Kyle, I was gonna bring that up earlier, but let the discussion go on about harleys, because I find them amusing.
My friends and I ride bicycles, both mountain and street, regularly. Some of us have also gotten motorcycles in the last few years, and have made many motorcycling friends along the way - some of whom also ride bicycles. I've taken to using the full names whenever it's the least bit ambiguous - and that's fairly often. You're right, it's terribly tiresome to use those extra syllables. We should invent new names for the different two wheeled vehicles in use! "Let's ride tomorrow." "Ok, on the bike, or...?" "Well, I was thinking just a short one, so let's take the bikes" "Cool, I'll bring my shoes" "Or we could run up to get coffee - wanna take the bikes?" "Wait, what?" Bicycles, Motorcycles, Mo-Peds, Scooters Life on two wheels is good :-) On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Kyle Munz <kyle...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I was a courier some years ago all of the bicycle couriers were called > "bikers". Maybe that just applies within the courier world, or maybe I was > just offending all of those sweating no deoderant using Vegan fixed gear > traffic defying psychopaths ;) > I have bicycles and motorcycles and spend about the same amount of time on > each. I don't call myself a biker, motorcyclist, cyclist, or anything else, > I just ride bikes. It is kind of confusing though since I have both. I can't > just tell someone that I'm "riding my bike." I have to use the whole word > motorcycle, or bicycle. All of those extra syllables, hmmph! :) > > -Kyle > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Noah Goodall <noah.good...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> That's funny, because most bicyclists hate the term "biker," and call >> themselves cyclists instead. Kind of like how serious runners hate the term >> jogger. >> -Noah >> >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Kyle Munz <kyle...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> To me the term "biker" always brings to mind a bicyclist. >>> >>> -Kyle >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Joey Kelley <sandp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> "Motorcyclists" are on BMWs? >>>> Or perhaps they are people who ride motorcycles who consider themselves >>>> too good for the term 'biker'..... >>>> -Joey >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Paul <p...@hondanighthawks.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone ever noticed there's a difference between a "biker" and a >>>>> "motorcyclist" ?? >>>>> Paul >>>>> p...@hondanighthawks.net >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
