Will you still be riding in 5 years?

cornelius blackfoot as cycling gets more and more popular, (cycling is gaining popularity, with an 83% increase in the capital since 2000" taken from this report http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/09/study-meeting-l.html ) different styles of bikes will come and go out of fashion, its just the way of the world. I've ridden pretty much the last twenty years, I ride because its my main form of exercise, (Studies have shown that regular cyclists typically enjoy a level of fitness equivalent to someone 10 years younger, and those cycling regularly beyond their mid-thirties add two years to their life expectancy. from this article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2500754.ece )and if i don't i get grumpy without that days endorphin hit, I ride because its cheaper and because it makes going on tubes and buses an adventure because I'm not using them everyday, it makes london feel smaller, I can pretty much be anywhere in half an hour or thereabouts, and I ride because its fun, jumping in and out of traffic, no congestion charge, no worries about parking - though this is offset by "the fear" of having bike stolen.
I presume I'll continue to do so for another twenty, and hopefully I'll be that cool old dude who cycles that really old skool fixed gear when everyone else has moved onto something else.

Yeah..you're right.