Poor man's form of transport?

just mf Luke,

cant really see what point youre making mate? unless it is a precursor to you making a wedge, then buying a beemer to scare riders with?

Agree with superprecise, the bicycle is the the most efficient machine ever invented by mankind, after 100+ years still doing exactly what it was designed for perfectly.
Returning the exact amount of energy expended by the rider.

Sometimes simplicity = sophistication too, and that my friend is beyond tawdry talk about cost.

I don't care whether the bike is the most efficient human to movement conversion available. It has nothing to do with the monetry wealth of the rider.

The fact is the bicycle helped poor people work further away back at the turn of the last century. People got jobs and afforded stuff .. my grand father loved the fact that his little bike earnt him soo much money by getting him to work and back .... and this should be celebrated .. that such a cheap bit of kit can let people get to work for so little and continues to do so... I earn the least out of my team and I have the most disposable income because I commute by my bike.

Expensive kit and stuff makes cycling elitist and I never think it should be like that. Cycling is fun for everyone as long as you don't own a BMX.