Why don’t you have time to ride

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08-07-2011, 02:19 AM

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With the price of gas the way it is, I ride every chance I can get and I'm grinning big time cuz my SUV kills my wallet.

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08-07-2011, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Vitric

Driving to bring lunch actually doesn't' make much sense once I did some number crunching though. If I spent the $4 on food that I would have on gas if I drove (in addition to the cost of buying grocery store food) I would come out as under the average cost of driving for a day. However it usually doesn't work out that way.. even dollar menu food adds up

Huh? That don't make no sense. Then again I don't how you ride when not on a bike.

I do know it cost me 80 bucks a week to fill my vehicle and only 13 to fill my bike....and that's just the obviuos.

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08-07-2011, 07:57 AM

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Because I will have to spend the day detailing it if I ride it to the stor

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08-07-2011, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceman24

One word...kids..., but I still find the time for my favorite stress relieving hobby. Ride on!

Hey Iceman, that favorite stress relieving hobby is what cause me to have kids in the first place....

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08-07-2011, 04:27 PM

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Rain or have to pick up something large are my reasons I cant ride,thinking about converting my FXD to a trike with a flatbed so I can haul larger items when and if I find a touring and then rain would be my only excuse.

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08-07-2011, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron750

Just read a post where someone said they don’t have time to ride. There was another last night that said she rode 5 miles last year. I have a hard time relating to that. I commute on bike, run to store, etc... Both riders have kids, so I guess it would be hard to ride and chauffer kids around. I have an empty nest, now. What are reasons you don't ride, in riding season?
Here are mine:

1. Have to service auto or truck
2. Need to pick up something with truck.
3. Gonna rain all day
4. Bike not working
5. Famiily trip

It would be intellectually dishonest to answser this question...because I have nothin' but time to ride.

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08-07-2011, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rafael53

Huh? That don't make no sense. Then again I don't how you ride when not on a bike.

I do know it cost me 80 bucks a week to fill my vehicle and only 13 to fill my bike....and that's just the obviuos.

It would cost me approximately $11 to drive to work, gas and lunch average price included in that. If I rode to work, I would be spending $4 on gas and $4 on food to break lower than the cost of driving, so I get $8 total. However, I usually wind up spending more than $4 on something to eat, so at that point, driving or riding to work don't have very much of a difference in cost.

At least that's what I was thinking when I wrote that..

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08-08-2011, 12:00 AM

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1. Too hot
2. Too cold
3. Raining
4. Nowhere to go (at OVER $4/gallon for non-ethanol premium,I gotta have a destination)
5. Take my work truck home with me,so can't ride to work.