8 Reasons why People Don’t Ride Bikes

[TMH]

Chris is actually asking this question to the wrong audience. Folks on this forum have already bought into bikes / e-bikes as a viable form of recreation, transportation, etc. We are only guessing and assuming why others don't embrace bikes, which are clearly so useful and beneficial to us. And you know what happens when one assumes...

 

[TOOSLOW]

This illustrates the problem within society today, everyone telling everybody else what they should do.
That's not freedom, and surely not what the founding fathers fought for.

 

[Ebiker01]

Before Covid and after Covid



After :

Massive increases of regualr bikes and ebikes sales...

It pretty much came down to ONE simple thing:TIME.
All this jobs and commute, kids, schools...who had the time ?? People were just too busy.

Well now, thanks to Covid we all get fresh air, go out and exercise , ride bike or ebikes.


Most imp. : Do not dine in , seat down to eat !! THANK YOU. that is really amazing...what a relief.
Can't get fat any longer..


I've seen so many people on bikes lately in the parks , bikes that were clearly not ridden since 2001 or earlier ... seatpoat too high/low, rusted chains, low tire pressures, shoe cleats way too far outward, brakes barely working...
Is booming time for a bike shop ! Many are out of bikes below 1.5k.

 

[Art Deco]

Before Covid and after Covid



After :

Massive increases of regualr bikes and ebikes sales...

It pretty much came down to ONE simple thing:TIME.
All this jobs and commute, kids, schools...who had the time ?? People were just too busy.

Well now, thanks to Covid we all get fresh air, go out and exercise , ride bike or ebikes.


Most imp. : Do not dine in , seat down to eat !! THANK YOU. that is really amazing...what a relief.
Can't get fat any longer..


I've seen so many people on bikes lately in the parks , bikes that were clearly not ridden since 2001 or earlier ... seatpoat too high/low, rusted chains, low tire pressures, shoe cleats way too far outward, brakes barely working...
Is booming time for a bike shop ! Many are out of bikes below 1.5k.

Time . Time to ride slowly or walk outside. Time to cook real food and enjoy it. Time to think, not just react. Now if we could only enjoy our friends and neighbors with that time.

 

[byunbee]

This illustrates the problem within society today, everyone telling everybody else what they should do.
That's not freedom, and surely not what the founding fathers fought for.

But it's human nature. Take that away and we'd be robots. Now take your pick.