Comments on: How Would You Describe Yourself as a Cyclist?

By: tejvan

tejvan — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:45:21 +0000

Nice. Hope you make the 3 consecutive days of cycling 100 miles!

By: tejvan

tejvan — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:43:30 +0000

There aren’t many cities where you can cycle to the centre without having to stop. Tourists never lookout for cyclists in Oxford either

By: Creemer

Creemer — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:42:08 +0000

Like the article, thanks.

I am a fast, farsighted and friendly commuter.

I live in Amsterdam and take pleasure in being very fast, thinking ahead, never having to stop, all the way through the centre, along Central Station. I’ve you’ve ever been there, you know no city planner can ever make hordes of tourists understand cyclists. So, I forgot something:

I am a proud, fast, farsighted and friendly commuter.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:17:05 +0000

As I once posted on my blog I am a cyclist with a split personality.

On my commute I definitely agree with the “Common sense commuter. (like to be safe and courteous to other road users, but think common sense more important than letter of law)” statement. But I am not a fan of being overtaken on my ride into and out of work – that’s just in my DNA as a relatively high level athlete when I was young and it does mean commutes are always fun.

I wear lycra but hidden under baggies for my commute – there is no way I am allowing some people at work to oggle me in lycra! For weekends I am an out an out lycra guy.

I am also a born again cyclist – I used to hate it as a youngster though. I am 100% bitten by the bug now though.

Age is now the biggest determining factor as to what type of cyclist I will end up being – I hope to be someone who can cycle 100 miles + for 2 or 3 days running. Currently I can only manage for one day in a row and then have to rest my aches for a day or two. And I would also like to not be the last person up a hill every time!

But I think more than anything else – I am someone who enjoys the fact that with cycling, the more I put in the more it gives me back in enjoyment and health – this is more rare than you imagine for things nowadays.