What Makes You Wanna Give Up?

mamax

Went for a spin today pulled in for petrol and a person who I barely knew walked passed and said "nice to see you back on the bike, I heard you had bought one again, well wear"
That just made my day, it's good to be back and this time Im staying :cool:

Pugzilla

duskyjoe wrote: »

All I know is riding a push bike around town is 100 times more dangerous than riding a motor bike......

Statistically speaking it's not though. A bicycle is more dangerous than a car, but still safer than a bike with an engine.

DubVelo

Pugzilla wrote: »

Statistically speaking it's not though. A bicycle is more dangerous than a car, but still safer than a bike with an engine.

And all are safer than horse-riding or scuba diving, yet parents will happily stick their 9 year old daughter on a horse and no one constantly feels the need to lecture them.

Pugzilla

Amyone that owns a bike in this country is going against the flow. The general public takes a very dim view of motorcyclists. I've left it out of my CV because of this. They won't hire someone with, what they perceive to be, such a short life expectancy.

bladespin

Pugzilla wrote:

Statistically speaking it's not though. A bicycle is more dangerous than a car, but still safer than a bike with an engine.

I'd love to see those stats, last study I saw said cycling was more dangerous. Something's drastically changed.

Max Headroom

Pugzilla wrote: »

. I've left it out of my CV because of this. .

Bad news for you then......you wont be getting that courier job you applied for....:P

bladespin

Pugzilla wrote:

Amyone that owns a bike in this country is going against the flow. The general public takes a very dim view of motorcyclists. I've left it out of my CV because of this. They won't hire someone with, what they perceive to be, such a short life expectancy.

I disagree, general reception of motorcyclists has improved massively since I started. I've also had bikes listed on my cv from the first one and it's never been a problem, actually it's been a great conversation starter several times.

Pugzilla

bladespin wrote: »

I disagree, general reception of motorcyclists has improved massively since I started. I've also had bikes listed on my cv from the first one and it's never been a problem, actually it's been a great conversation starter several times.

Not in the medical world it is.
You won't find many doctors on motorcycles. John Hinds was an exception.

bladespin

Pugzilla wrote:

Not in the medical world it is. You won't find many doctors on motorcycles. John Hinds was an exception.

Dr John was by no means the only doctor who rode a bike.

Not my field but I'd be amazed if medical professionals were that thick tbh.

Pugzilla

bladespin wrote: »

I'd love to see those stats, last study I saw said cycling was more dangerous. Something's drastically changed.

http://road.cc/content/news/68212-dft-casualty-statistics-rank-driving-cycling-walking-and-motorcycling-risk

bladespin

That's UK figures, ours are slightly different but a good read all the same.