Shall I get on my Bike?

M.E.

Use the car. ( You wanted me to say that).
Use the bike or your hopping legs. (You wanted me to say that).
Find a safe lily-pad to park your frogmobile. Far enough away to prevent ranting house owners. Not too far to walk or hop. About 20 minutes maximum walk.
Choose each day as it comes. Or toss a coin
Heads I hop (and pocket the parking money)
Tails I park at work. (and pay over the parking money)
Umbrellas in the shape of a frog will keep frogs dry on the odd days that it rains.
You might need a golfing umbrella now, but next year you will only need a kid's umbrella to cover your assets.

now go and hop-a-long!!

frogga

Ooooooooooo I LOVE a froggy unberella:T

My mind is made up ~ I'm biking tomorrow and the forcast is good xx

angchris

i gave up my car last year and i put all the savings i have made from petrol/tax/mot/insurance/parking etc into a separate account, if ever its really chucking it down with rain i just get a taxi and i don`t feel guilty one little bit as i now have saved hundreds in my saving account :j

inkie

If I had a decent bike I would be doing this myself. I think that we are getting too reliant on cars. How did our ancestors get about?!

buyitall

As an incentive, why not put your carpark money into a jar every time you cycle until Christmas and then treat yourself to something as a little present to yourself just before the hols?

rockie4

Get your bike out!

I used to cycle 4miles to and from work every day for 6 years and I was very fit :j and MUCH slimmer than I am now

Get a decent set of waterproofs and some thermal gloves and you'll be fine! I had panniers so that I could shop on the way home - we had no car at all then so I used to do a bit every night :eek: Oh, and keep a towel and a change of clothes at work just in case of sudden unexpected downpours :rotfl:

Gingham_Ribbon

You're SO making me want a bike now. I'm moving soon to somewhere flatter... Where does one buy cheap bikes?!

And I think cycling from a little distance then making the journey longer as you get used to it is a GREAT idea.

Frogga, if you can do it for 3 months, I'll buy myself a bike and start cycling!

rockie4

Have alook in Asda for a bike, OH got a nice one from there for about £80.
Or look on the supermarket advert boards, I got my first bike from there for £6 - it lasted me 2 years then I got another secondhand one from a girl at work (almost new) for £30.

Churchmouse

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

You're SO making me want a bike now. I'm moving soon to somewhere flatter... Where does one buy cheap bikes?!

And I think cycling from a little distance then making the journey longer as you get used to it is a GREAT idea.

Frogga, if you can do it for 3 months, I'll buy myself a bike and start cycling!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I so agree. I've read this thread in one go, and found myself thinking, mmmmmm I'd like to try a bike. The trouble is I've never had a bike, the most I ever had was the occasional *borrow* of my brother's when the parents weren't watching. They felt London roads were too dangerous for their little girl:o ( Shame they didn't feel the same about her doing housework, but that's another story:rotfl: ) I also don't know where or on what occasion I'd ride one, but I'm sorely tempted.

Gingham_Ribbon

Churchmouse wrote: »

The trouble is I've never had a bike, the most I ever had was the occasional *borrow* of my brother's when the parents weren't watching. They felt London roads were too dangerous for their little girl:o .

I hear you! I was allowed a bike, I just wasn't allowed to ride it anywhere near roads! The garden, round and round and round and round. Air beach, up and down and up and down and up and down, and the waste ground outside the factory after shutting time...I never learned how to turn properly and I can't take my hand off the handle bars to indicate!:rotfl:

Still, never too late!