 20.0 miles on the bike...I just bought a 2006 kona blast for my 60th birthday..love that front suspension...i ride between 300 and 330 days a year..sometimes in the rainy season in seattle, its just too wet to ride...i have been riding daily for a bout the past 8 years..before i always had a bike and rode on a pretty regular basis...since about 1978....keep on riding!!!

Answer 18

I ride a bike because I love cycling....the freedom & just "getting away" from it all.

When I'm cycling I don't think about whether I'm young or old, whether I'm fat or thin, whether I'm in debt or rolling in dosh, whether I've got the latest clothes in my wardrobe or whether I look the coolest on my bike.......I just cycle, concentrate on what I'm doing if I'm on the roads & just enjoy myself......I just love it.



I'm stuck at home right now recovering from concussion [not cycling related] & haven't been able to get out on my bike since last Saturday evening & I'm already feeling a bit depressed.....I can't wait til I can get back out again.....this Sunday is my goal.....



I've been cycling for about 6 months seriously.....am in training to do the London to Brighton & then the Bristol to London run[s]

My bikes nothing that flash, it's the Shockwave sus500....had the tyres changed to slicks though for easier cycling on road.

I cover about 150 miles a week & building........

Answer 19

I ride BMX. I have a Fly 3 Amigos frame built up with Odyssey, Kink, Sun, S&M, and Macneil parts. I ride because it keeps me in shape, I get to hang with my bros, I love to travel to new places, the way I feel when I learn new skills, and because it's a much better pass time than drugs or being in a gang or sitting around on my *** all the time.

Answer 20

I ride a Brand New Mongoose, and i ride maybe3-4 miles a day