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Has commuting on your bike, reduced your passion for riding?

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Yes, definitely. I'm only in my third season but I felt it creeping up on me since last year. I find I just get annoyed riding in the city these days and it isn't as enjoyable. I still prefer to ride than take the cage but commuting on a bike is starting to feel as much of a chore as commuting in a car. It's not so bad when traffic is low but the lack of entertaining roads in the GTA doesn't help.

I still very much look forward to weekend rides outside of the city though. And I'm taking up track this year to get my speed fix.
 
AF4iK said:
Yes, definitely. I'm only in my third season but I felt it creeping up on me since last year. I find I just get annoyed riding in the city these days and it isn't as enjoyable. I still prefer to ride than take the cage but commuting on a bike is starting to feel as much of a chore as commuting in a car. It's not so bad when traffic is low but the lack of entertaining roads in the GTA doesn't help.

I still very much look forward to weekend rides outside of the city though. And I'm taking up track this year to get my speed fix.
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But then winter comes and you'll start going coo coo again? =P That happened to me this winter and I was starting to get sick of commuting last season.
 
This is the first year since I began riding 21 years ago that I really could care less if I get on the bike or not. I still get the itch now and then but take the cage most of the times just out of convenience.
Im starting to get bored :(
 
AF4iK said:
Yes, definitely. I'm only in my third season but I felt it creeping up on me since last year. I find I just get annoyed riding in the city these days and it isn't as enjoyable. I still prefer to ride than take the cage but commuting on a bike is starting to feel as much of a chore as commuting in a car. It's not so bad when traffic is low but the lack of entertaining roads in the GTA doesn't help.

I still very much look forward to weekend rides outside of the city though. And I'm taking up track this year to get my speed fix.
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Have a commuter bike/scooter and a weekend bike.

Problem solved :D
 
I live 8 minutes from my office. In the time it takes me to get the bike out of the garage, put on my gear and most likely move one of our cars out of the driveway, it's not worth it, so that discourages me from riding to work.

Sometimes I'll go home at lunch, hop on the bike and take the long way back to the office.

I used to do it more, and no, I never get tired of it. I'd ride to work and tell people I probably had more fun on my way to work than they'll have all day!
 
I'm very fortunate to be riding in the first place being so young so I'm happy to be on the road commute or for pleasure. I ride (almost) all year long and have only been riding for a couple years, but after work/weekends I always leave out some time for pleasure rides and they're always entertaining. Throw on some music, see new things, change the scenery etc... don't see the passion dying for at least a little while.
 
油井緋色;2003434 said:
But then winter comes and you'll start going coo coo again? =P That happened to me this winter and I was starting to get sick of commuting last season.
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I do get the itch pretty bad over the winter but city riding doesn't do much to scratch it. Maybe the first day of the season.

nfq said:
Have a commuter bike/scooter and a weekend bike.

Problem solved :D
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Got one you'd like to gift me? ;) Maybe I should buy the Honda Grom when it comes to Canada. That'd be all sorts of entertainment on city roads!
 
I commuted to work once. Never again.

1 hour commute, that isn't the issue, the issue was I work 12 hour shifts, nights, so up at 5pm, work by 7pm, get off at 7am. By the time I got off work, I am so tired... Riding home for an hour with GTA traffic while tired is not fun :D
 
It's a slow commute in, but a better ride home - same roads, totally different traffic patterns.
Even thought most of the ride in is at a walking pace or barely above, it's still saddle time. I look at every one of those rides as an opportunity to practice slow speed control and observe traffic patterns and more specifically, other motorists. Every ride is an opportunity to learn and practice. If I look at commuting that way, when I go out just for fun I've got the advantage of those "practice sessions" so I can enjoy the ride.
Gotta go - time to jump into rush hour on the Gardiner......
 
Paul1000RR said:
I dont commute on my bike, have a car for that. So when i do get out on the bike its actually fun and not in rush hour with idiots to every side of me
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Same here. I bought a car with all the bells and whistles to keep me entertained and comfortable during my slow crawl to and from work. Why on earth would I want to move in first gear for an hour?
 
Not at all, though it's only my second riding season. I ride all in types of weather; rain, cold, foggy etc and the best part is being done work and hopping on the bike. I never want to get off but than I remember, when I wake up in the morning I get to do it all again:).
 
I go through this weekly. My commute from North York to "The Fashion" district is roughly 45 minutes regardless of bike or subway/subway/streetcar on average. I'll start off the week loving life and the ride on my 68 CB350, but the crushing traffic wears me down pretty good, especially on the blindingly hot days. And I've created my route almost scientifically, with special bonus illegal turns scattered throughout and garbage truck days factored in. On the flip side, just seeing the countless TTC staff at Bloor and Spadina station who's job it is to stand and chat with each other creats a whole different type of miserable.
 
No, and I have a long commute. Luckily there are several routes I can take to mix it up. I love me some wheelie therapy after a stressful day too.
 
HTA172 has made supersport riding an exercise in paranoia...looking over your shoulder everywhere. Disliking cruisers, and no race tracks around is making things difficult.
 
Everyone has their own idea of commuting, riding and even passion. My first year riding I rode to work more than I drove. That has never changed. When I ride i'm happy to be on two wheels, period. When I was riding to work I MADE it fun. :) I was never late for work on the bike though, that's for sure. :D (back then was still living at home with Mommy so mostly highway riding - i'll say no more)

I stopped riding to work a few years ago not because of a lack of passion or anything like that - it was actually co-workers. Some ****tards would try to sit on my bike while still wearing their smocks and boots (I work in a machine shop) and a few times I came out to find metal chips/shavings on the bike or the seat scratched. It didn't happen often, but the lack of respect ****** me off enough that I didn't ride to work anymore.

Now that i'm on a bike again all the guys keep asking where my bike is and when I tell them that their shocked. I guess it's easy for some of the lazy fat farts to get over a cruiser, but not over my sport bike. I'm tempted to ride in to work again because I LOVED riding to work, but it's not sure it's worth the consequence.

*shrug* Whatever. I'm happy to have a bike again and like I said before ... i'm just happier on two wheels.
 
MLadin said:
HTA172 has made supersport riding an exercise in paranoia...looking over your shoulder everywhere. Disliking cruisers, and no race tracks around is making things difficult.
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Umm there are five tracks within 4 hours drive?

We are actually spoiled in Southern Ontario for choices.
 
MLadin said:
HTA172 has made supersport riding an exercise in paranoia...looking over your shoulder everywhere. Disliking cruisers, and no race tracks around is making things difficult.
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No race tracks? I got one of the faster in north America 30 min away, 2 more 2 hrs each way and one more 3 hrs away.
 
It can become boring, especially if your job is a drag. Everytime you get on your bike you're basically reminded of going to work. Get a new bike and dont commute all the time with it. Or stop communting with the bike you have now. Eventually if u stop commuting with ur bike that you have now, you will find the joy in it again.
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