Poor man's form of transport?

Poor man's transport?

On the contrary, I'm pretty sure there's been research done that suggests keen cyclists (as a group) have average salaries higher than the average for the population as a whole.

the point is that cycling is accessible to people of ALL income brackets, whether or not in this country the average cyclist does it for leisure and spends a bit on it.

i'm pretty sure the average cyclist in india doesn't earn much.

If you use you bike to ride to the pub then it's POUR man's transport... AMIRITE?!?!??!!!111!!!

LOL

+fucking one to the power of six Pifko

That's still just one ;)

OK fuck face

onetimestentothepowerofsix

should have known you'd pipe up on the issue of cars ;-)

mmmmm I love the smell of petrol bruning and melting polar ice caps in the morning ;)

Also, anyone who **choses **to drive in London during the day, I just don't understand their decision, at all.

Wealth has many measures. I pity the "poor" man trapped in his tin box, divorced from the real world and cosseted by carbon powered luxury. He may appear wealthy in terms of cash, but he is a pauper in spirit.

Yesh. Cash is so VULGAR isn't it? That's why I get my company to pay for my work in karma. Keeps me warm at night, I can tell you.

I'm thinking of popping down to Cyclefit at lunch time. I shall ask them if they are providers of transport to poor men.

I suspect that they will be offended by the sexist nature of the classification.

Yeah poor man, may be once when bikes were cheaper and seen as a utilitarian form of transport. Buy that image changed long ago. Doubt it was helped by the recent speed camera ads that cycling was childlike.

PS show me a car with MOT for £50.

You can get a BSO for less that £100 and spend many thousands on a bike.

I've been doing some work out in India recently.

The guys out there are actually dumbfounded when I explain that I choose to use a bicycle, even though I own a car.

PS show me a car with MOT for £50.

I got my Rover for free.
MoT cost £35.

Mind you, you've seen the thing. It hasn't had an MoT in the 5 years since.

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.

You're clearly not spending enough on your bikes. It's an economical way to travel however i doubt that is the main factor people ride a bike, and once you have more than one any economy goes out the window.

You have no seen my garage mate .. *m*f has there is a whole garage of random bike kit. not shiny stuff mind you just old brakes, gear, levers etc but most of it is usable and about 15 of 20 wheels both racing and mountain bike that have been collected over the years.

I think I have spent over £4000 over the years keeping my bikes going. Which isn't a small sum considering I am in my first job outside uni and I spend a fuck load on booze.

I have four bikes now I think .. fuck I have lost count .. and I still save money. Even my nicest bike isn't that flashy but all of them run very reliably.

Wealth has many measures. I pity the "poor" man trapped in his tin box, divorced from the real world and cosseted by carbon powered luxury. He may appear wealthy in terms of cash, but he is a pauper in spirit.
Besides which I have a nice car with air con and all that but I use it as little as possible because I prefer riding one of my bikes.
To return to your original point though; I do think drivers look down on cyclists from an assumed position of moral superiority, and I think a large part of that is the perception that they are better off because they drive a car. Fools.

I don't understand why people wait in their cars in queues that are avoidable when on a like. But please don't go on about this pauper in spirit bollox , It make you sound like a bit of a nob ... btw I don't think you are because you gave me a very nice response.

That's still just one ;)

OI ... I think he meant 10 ^ 6 like a calculator :P

If you use you bike to ride to the pub then it's POUR man's transport... AMIRITE?!?!??!!!111!!!

LOL

No it is a pissed man form of transport then.

http://www.bikesatwork.com/carfree/cost-of-car-ownership.html

Thank hippy :D

I get 15p more per mile when i use my bike for work. I'm better off for cycling.

I personally measure it in the size of the sandwich I have to buy at lunch to save money.

Anyone can afford to buy a really nice car,

Run that one by me again mate? Blue Quinn; the forum's very own Marie Antionette.

I must spread reputation before giving it to the ever witty will.

You can spend all your money on a car and then more running and maintaining it and that will make you poor, but you'll have a car.

You can not spend that money on a car and buy a bike for less money and less cost to run and still have money, so not be poor.

Then car=poor and bike=rich.

Bikes can be for everyone, I think is the point you were alluding to?

Bike = rich you say?
I have three bikes and I'm not rich. Do I need more bikes to become rich? This seems like a win-win situation to me...

Poverty-stricken idea of a thread...

Sticken? What is sticken, oh Lord of spelling and grammar?

No, it's a good, interesting thread. Well done lucas. I am currently poor (by my standards) due to cycling, but I have no idea how I could afford to run a car, and I earn reasonable money. I could not afford a really nice car BlueQuinn.

True dat, wise words.

Wealth has many measures. I pity the "poor" man trapped in his tin box, divorced from the real world and cosseted by carbon powered luxury. He may appear wealthy in terms of cash, but he is a pauper in spirit.
Besides which I have a nice car with air con and all that but I use it as little as possible because I prefer riding one of my bikes.
To return to your original point though; I do think drivers look down on cyclists from an assumed position of moral superiority, and I think a large part of that is the perception that they are better off because they drive a car. Fools.

Ta.