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The biggest issue with cycling (I used to cycle everyday, no longer): * Theft. I have to carry a lock and cable (for the front wheel). These are heavy and get

The biggest issue with cycling (I used to cycle everyday, no longer): * Theft. I have to carry a lock and cable (for the front wheel). These are heavy and get dirty. * Storage. I have to haul my mountain bike up and down the stairs in my apartment. Additionally I can't put the bike on my right shoulder and I cannot carry things on my left as it "feels wrong". So the whole process is a PITA. * Being run over and accidents. I've been hit by cars hard enough twice to send me in and out of hospital for months. I had other less minor collisions with cars. I do not like cycle lanes either because there is even more chances of collision (read below). * I am also normally dodging people's dogs and/or children while on a cycle even on the "cycle" lanes. This makes any cycle frustrating. * Cycling has intertwined itself with the insufferable green crowd. I used to enjoy cycling for the act itself, I am not naive enough to think I am saving the planet.

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dudefeliciano 2y ago
> Cycling has intertwined itself with the insufferable green crowd Is that so? The insufferable green crowd is also pro public transportation, is that a reason to have an issue with trains?
- EndShell 2y ago
  I don't want to associate (or seen to associate even though I don't) with the green crowd. Guilt by association is a thing. However due to them now infecting what is essentially a hobby, I no longer enjoy it, so I moved on. I still cycle from time to time, but I am no longer and avid cyclist. I actually prefer working on and driving my 97 LandRover Defender these days and Making Youtube Videos.
  - dudefeliciano 2y ago
    I disagree, a lot. First of all, while biking may be a hobby to you, it’s the primary mode of transportation for at least a billion people. To claim that all these people are “infected” by the green crowd, whatever that means, is just silly. Would you be happy to be associated with aristocracy, now that you drive a land rover, because many "old money" people drive those? While in your first comment you gave lots of reason why you dont ride a bike, now youre saying you stopped mostly due to perception of others..thats to me just as silly as all the tesla drivers who are now oh so afraid to be associated to musk and going so far to putting stickers on their car claiming they didnt know musk is unhinged.
    - EndShell 2y ago
      > I disagree, a lot. First of all, while biking may be a hobby to you, it’s the primary mode of transportation for at least a billion people. To claim that all these people are “infected” by the green crowd, whatever that means, is just silly BTW it was a form of transport to me. I used to cycle everyday to work and I used to cycle after work and at the weekends. When I say it was infected by the green crowd, I am not including people that simply use it as a means of transport. I would have thought that would be obvious. I am talking generally about cycling as a whole. I got into it because I thought mountain biking was cool when I was 12. Now almost every discussion about it is about building whole cities around it, carbon emissions etc. That is pushed by people primarily by people in the green crowd. I used to personally know these people. I probably still have their email and phone numbers hanging about. There are a lot of extremists in the cycling the movement that want to totally ban cars, think pet ownership is akin to slavery and they are very vocal and some are involved in planning transport infrastructure. I know this for a fact, because I used to know these people personally. You only think this is all silly because you haven't encountered these people. > Would you be happy to be associated with aristocracy, now that you drive a land rover, because many "old money" people drive those? Most Defenders are driven by Farmers I would wager. You are confusing a Defender with a Range Rover. Defenders are very bare bones, mine doesn't even have a Radio. I also have no issue with the aristocracy. They don't interfere with my hobbies or my life in any meaningful way. In fact many of them that I have met are very nice. > While in your first comment you gave lots of reason why you dont ride a bike, now youre saying you stopped mostly due to perception of others..thats to me just as silly as all the tesla drivers who are now oh so afraid to be associated to musk and going so far to putting stickers on their car claiming they didnt know musk is unhinged. To clarify, it was a combination of all the reason I listed. You are focusing in on this particular issue because you took exception to it. The primary reason is one I didn't list (as it was only relevant to myself). I am in my early 40s now. My left ankle has issues, my right knee has issues. My right shoulder is slightly deformed from breaking my collar bone 3 times. When I was run over (the second time), I broke all my fingers on my right hand, some of the fingers didn't set correctly. I don't want to go through that in my 40s again and the roads are less safe than they were 15 years ago. As for the Musk stuff. I believe it is largely astro-turf'd on the net. If people wish to sell their Tesla or adorn it with Anti-Musk slogans because of his current involvement with the Trump Administration, they are free to do so. I see nothing unhinged about it at all. If they were to engage in acts of vandalism or violence because of anti-Tesla sentiment that would be unhinged IMO.

