Poll: Why don't Americans ride bikes?

(No don't go the easy way and assume they are stupid. There may be
other rational explanations for them not doing the obvious thing)

Some argue that people should be riding bikes on the road, period. Not
very clever. Well, since nearly 99% of people don't ride bikes to
work, there must be some good reason for it. Perhaps PEOPLE ARE AFRAID
to share the roads with our reckless, sometime criminal drivers,
perhaps they are plain stupid, or perhaps they are lazy couch potatoes
who won't even go the supermarket on bikes...

Thus we put this poll so that a solution is found once the revolution
is in place.

Of course, the revolution will not be motorized.

The Poll is being taken here...

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=462492

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"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message
...
(No don't go the easy way and assume they are stupid. There may be
other rational explanations for them not doing the obvious thing)

Some argue that people should be riding bikes on the road, period. Not
very clever. Well, since nearly 99% of people don't ride bikes to
work, there must be some good reason for it. Perhaps PEOPLE ARE AFRAID
to share the roads with our reckless, sometime criminal drivers,
perhaps they are plain stupid, or perhaps they are lazy couch potatoes
who won't even go the supermarket on bikes...

Thus we put this poll so that a solution is found once the revolution
is in place.

Of course, the revolution will not be motorized.

The Poll is being taken here...

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=462492

Hey retard it was explained to you that we know for an absolute fact that
people don't ride bikes because they highly value their time and the price
of their time to use a bike is far too expensive for them to afford.

You are way too retarded to remember, but I told you that a Nobel Prize was
won by an economist at UC Berkeley that determined why people make decision
such as driving vs bikes vs transit vs walking. But Noooooooooooooooooooo
you want to ignore everything we know and pretend that it is a big unknown
since you have the comprehension of a two year old.

For people that did not read the post, the gut level cost people use to
decide which mode to use for a trip has been found to be:

Trip cost = trip dollar cost + pay rate time * waiting,etc + half pay rate
* travel time

People typically choose the transportation mode with the lowest cost.
Extremely rational except for the born losers in society like
ComandanteBanana

Jack May wrote:
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message
...
(No don't go the easy way and assume they are stupid. There may be
other rational explanations for them not doing the obvious thing)

Some argue that people should be riding bikes on the road, period. Not
very clever. Well, since nearly 99% of people don't ride bikes to
work, there must be some good reason for it. Perhaps PEOPLE ARE AFRAID
to share the roads with our reckless, sometime criminal drivers,
perhaps they are plain stupid, or perhaps they are lazy couch potatoes
who won't even go the supermarket on bikes...

[...]
Hey retard it was explained to you that we know for an absolute fact that
people don't ride bikes because they highly value their time and the price
of their time to use a bike is far too expensive for them to afford.

But superior people prefer to spend the time riding a bicycle.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

On Sep 6, 3:15 pm, "Jack May" wrote:

People typically choose the transportation mode with the lowest cost.

Which perfectly explains why they buy cheap Audis and BMW's and get
Sat Nav options.

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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Jack May wrote:
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message
...
(No don't go the easy way and assume they are stupid. There may be
other rational explanations for them not doing the obvious thing)

Some argue that people should be riding bikes on the road, period. Not
very clever. Well, since nearly 99% of people don't ride bikes to
work, there must be some good reason for it. Perhaps PEOPLE ARE AFRAID
to share the roads with our reckless, sometime criminal drivers,
perhaps they are plain stupid, or perhaps they are lazy couch potatoes
who won't even go the supermarket on bikes...

[...]
Hey retard it was explained to you that we know for an absolute fact that
people don't ride bikes because they highly value their time and the
price of their time to use a bike is far too expensive for them to
afford.

But superior people prefer to spend the time riding a bicycle.

Dream on. Absolutely no evidence that is true.

Certainly a bike is one form of exercise that works well for some. For
transportation, its usage is very limited because of it very high cost of
travel for most people to most of their destinations.

On Sep 6, 4:36*pm, Will wrote:
On Sep 6, 3:15 pm, "Jack May" wrote:

People typically choose the transportation mode with the lowest cost.

Which perfectly explains why they buy cheap Audis and BMW's and get
Sat Nav options.

I think people rather buy what they see on TV.

Have you seen any ads for bikes?

On Sep 6, 4:15*pm, "Jack May" wrote:
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message

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(No don't go the easy way and assume they are stupid. There may be
other rational explanations for them not doing the obvious thing)

Some argue that people should be riding bikes on the road, period. Not
very clever. Well, since nearly 99% of people don't ride bikes to
work, there must be some good reason for it. Perhaps PEOPLE ARE AFRAID
to share the roads with our reckless, sometime criminal drivers,
perhaps they are plain stupid, or perhaps they are lazy couch potatoes
who won't even go the supermarket on bikes...

Thus we put this poll so that a solution is found once the revolution
is in place.

Of course, the revolution will not be motorized.

The Poll is being taken here...

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=462492

Hey retard it was explained to you that we know for an absolute fact that
people don't ride bikes because they highly value their time and the price
of their time to use a bike is far too expensive for them to afford.

You are way too retarded to remember, but I told you that a Nobel Prize was
won by an economist at UC Berkeley that determined why people make decision
such as driving vs bikes vs transit vs walking. * But Noooooooooooooooooooo
you want to ignore everything we know and pretend that it is a big unknown
since you have the comprehension of a two year old.

For people that did not read the post, the gut level cost people use to
decide which mode to use for a trip has been found to be:

Trip cost = trip dollar cost *+ pay rate time * waiting,etc *+ half pay rate
* travel time

People typically choose the transportation mode with the lowest cost.
Extremely rational except for the born losers in society like
ComandanteBanana- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Still it doesn't explain why people don't go to the supermarket by
bike. Or why they don't use it for other trips under 2 miles --40% of
all trips.

So you say cyclists are born losers. Is that the opinion of 99% of
Americans, or just your own?

Originally Posted by sojourn
I think a lot of guys think it's a "Gay" sport.........

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I thought a lot of gays thought it was a guy sport. Nothing effeminate
about riding something until you drop exhausted.

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:15:59 -0700, "Jack May"
said in :

Hey retard it was explained to you that we know for an absolute fact that
people don't ride bikes because they highly value their time and the price
of their time to use a bike is far too expensive for them to afford.

So glad I live in the UK and work in London where the reverse is
true and cycling is far and away the quickest way to get form A to
B.

In article ,
ComandanteBanana writes:

Some argue that people should be riding bikes on the road, period. Not
very clever. Well, since nearly 99% of people don't ride bikes to
work, there must be some good reason for it.

You're still trying to scare would-be riders off the
streets & roads, eh? Your FUDmongering disinformation
campaign is destined to fail. The Truth shall out,
as it inevitably does.

Not even bike-hating propagandists such as yourself
are safe from The Truth.

Go climb a banana tree. And stay up there.


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