Using a bicycle is manlier than using a car

[Ghostpanther]

It can be actually hard on your manliness. Think of what's between your legs. I know they make those special saddles however. Not sure how well they work.

[zorkuus]

It can be actually hard on your manliness. Think of what's between your legs. I know they make those special saddles however. Not sure how well they work.

What about it? You're not meant to sit on top of your balls. it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the proper way.

[Polyxo]

I like biking, but I just jump on my bike and go, when I want to. What I don't understand is all the 'cyclists' who wear all the lycra gear with the fake sponsors and all that stuff on it.

[Faenskap]

No, it isn't. Give me a man with an Audi RS5 <3 Actually I could do without the man, just give me that car!

And fuck cyclists. Showed a certain finger to a group them last weekend (don't think they saw that, sadly)

[cubby]

Obviously there are a lot of different environments around the country, but what makes you specifically say that being able to bike to work indicates that someone has a convenient life?

(I realize I condensed this down to commuting to work, which was definitely not stated in the OP)

Generally speaking, biking to work is a choice rather than a necessity - at least in big cities. Most people live too far away to bike and therefore have to drive or take public transportation in their commuting efforts. And if they have kids, well, you can almost certainly forget about biking, unless you're lucky enough to have a partner that also doesn't work, and therefore gives you the convenience of choice.

If you're biking to work, you have the convenience of a life that allows you that choice. Most people don't have it.

People who bike to work are in the minority, and it's always amazed me that cities push biking when hardly anyone can actually do it.

(I also realize this might be coming off as more of a rant than a coherent argument)

[Lex Icon]

AMATURES! if you can't walk where you need to be then it's not worth going.
or crawling for those who're really hardcore.

"wheels" lol!

[Fincayra]

Men perfect laziness. We have sex on the bottom, we drive with one hand on the wheel, and we can turn any chair into a rocking chair with enough practice. Men work hard so they don't have to work hard later. Driving a car is just the tip of the iceberg of that.

[Eveningforest]

I like biking, but I just jump on my bike and go, when I want to. What I don't understand is all the 'cyclists' who wear all the lycra gear with the fake sponsors and all that stuff on it.

There are a lot of posers among the roadies, that's for sure. Mt. bikers and touring cyclists are generally much less flashy and also friendlier.
Cycling shorts are a must though, if you actually spend some time in the saddle. I like team jerseys, if you are on that team. Otherwise, yeah, I know what you mean.
Cycling is a passion. If you're doing it to show off gear, you're doing it wrong.

[Ghostpanther]

Men perfect laziness. We have sex on the bottom, we drive with one hand on the wheel, and we can turn any chair into a rocking chair with enough practice. Men work hard so they don't have to work hard later. Driving a car is just the tip of the iceberg of that.

Lol! This is the main reason I visit this forum. Chuckles.

[Chinese Bootlickers]

Bikes are for sissies, unicycles are what the real men use.

[Ange]

And that bikes are a timeless classic.

First and foremost I like driving my car and since I live in germany the roads are not bad for driving (even fast 240+ km/h).

But cycling is such a great sport and if you live in a country like germany, with road acceptance for cycling and lots of great routes for cycling, it is really hard to avoid cycling. I got 2 bikes a MTB and a Roadbike for different routes and distances. People are tought with the driving license how to deal with public transportation and cyclist as a car driver, so it is not really by "choice" its the law here. You have to learn how to deal with bigger and smaller "vehicles" on the road.

I dont really know the situation outside of the EU. I only watched some videos/documentations about the cycling situation in the US, how the lack of acceptance from car drivers activly endangers cyclists and even the law is so backwards that you will create high danger situations just by obeying the law - thats insane . The whole situation in the US is kinda off-putting.

Sometimes its crazy in how different worlds we live in.

[Kaleredar]

And far less convenient.

[Celista]

First and foremost I like driving my car and since I live in germany the roads are not bad for driving (even fast 240+ km/h).

But cycling is such a great sport and if you live in a country like germany, with road acceptance for cycling and lots of great routes for cycling, it is really hard to avoid cycling. I got 2 bikes a MTB and a Roadbike for different routes and distances. People are tought with the driving license how to deal with public transportation and cyclist as a car driver, so it is not really by "choice" its the law here. You have to learn how to deal with bigger and smaller "vehicles" on the road.

I dont really know the situation outside of the EU. I only watched some videos/documentations about the cycling situation in the US, how the lack of acceptance from car drivers activly endangers cyclists and even the law is so backwards that you will create high danger situations just by obeying the law - thats insane . The whole situation in the US is kinda off-putting.

Sometimes its crazy in how different worlds we live in.

I live in Portland OR and people are very accepting of bikes here. We are accepting to the point that they clog up traffic.

[Flutterguy]

So riding a bike promotes toxic masculinity?

[Alpharius]

mental gymnastics to justify to your girlfriend why you cant afford a car

[Aenigma84]

I think this is probably true among people that are looking primarily for appearance and health. Once you into actual sports, pretty much everything has more men than women that are trying to be competitive. You can see this at any local running race - there's almost always more women than men, but usually five or ten times as many men that are posting times that would be moderately competitive at a collegiate level.

wel people that are doing it promarily for health and apearence is the vast majority,
men that want to look manly tend to into weightlifting and riding a bike is more for health/loose weight ussually (despite the fact that weightlifting tends to burn more kcalories then cardio over the same period) unles you do high interval training

Hey fellas, is it gay if you get your heart rate above resting? Asking for a friend.

sorry didnt mean to offend snowflakes, just posted a observation

[Unholyground]

When I was in average shape in my late teens I could bike about 65kmph on flat pave/sidewalks. Not sure how manly that is but people in cars were telling me to slow down haha.

[Dwarfhamster]

mental gymnastics to justify to your girlfriend why you cant afford a car

Ouch! Vicious.

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It can be actually hard on your manliness. Think of what's between your legs. I know they make those special saddles however. Not sure how well they work.

Hah--that's why I ride a bike without a seat or pants!

[Eveningforest]

When I was in average shape in my late teens I could bike about 65kmph on flat pave/sidewalks. Not sure how manly that is but people in cars were telling me to slow down haha.

I used to be on a team with someone who got a speeding ticket on his bike, blasting down the Berkeley hills. That's the kind of shit you frame and reminiscent over when you get old and fat.

[Rasulis]

I used to be on a team with someone who got a speeding ticket on his bike, blasting down the Berkeley hills. That's the kind of shit you frame and reminiscent over when you get old and fat.

Hey! I received a speeding ticket doing 50 mph downhill in the Strawberry Canyon neighborhood in Berkeley (25 mph speed limit). I even had it framed. This was 1986.

The judge ended up dismissing the ticket.