Any old school left?

[Whealie]

Getting rid of the van at the end of march. Will be a one motorbike family then.

[paul_r]

whealie, so ur one of those than runs for the heater when the going gets tough and getting rid of the van when it warms up

[sproggy]

I ride to work every day, wife on the back, rain or shine, hot or cold. The only day I cried off was the day last week (week before?) when it snowed - our road doesn't get cleared but does have just enough traffic to pack the snow down into something really slippery. Having dropped a bike in the snow a couple of years ago I know my limits and the wife has brittle bones (osteoporosis) so doesn't bounce too well.

In fact winter commuting is why I bought the Transalp - my main bike starts to dissolve when the salt appears. No, it's not a Suzuki - it's German.....

We have a car for shopping, carrying big stuff around etc but it doesn't get used much. Drives me mad sitting in traffic thinking 'I should be on the bike'.

[paul_r]

shopping, and nights out when I put my glad rags on and take me mates are the time i miss not having a car

shopping, well I truly thank tesco for home delivery, makes my life easier

and the big night outs only happen maybe once every other month so it is feasible jsut to get a ahire car for 2 or 3 days.

Am thinking of getting a camper van tho, so might join the ranks of having another option. Just need somewhere to live

[Dee Duble Yuh]

Same position here.
Learnt to rise 14 years ago ... got frustrated when I couldn't squeeze my cage through the same gaps ...

You ARE talking dirty here, aren't you?

[Austin]

I have got 2 cars on the drive and still use my bike daily for the 90mile round trip commute to work. In fact I got the bike coz of the commute and only use one of the cars when I will be travelling from office to office with equipment- about 5 days a year.

Its on days like yesterday that I just love the bike - M6 closed North and South at Junction 29-31. Everyone else at work depressed looking at 3-4 hour journeys home - not me - zip through the traffic, down the back lanes I have previously explored coz I can and its fun and home in about 15 mins longer than usual

[Rubberchicken]

Yep, just me and my bikes... Haven't owned a car in my life.

Don't need one either, I can do a lot of shopping before I fill up a pair of zegas, and commuting as I do into dead center Amsterdam every day, a car just isn't an option.

After my last crash (nov 2005) my boss made a half-joking remark about it being time I got a car, so I half-jokingly said okay if you're paying the parking tickets... (20-25 euro per day, 5 days a week, oi )

Nothing more was said, so I got another bike.

We do have a little company car for things like hauling servers around, but I think I haven't driven more than the short end of 200 km last year.

Snow is the one thing that can stop me, though I've been known to have a go anyway.

[Taz]

(20-25 euro per day, 5 days a week, oi )

What's that in real money?

[paul_r]

according to xe.com 20 euros is 13 pounds and 18 p

and 25 euros is 16 pounds and 47p

[alpslapper]

We're a two motorcycle, four pushbike family

Haven't come across an insurmountable problem yet well certainly nothing a few top boxes, 8 panniers, 2 tank bags, 4 rucksacks and 1500 metres of bungie cord wont solve lol.