Who does which, and why?

[Rivnut]

"How many of you ride bicycles because you enjoy working on them?" as opposed to "How many of you work on bikes because you enjoy riding them?"

I fall into the former; mainly because of some problems with balance - inner ear.

Ed

 

[bike]

work on bicycles?! what do you mean?

 

[vincev]

I like finding them and working on them if they need it.Dont really ride em anymore.

 

[fordmike65]

 

[Handle Bar Hoarder]

I buy and collect them I have nothing else to Spend my money On... And I need something to fill up my five empty bedrooms of my house with so why not Gives me something to look at

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

I ride bikes because I like riding bikes. I work on them because I can fix them for free rather than pay a bike shop, plus it is fun to find the parts and put a bike together from nothing.

 

[catfish]

You mean to tell me, people work on bikes, and ride bikes?

 

[Hammerhead]

I fall into both categories. I like riding bikes, and I like working on and fixing bikes. Still need to work on my wheel lacing and truing skills though.
Hammerhead

 

[wheelbender6]

When I was into mountain biking, building them up from a frame was a way to save money with used, but current parts.
-Gradually, I began to build up from a frame to in order to ride exactly what I wanted.

 

[the tinker]

When I was a kid I tried lacing a wheel. I got it done, but it was all cocked and crooked. A neighbor kid laughed at me, saying, "Only a bike shop can do that, not you." I recall he was laughing when he got on his bike, shaking his head as he left, like I was some kind of an idiot. Many years later, it gave me great pleasure when I mastered lacing a wheel. I like doing things myself. I enjoy riding them, but I like working on them more since I retired. During this covid thing, the bikes have been a lifesaver. Messing around with them gives me something I can do at home. One other note, now that I think about it. That kid had an older brother that rode a red Monark Super Deluxe, with the twin springs. One day I see it's setting on the curb for trash pickup. It was minus it's wheels. I went to get it and he says his brother said no one gets it, it goes in the garbage truck. He wouldn't let me take it. The trash truck got it. Didn't you hate kids like that?