I love my bike, why do you love yours?

[blackhillsbiker]

Cycling is the one childhood joy I don't have to give up. It still feels like Saturday morning with a whole day full of possibilities. It still feels like flying. It still feels like freedom and independence. Her wheels take me farther than I could get on my feet. She has reconnected me with my aging body, making me feel healthy and stronger than I have in years. There aren't enough words.

Deb

[smilingcat]

I love all my bikes cause they all have been paid off

one I like cause I can look like "Wilma". T-shirt, cargo pants, white socks...
down tube friction shifter true 10 speed. Maybe I need to wear the helmet backwards.

one I like cause its "no-name brand" but pretty good (K2 makes bikes not just skis)

last one I like cause well its a real TT (actually a tri) bike Specialized transition pro. Rides rough but fast!!

[Catrin]

I love my bikes because they take me on adventures, give me wings, and connect me to the world around me and to the present moment. When on my bikes I cannot get lost in the past, or tomorrow. They are awesome!

[Crankin]

You know, I have never had that "visceral" love feeling for any bike I have owned. I love riding.
I think it has to do with the fact that a bike is an inanimate object. I don't have names for my bikes, either. It just doesn't seem to fit.
One time I had a "reaction" to a bike I saw at my LBS, when I went in to pick up something. I knew it was my size, because it was small, but it was really the color, a dark blue that I have rarely seen on a bike.
It turned out to be a Trek 5200, the very same bike I had traded in for the one I have now...

[hid558]

Oh it takes away my worries, you just get on the bike start pedaling feeling the air in your face seeing all the beauty of nature and a smile appears. You forget about everything that is pending. It's just teraphy.

[redrhodie]

They're the first things I'd rescue in a disaster, after all the living beings were safe. My bikes are very precious to me. I see them not only as freedom, transportation, and fun, but they're also works of art. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing more beautiful that a bicycle.

[MomOnBike]

I love my bikes because they let me unleash my urge to explore. Even close to home I have found new routes and places to visit and see because of my bikes. Don't get me started talking about long tours. . .

I love my bikes because each is a different style and has a different attitude for the mood I am in at that particular moment. My vintage Raleigh that I fixed up recently was a present from DH on our first anniversary. My recumbent is my RV, the bike I take for traveling long distances to new and exciting places. My mixte (when I get her finished) will be for commuting and floating about town in an elegant and retro manner.

I also love my bikes because I look and feel so much better when I am riding regularly than when I am not.