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dudefeliciano 2y ago

> Cycling has intertwined itself with the insufferable green crowd Is that so? The insufferable green crowd is also pro public transportation, is that a reason to have an issue with trains?

EndShell 2y ago
I don't want to associate (or seen to associate even though I don't) with the green crowd. Guilt by association is a thing. However due to them now infecting what is essentially a hobby, I no longer enjoy it, so I moved on. I still cycle from time to time, but I am no longer and avid cyclist. I actually prefer working on and driving my 97 LandRover Defender these days and Making Youtube Videos.
- dudefeliciano 2y ago
  I disagree, a lot. First of all, while biking may be a hobby to you, it’s the primary mode of transportation for at least a billion people. To claim that all these people are “infected” by the green crowd, whatever that means, is just silly. Would you be happy to be associated with aristocracy, now that you drive a land rover, because many "old money" people drive those? While in your first comment you gave lots of reason why you dont ride a bike, now youre saying you stopped mostly due to perception of others..thats to me just as silly as all the tesla drivers who are now oh so afraid to be associated to musk and going so far to putting stickers on their car claiming they didnt know musk is unhinged.
  - EndShell 2y ago
    > I disagree, a lot. First of all, while biking may be a hobby to you, it’s the primary mode of transportation for at least a billion people. To claim that all these people are “infected” by the green crowd, whatever that means, is just silly BTW it was a form of transport to me. I used to cycle everyday to work and I used to cycle after work and at the weekends. When I say it was infected by the green crowd, I am not including people that simply use it as a means of transport. I would have thought that would be obvious. I am talking generally about cycling as a whole. I got into it because I thought mountain biking was cool when I was 12. Now almost every discussion about it is about building whole cities around it, carbon emissions etc. That is pushed by people primarily by people in the green crowd. I used to personally know these people. I probably still have their email and phone numbers hanging about. There are a lot of extremists in the cycling the movement that want to totally ban cars, think pet ownership is akin to slavery and they are very vocal and some are involved in planning transport infrastructure. I know this for a fact, because I used to know these people personally. You only think this is all silly because you haven't encountered these people. > Would you be happy to be associated with aristocracy, now that you drive a land rover, because many "old money" people drive those? Most Defenders are driven by Farmers I would wager. You are confusing a Defender with a Range Rover. Defenders are very bare bones, mine doesn't even have a Radio. I also have no issue with the aristocracy. They don't interfere with my hobbies or my life in any meaningful way. In fact many of them that I have met are very nice. > While in your first comment you gave lots of reason why you dont ride a bike, now youre saying you stopped mostly due to perception of others..thats to me just as silly as all the tesla drivers who are now oh so afraid to be associated to musk and going so far to putting stickers on their car claiming they didnt know musk is unhinged. To clarify, it was a combination of all the reason I listed. You are focusing in on this particular issue because you took exception to it. The primary reason is one I didn't list (as it was only relevant to myself). I am in my early 40s now. My left ankle has issues, my right knee has issues. My right shoulder is slightly deformed from breaking my collar bone 3 times. When I was run over (the second time), I broke all my fingers on my right hand, some of the fingers didn't set correctly. I don't want to go through that in my 40s again and the roads are less safe than they were 15 years ago. As for the Musk stuff. I believe it is largely astro-turf'd on the net. If people wish to sell their Tesla or adorn it with Anti-Musk slogans because of his current involvement with the Trump Administration, they are free to do so. I see nothing unhinged about it at all. If they were to engage in acts of vandalism or violence because of anti-Tesla sentiment that would be unhinged IMO.