I feel these statistics mean biggerall because the majority of people who would actively participate on an internet bike forum like this would mostly be hardcore riders.
If you check back again during the deep dark winter months you might notice there are fewer people posting. This is not because they are not riding in all weathers (heaven forbid ;)) but because their fingers are just too frozen to type.
Mentioning london i had my first london experience.
First ride in to London, Wow its so busy and mad.
I was only going to North London (Harrow on the hill) so i can only imagine what inner londons like :s
beware young sir it be a den of sin and deprivation that no person of your tender years should ever set eyes on or even be told the stories …
And there be Witches & warlocks on their metal steeds that flow through the souls of those protected by a box of a material that has the ability to make its wearer believe they are the most important lifeform and they have the right to that area in their vicinity .Thse steeds bellow and roar and some rear up some defy gravity by levitating sideways.
All year! No question!
When I lived in Suffolk, during the winters with snow and ice I’d still go out.
I have to or I just go crazy mad insane psychotic and am unbearable to live with.
Well, I’ve been on two wheels for three years now, including a year on the 125 before taking my test. I have ridden through the winter in the past, mostly for getting to work (at the time, I was working for London Underground - free travel and I still used the bike!). However, I won’t be doing it again this year.
I’m much like a cat in that I like comfort, convenience, looking fabulous and staying dry. I only get wet if the water is hot and soapy and contained in my bathroom. Turning up somewhere sopping wet and filthy after a rainy ride is an inconvenience at best, and a pain in the ass at worst. Not only that, being in London the roads are bad enough when dry - when wet they are almost to a mile as treacherous as all buggery.
I’m going to raise my head above the parapet by admitting on a public biking forum that I also love cars, and in fact I also own a Porsche Boxster. However due to the ridiculous planning laws and the joys of residents parking schemes, it has to live with my mum in another borough.
Short/medium distance, decent dry weather = bike
Longer distance, rubbish weather, need to stay reasonably smart = car every time.