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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not take the bus or drive a car to work and bike for exercise on a bike path or in your basement???!!![/quote]

The bus is inconvenient.   Driving is costly and polluting.  It saves me time to combine my commute and my exercise, and its the best part of my day.

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Agreed.  I leave on my own schedule, and can detour if there’s car traffic backed up.  It’s also flexible so I can deviate from a route easily.  That said, I do take the bus/metro when I don’t feel like biking.  You can also bus/bike combo or bike/metro when it’s not crowded on the metro.

[b]Bikes are really the ultimate freedom in a city.[/b][/quote]

Yep. The freedom run red lights.

The freedom to blow through stop signs.

The freedom to go the wrong way against traffic.

The freedom to knock over pedestrians in crosswalks who are crossing with the light.

The freedom to smash vehicles with your bike lock if they get within arm's reach.

The freedom to ride on the sidewalk, weaving between walkers, scaring them out of your way.

The freedom to trap everyone else on the road behind you as you take the lane going uphill.

The freedom not to bound by any traffic laws whatsoever, yet still call yourself a victim when you wind up under a car because you entered an intersection from a redlight at 20 mph.

Yep, bikes are the ultimate freedom. From accountability.

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