If you have, what were the problems you ran into that you didn't anticipate?
2007-01-30 20:23:44 · 6 answers · asked by Vlasko 3 in Sports ➔ Cycling
I have not driven a car in ten years. I sail a boat every now and then. Or I walk, ride a bike, or take buses. It is no problem, we adjust,adapt or we lose.
As long as people will just have to have this years model or that car and the latest shoes from that sports show , that is stagnation and destruction of environment.
There are no problems, there are solutions. I do not anticipate, I accept the reality of today. I do not own a car, so I do not pay for repairs or taxes or any other ludicrous bills that are bundled in with the ownership of one.
I did not anticipate the freedom, the pleasures of a walk, the lack of accidents and consequences as a result of.
2007-01-30 20:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't given up the car for a bicycle, simply because I don't have a working bicycle. I do use the bus whenever I can; we're lucky enough here in the Seattle area to have a good bus system. I would think that the hardest part of giving up a car for a bicycle (rather than public transportation) would be bad weather, and bad drivers!
2007-01-31 04:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have gone car lite simply mean I drive if the need requires it but if doesn't my bicycle rocks. People don't understand that the automobile is the most polluting piece of crap in the world. The only problem I've run into is that sharing the road is a act of war in their minds. People in Northeast Ohio don't understand that bicycles are legal vehicles onthe road and we're under the same laws as cars do. I ride in warm weather for exercise,Transportation, and show my legal rights.
Giving up the car seems hard but it's not.
2007-01-31 10:20:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haven't given up the car completely, but I bike commute when I can. With a young child, it would be impractical to go completely carless, with doctor's appointments, missing the school bus, etc. When I was a bit younger, with no family commitments, I did go about 3 years without a car in upstate New York. I got a lot of funny looks when there was a foot of snow on the ground. One year we got a freak snowstorm in April and I was the only one to get to work on time!
2007-01-31 06:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by crazydave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the Japanese can do it, why not the Americans?? Here in Tokyo I see people even in their 70's riding bikes and looking very stylish too. Apart from saving the environment, your butt will benefit, and definitely your health! As for bad weather, the people here ride bikes holding an umbrella in the one hand...
2007-01-31 04:39:28 · answer #5 · answered by Amelie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i dont have a car yet, but i would only give it up if it was a really sweet bike. it would have to be either a Specialized S-works enduro carbon ($7500) or a Trek Madone SL 5.5 ($3500).
2007-01-31 20:40:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