| % of time | riding type | notes |
|---|---|---|
| 30-90% | urban commuting | I live in Chicago, where it's definitely cheaper and healthier to use bike transportation (compared to car or bus), and it's often faster too. |
| 5% | cargo | being able to haul groceries is useful — sometimes I'm biking somewhere else, and my route passes a grocery store |
| 10-50% | touring / challenge | when I have a partner or group that I go with regularly, I do it a lot more. I don't do a lot of centuries, but some summers I regularly do 50 miles in a day. |
| 20-30% | flatland / trials / street/park BMX | I used to do auto-racing (both totally legal racing, as well as stupid stuff on the street). I realized (correction: cops helped me realize) it was hard for me to be safe doing that, so I switched to bike racing. While that was better (even if you REALLY crash, you only fuck yourself up, so cops don't care how stupid you are on a bike), but I was still needlessly endangering myself. My goal is to demonstrate physical agility, NOT to kill/maim myself. Fortunately, that's precisely what flatland was created for.
I won't say I'm any good at flatland/BMX. But I'm dedicating more and more time to it, to avoid spending my time doing stupid things at higher speeds. |
I'm seriously crazy enough to think I can do all of the above on a single mutant/mulatto bike.
Types of cycling I'd like to explore, in case I'm interested: (most interested at top)