WTF is the deal with people carrying their bikes???

I'm usually too busy trying to avoid London Dynamo to pay attention to people in a carpark.

Maybe they also ride indoor tracks and are used to carrying bikes from car into the velodrome building? That said though, at work, I see a lot of people wheel the bike from the car to the front door and then pick it up and carry it once inside the building. Bonkers.

Riding with helmet on bars/bag does probably seem rather counter intuitive but I have done this if say, playing polo but that's coz my polo helmet was rather hot and stuffy. I'll also do it after a mtb ride though, if I've taken my helmet off and the sweat in the pads has gone all cold I hate putting it back on so if I have a gentle ride home/to car/to train then I'll not bother putting it on again.

Guilty as charged. Went for a ride yesterday with my 4 year old daughter (part of which was on the road), and I wasn't wearing a helmet, whereas she was. The reason she was though is that I asked her if she wanted to wear it, and she said yes. If it makes her feel safer, and gets her in to the cycling habit, who am I to tell her that it's a waste of time?

Don't automatically assume that parents have compelled their children to wear helmets. I'm pro choice. My daughter has made the choice that she would like to wear one. Given that she's still quite wobbly on her bike, it probably makes sense too. I've made the choice that if I'm cycling at 5mph with my daughter, there's no point in my wearing one.

I carry my tourer (London's Heaviest Bike ™) for a workout, esp as I still can't ride.

I see a lot of people wheel the bike from the car to the front door and then pick it up and carry it once inside the building. Bonkers.

why bonkers? I usually do this if I'm taking my bike in anywhere, I just feel it's polite. and the bike's wheels are likely to be dirtier than my shoes if I've just cycled there.

Yes, if riding to a building and taking bike in it's polite but for a track bike that was brought in the boot of the car, to roll it through the car park (east end of glasgow remember so dog shit and broken glass abound) then pick it up once inside is a bit strange don't you agree?

oh yeah, didn't realise "at work" meant at track...

Polite to carry a bike rather than wheel it? I don't get this unless the bike is wet.

even if the bike isn't wet, the roads are often a bit damp and mucky, so result in dirty tyres. and some of it's just perception - to a lot of people a bike belongs outdoors, so carrying it avoids anxiety about the floor (even if in reality there's no more danger to the floor than people walking on it).

In buildings where i'm not really supposed to be bringing my bike inside i'd carry it just to show that i'm not completely taking the piss. It seems to work.

So do you levitate when you walk through the same building?

For every person your bike carrying pleases there are two who've had a rear tyre near-miss or an oily chain all up in their personal space who now want all fakengers dead.

I carry bikes through my house. We have light coloured carpets and no-matter how careful I am putting it down and picking it up there is always an oil spot or a tyre mark on the sodding thing.

Carrying bikes with tubs to the track makes sense, but not carrying them to a road, which will also have flint etc on anyway.

So do you levitate when you walk through the same building?

No, I wipe my feet on the doormat. Bit hard to do that with bike tyres.

Carryenger is the new Walkenger

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Sometimes I put the mountain bikes in the back of the car and drive to the trail... guilty.

I've carried my bike from the vehicle in the car park to the road at Richmond. it is gravely and I fear for my tubulars.

It all depends on the situation, but if we are talking about RP car park I prefer to ride my bike on that bit instead of walking with road cycling shoes on...

I'm a bit weirded-out that people drive their bikes to Richmond Park.

@miro_o their club jerseys betray great distances to travel from: Kingston Wheelers, Twickenham CC etc...

Don't forget you too have to carry your bike due to roadwork at your relative in Wales.

I'm a bit weirded-out that people drive their bikes to Richmond Park

Not everyone lives in a lodge in the park.

Also one is often going somewhere else afterwards.

I don't suggest living in the park, just pedalling for a bit more (for transport) either side of your laps (for recreation).

#onelesscar

There is this amazing contraption for the conveyance of human beings, it's called a bike.

Unless you are suggesting there is a hard core of Richmond Park cyclists who live in the park.

Perhaps some of us like the idea of being directeur sportifs just for the weekend...you know with our bikes on top of the car.