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@kattt
yeah, this always cracks me up when i go out with my friends from school (aka non cyclist friends), even though every single time they see me i turn up on my bike it still seems to astound them. and then they always offer to get me a cab or something at the end of the night... "no i llliiiiikke riding my bike" .. "but i think you can fit it in those black cabs?" funny stuff...
i absolutely completely hate london public transport. it also doesn't help that i don't really live near any links. but when my bike (just got one..) has been out of commission a couple times this fall, or i've been going to the airport or something, i've taken the bus/tube and it really, really irks me. i have a tough time accepting that i really need to sit in this crowded space with these annoying people for an hour - or who knows, it might take longer, suck it up - when i could be outside on my bike and where i want to be in 25 minutes. it makes me nuts. woo, okay. i am getting worked up just thinking about it.
right now i am back at my parents place in the states, and they live in this strange suburban area where you are either on a back road with no shoulder (plus lots of ice this time of year), or a big highway... i'm sure it's not impossible but there's really nothing conducive to cycling here, i really never see anybody riding outside of the park. before i moved to london a few months ago i wasn't living in this town, i was living in a far more cycle friendly place, but i still split my cycling and driving about 50/50... if i was late for work, going shopping, going with other people, etc, i would drive, and then cycle the rest of the time. my attitude has really changed since getting used to riding just about literally everywhere in london..... driving really isn't any fun, and i used to love my car (tdi vw jetta)... but now i've come back and we seem to have lost that spark. sorry for writing a book, i really just can't wait to get back to london and back on my bike. it really is just the best way.