# an observation i've made about people who only drive cars and rides
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [April 23, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631 "2009-04-23T22:38:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@wickedwagon](https://tarck.cc/u/wickedwagon)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/1 "2009-04-23T22:38:31Z")
When i ride places and meet them there it almost seems like they feel guilty like riding my bike is putting me out. anyone else notice this?
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### Author:  [@Scalawag](https://tarck.cc/u/Scalawag)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/2 "2009-04-23T22:45:43Z")
yeah!
i was going to ride out for lunch during a break in class one night and my teacher like insisted that i just get a ride with her instead, she wouldn’t understand that i was legitimately trying to get air on my bike.
but when i got back i realized i had a flat anyway. 😑
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### Author:  [@Sandbagbear1](https://tarck.cc/u/Sandbagbear1)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/3 "2009-04-23T22:46:25Z")
putting you out what? I struggle to sustain close relationships with people who only drive cars.
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### Author:  [@Matthew\_Trujillo](https://tarck.cc/u/Matthew_Trujillo)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/4 "2009-04-23T23:10:43Z")
yes. i see people from highschool driving piece of shit 80’s whatevers and they laugh at me when im on a bicycle. makes me lol
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### Author:  [@GRHebard](https://tarck.cc/u/GRHebard)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/5 "2009-04-23T23:47:51Z")
^^^this.
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### Author:  [@BEEutiful\_Wednesday\_DDS](https://tarck.cc/u/BEEutiful_Wednesday_DDS)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/6 "2009-04-24T00:49:43Z")
Definitely.
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### Author:  [@vegwerm](https://tarck.cc/u/vegwerm)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/7 "2009-04-24T04:09:58Z")
People at work are always offering to give me a rides home
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### Author:  [@tom](https://tarck.cc/u/tom)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/8 "2009-04-24T04:13:31Z")
> [@solbrothers](#):
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> yes. i see people from highschool driving piece of shit 80’s whatevers and they laugh at me when im on a bicycle. makes me lol
yeah, except i try not to notice if theyre laughing
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### Author:  [@dfl](https://tarck.cc/u/dfl)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/9 "2009-04-24T04:56:54Z")
A friend of mine drives his pickup truck everywhere. He always seems puzzled when I never take him up on his offer to throw my bike in the back of his truck and just get a ride home.
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### Author:  [@Timarchylime](https://tarck.cc/u/Timarchylime)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/10 "2009-04-24T06:53:29Z")
Sometimes I would take the subway and walk the 2km to work instead of riding the whole way. Nearly every time I did that people were offering to give me rides back to the station after work. I think I upset some people when I refused. Riding my bike to the station would have made sense (since I was working in a bike shop), but wanting to walk 2km just blew their minds.
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### Author:  [@Matthew\_Trujillo](https://tarck.cc/u/Matthew_Trujillo)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/11 "2009-04-24T07:00:34Z")
> [@deadforkinglast](#):
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> A friend of mine drives his pickup truck everywhere. He always seems puzzled when I never take him up on his offer to throw my bike in the back of his truck and just get a ride home.
yep. except its random crackwhores “aye hunny, throw that pos in the back and come ride up here with me”
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### Author:  [@tzusing](https://tarck.cc/u/tzusing)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 8:38am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/12 "2009-04-24T08:38:09Z")
I think the misunderstanding from drivers is because most people dread their commute when i think most of us really look forward to it. As a matter of fact, the commute is probably the best part of my day!
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### Author:  [@Patch](https://tarck.cc/u/Patch)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/13 "2009-04-24T11:42:44Z")
Can’t wait for my 17km commute!
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### Author:  [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/14 "2009-04-24T12:09:08Z")
I’m sitting here drinking coffee, eating hummus and pita and seriously looking forward to my 6 mile commute!
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### Author:  [@tom](https://tarck.cc/u/tom)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/15 "2009-04-24T12:32:23Z")
+1 for commuting. it makes me more woken up and ready to work when i arrive.
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### Author:  [@Timarchylime](https://tarck.cc/u/Timarchylime)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/16 "2009-04-24T12:52:20Z")
When I worked at the university library I would ride to work, think about my bike all day, sit and look at my bike while I was on break and get super excited about my ride home when my shift was ending. It was the greatest job I’ve ever had. But on days when I didn’t ride, all I thought about was having to take the train home instead of riding. That made the hours really stretch on.
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### Author:  [@kmcdon1](https://tarck.cc/u/kmcdon1)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/17 "2009-04-24T13:18:30Z")
I wish I could commute on my bike, but my job requires me to drive a bucket truck, so that’s out.
Anyway, yesterday at the bike co-op some kids were puzzled that I prefer to ride then drive.
Kid: You should get a car!
Me: I have 2. I like this bike better
Kid: You’re stupid.
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### Author:  [@Matthew\_Trujillo](https://tarck.cc/u/Matthew_Trujillo)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/18 "2009-04-24T13:25:53Z")
[quote=kmcdon3960]I wish I could commute on my bike, but my job requires me to drive a bucket truck, so that’s out.
Anyway, yesterday at the bike co-op some kids were puzzled that I prefer to ride then drive.
Kid: You should get a car!
Me: I have 2. I like this bike better
Kid: You’re stupid.[/quote]
basically the same conversation i had with a coworker
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### Author:  [@Scalawag](https://tarck.cc/u/Scalawag)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/19 "2009-04-24T15:24:25Z")
> [@TimArchy](#):
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> When I worked at the university library I would ride to work, think about my bike all day, sit and look at my bike while I was on break and get super excited about my ride home when my shift was ending. It was the greatest job I’ve ever had. But on days when I didn’t ride, all I thought about was having to take the train home instead of riding. That made the hours really stretch on.
haha i know what yer talking about.
anyone else have that bad habit of like checking out your bike whenever you’re hanging out around it? i always end up like zoning out on it
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### Author:  [@esunbaboon](https://tarck.cc/u/esunbaboon)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/an-observation-ive-made-about-people-who-only-drive-cars-and-rides/13631/20 "2009-04-24T16:00:55Z")
> [@Scalawag](#):
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> [quote=TimArchy]When I worked at the university library I would ride to work, think about my bike all day, sit and look at my bike while I was on break and get super excited about my ride home when my shift was ending. It was the greatest job I’ve ever had. But on days when I didn’t ride, all I thought about was having to take the train home instead of riding. That made the hours really stretch on.
haha i know what yer talking about.
anyone else have that bad habit of like checking out your bike whenever you’re hanging out around it? i always end up like zoning out on it[/quote]
yea my bike is sitting right outside the window here next to a bunch of crappy bikes and some rad cannondale roadbike that looks like it’s been through hell and back. I think it’s got tar all over it.
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