Comments on: Are recreational cyclists posers?

By: More Than One Way to UTILIZE your Bike | Bike Commuters

More Than One Way to UTILIZE your Bike | Bike Commuters — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:28:34 +0000

[...] to catalog all of the means in which cyclists utilize bicycles for purposes beyond sport and recreation. Not surprisingly, all evidence points to bike commuting as the predominant form of utility cycling [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:25:23 +0000

It’d be too easy to get lost in the “hard core roadie” or “casual” cyclist debate. A lot of you already hit it on the nose, get out and RIDE! Any reason you might have, saving money on the expenses of owning a car (gas, insurance, carpayment), getting to and from work, health, convenience, etc all have legitimate and viable reasons to get on the bike. I’m an American who lives in Germany and ride my road bike everyday to work. On the weekends I’m fortunate enough to have a trail near my house so I take my MTbike. Anyone being exclusive for the sake of piety to their bicycle God is just silly. Do it because you want to. If you have to burn some gas riding to a pristine trail spot because it helps you zen out cool. At least you rode. You could’ve spent the afternoon eating chips and watching football. Talk about productivity kinda…

By: Poseur cycling jersey | Bike Commuters

Poseur cycling jersey | Bike Commuters — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:13:51 +0000

[...] while back I wrote a post that ruffled a few feathers. I posed the question if recreational riders were posers, well, the [...]

By: bert olio

bert olio — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:37:12 +0000

Being car-free meant that to go on XC training rides on different trails I had to ride for one and half to two hours just to get to the trail head. I adapted, I’d pack a back pack or my BoB and camp in the forest for the night, or I’d leave at dawn at get back at dusk. It didn’t make me a better person than those who drove t the the same trail-heads, just a better cyclist.

By: Harp

Harp — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:14:35 +0000

I never drive to the local trail because it is only 3 miles from my house but the next closest trail is 25 miles away and any others are farther than that so I will drive to those but to drive to any local one is kinda pointless.

By: Moe

Moe — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:52 +0000

Back in my high school days I used to listen to punk rock. We used call those people who liked to dress like a punk rocker but didn’t listen to the music or believe on the message ‘posers’ or ‘wankers’. So I figured it would make for an interesting title. You may not agree with my choice of words, but it looks like most people agree with what our belief is: A bicycle is a source of transportation/recreation/exercise/exploration and most important, it brings joy to our life.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:12:44 +0000

I only recently got into mountain biking because I didn’t live within reasonable biking distance of good singletrack. Even now my options are limited although I live in the Santa Cruz mountains — my son and I have to bike 5 to 10 miles, most of it uphill, before we actually get to something halfway fun.

But I’m not going to cast stones at other mountain bikers I’m sharing the trail with. He who is without sin and all that, and I have my share of shortcomings that people can criticize me about.

By: doug

doug — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:51:58 +0000

if you drive your car more miles than you ride a bike you are probably a “poser.” if you drive to work and your commute is less than 15 miles one mile, you are a “poser.” if you frequently opt to drive when it’s raining or cold, you are a “poser.” if you spend thousands of dollars on a bike and only ride it on weekends for fun you are a “poser.”

i don’t think any of these things is necessarily bad. i don’t really even agree with using the word “poser.” all those things mean you’re a recreational cyclist cheating yourself out of all the benefits of the bicycle. it’s sort of like you bought the bike instead of the 55 inch plasma. a different “lifestyle choice.”

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:16:04 +0000

Unless someone is bike touring, I can’t see too many ways to get to a trail if you don’t drive a car (or take a train, or a bus).

Most cyclists I know carpool to a trailhead, and so what? Not everyone is lucky to have a trail an easy distance away from home.

I really don’t get the whole “us” and “them” mentality I witness when I ride my bike. It’s a little bizarre. I wave and smile at everyone. Probably because when I producing lots of happy chemicals when I am riding! I get a huge HUGE kick out of riding and I am even more thrilled when I see other people riding their bikes. I don’t care what the bike looks like, or the brand, or the cost, or the colour, or whatever style of clothes the rider is wearing, I am in my happy place.

Now, I have to wait for the foot of snow that arrived this weekend to go away so I can go out riding again!

Have a Merry Christmas RL, Moe, Priscilla, Jeff, Jack and everybody!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:56:42 +0000

Take it from the city recently deemed least friendliest to bikers and pedestrians, anyone using an alternative mode of transportation, especially biking, is part of the solution. I live in Tampa and a ride to Pinellas County or to Dade City is necessary to get a good, safe ride. Not to mention to see Florida’s beautiful environment.

The word poser is used with every type of issue but really it’s only there because people are elitists.