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Perhaps there should, however, be a separate category; the veteran biker; if you started in your teens, and are still riding a bike out of choice, say, 20 years later,

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20 years later a veteran  :eek .  I don't know what that makes me at 50+ years later  :\ ???

[richfzs]

That makes you an old foccer :rollin :pokefun

[darrsi]

[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=14706.msg166860#msg166860 date=1410979596]
Tell you what a true biker is any person with a bike, no one is more of a biker than any other, we all have bikes and we all ride them different amounts and for different reasons and that makes us all true bikers

Possibly. In favour of this argument:

1. A colleague at work plays golf in his free time. He is a golfer. Why should someone who rides a bike not get a label? It's not meant maliciously by most of us, it just helps to identify you, e.g., in conversation; "Which John Smith? Ooooh, biker John".

2. Anyone who rides the roads faces the same hazards; pot holes, surface dressing etc, idiot drivers (see, there's another one!), bad weather etc. In my view, they all deserve a certain amount of respect for choosing to deal with that, whether they just do it on a sunny Sunday, or are out in all weather, commuting or riding for a living. I'll give a nod or acknowledgement to scooter riders, L platers, police riders; they all deal with the same shit.

Perhaps there should, however, be a separate category; the veteran biker; if you started in your teens, and are still riding a bike out of choice, say, 20 years later, then I guess it's more than just a passing fad for you (to paraphrase Dave Gurman of TRD fame).

Bikes have defined who I am since my early teens. There have been short periods when I didn't have a bike, when financial circumstances dictated, but not more usually than a year or two at a time, and I always went back to two wheels as soon as I could afford to. Over the years, I've had times when it was bike first and never thought about cars (maybe that's why I'm still single fazersharp  :lol ), I've done all the commuting in everything from sunny summer days to snow and ice conditions in the dark, but now the latter has all got to be a bit much for me, not getting any younger. So maybe I'm a veteran biker?
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Oh my, 44 years old and just been labelled a veteran.  :look