What are the main reasons for why you cycle?

[squishydomain]

I'd like to say that I ride for all the good reasons mentioned above and I suppose I do, but the bottom line is when i lost my previous job with a company car, we became a one car family and I could not afford another one.

My new job is in the centre of Brussels and my Electric bike gets me there almost as quickly as a car would, plus I get an hours free excercise a day. In monetary terms, not having to have a second car saves us a packet on depreciation, insurance, petrol etc - equivalent to a £16,000 a year payrise!

I could have simply cycled without electric assist - indeed I did for about 4 months, but the commute increased significantly and I had to shower before changing, which increased the effective commute time even more.

[solobirch]

I used to use a motorcycle but I had an accident in Central London. Since then I have been looking for smoe kind of replacement and e-bike works perfect. I have 9 miles (one way) distance to my workplace - it took me 45 minutes on normal bike, but I had to take a shower etc. so the whole journey was about 1.5 hours. With e-bike it takes me the same amount of time but I do not need a shower after that
Appart from having e-bike we (with my wife) have normal road bikes which we are taking from time to time for a long (50miles+) weekend trips.