farwell to the car...

[LoneBiker]

Wow, its been way too long since ive posted. I mentioned long ago in a thread about me oving to town, and i finally accomplished that. My sisters car is about dead, so i simply ditched my car at their house with keys for them to use as they see fit. I use it during the weekends if i need to go somewhere or need to do some running, etx. Between my touring bike and my 2 bike trailers i have plenty of carrying capacity without the use of the car. Riding to work is awesome, riding down alleys and through quiet sidestreets of a town really allow you to get a feel for the place you are in. there have been times where i was enjoying myself so and just cruising my way to work that i have actually been late before, just because i was so wrapped up in the ride.

So heres to the cycling lifestyle, biking a minimum of 6 miles a day atleast 5 days a week is awesome.

[kennbenny667]

My friends fail to understand why I continue to have my 500 dollar piece of shit car when I could buy a Honda or something to "get girls" My shaved legs pick up more girls than any car ever would. I spend about 15 bucks a month on gas for my Aspire. Friends spend 30 a week for their Mustangs and SUV's and another 30 a month on a health club membership they don't even use! When I suggest they commute to work by bike, they scoff! "That's too hard." Then I move on, and ask them if they want to do something later on, but they can't because they have to work to support the car. It's a vicious circle, I tells ya!

[hairygrump]

Funny story...

My brother drove out to visit and do Minnesota's annual Iron Man Bike ride with me and my crew. It was sweet. We did much tinkering, much riding around Minneapolis and finished my sexy Steam Roller... which is sexy, btw. Damn sexy. If you don't have one of these bikes you need to get in gear and get that build happening right away.

Anyway, brother lives in Michigan and must do a 12 hour drive to get here. Once he gets here, the car remains parked for the length of his visit and we get around the way I get around... urban velo-style. So we get in three solid days of 2-wheeling and the morning finally comes when he has to leave. I'm helping him load his car (I rarely lower myself to touch the silly things) and I disassemble and place my 1x1 in the trunk so he can take it home and make it healthy and springy after its long winter. As I do this, I neglect to remove his Jethro Tule/keychain from my front wheel, dump said wheel in trunk and shut it (the trunk), locking the keys inside. This is what happens when I involve myself with these stupid machines.

It costs me 90 dollars, 1 hour and (as a consequence of the hour) my breakfast to do and undo this stupid-ass mistake. I hate cars. I really, honestly hate cars. Every time someone removes one from their life, I feel like cheering.

[i8urbrain]

I know the feeling. In highschool I used to love cars. I worked on them, upgraded them and got lots of speeding tickets. Fast forward 10yrs.
I hate cars, my wife owns one I almost never drive. I bike to work 25miles round trip. I built a shop in my house, and my neighbors think I am a freak for not driving. I help run a great bike shop and cry when I cannot ride. Then I take a train into the city.
Yesterday I bought my wife her first bike since she was 12, and I order the last few parts to build "my" ultimate fixie. When I get home on the train( my writst is a wrek). I wife lets me know that the car has dropped all of it's oil on the street.
Today, to the toon of $2000 dollars the car is back on the road. $2000 freaking DOLLARS!!!!????? oh the parts I could have bought. A decade worth of rubber for my bikes, Lube till I need Phil Wood Hubs for a wheel chair, The custom singlespeed MTB of my dreams with custom paint, or another 2 bikes for my wife. It makes me sick, as if I am going to puke on the Keyboard right now sick.
Tomarrow I ride to my job, and stare at my almost finished fixie, maybe my rims will be there so I can have Pinkey help me build my wheels.

[thanita]

Riding instead of driving feels great, for all the above mentioned reasons - I love commuting on my cross check, it's just fun! I'll own my car ('96 Honda Hatch) in a few months, and I'm thinking I should just give it the boot (good little car that it's been).

Hondas and shaved legs to pick up girls? No wonder I've been attracting so many lesbians lately.

Seriously, though - the woman who can be "picked up" by a car is a scary woman indeed.:rolleyes:
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Car sharing is an option!