June 16th, 2010
The System 385: Why I Bike
Why do you bike?
UPDATE: I’ve had some early feedback from people wanting this on a shirt. Are you one of them? If I get 10 people committing to it, I’ll put it up for preorder.
UPDATE UPDATE: It’s gonna be a shirt. All of you who commented, prepare those wallets!
UPDATE x3: How’s this look? Seriously, I want your opinion. If you’re not going to buy it, I’m going to change it. I’m reworking that. Stay tuned to the site, and the final shirt will be posted on the online store, HilariAwesome.com. Probably going to stay with that shirt color palette, just change up the design. If you’re looking for a cool biking shirt, check out the Bike Sniper shirt already in the store.
June 16th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
mostly because it's cheaper than the metro, faster than walking, and easier/cheaper than finding a place to park my car
June 16th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
I bike because I don't own a car, and ever since I started cycling consistently a few years ago my health and overall fitness has improved dramatically. Also, what greg said.
Plus, chicks dig cyclists.
Put me down for a shirt, mos'definitely.
June 16th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Make it several shirts…
I don't scuba to think, I don't walk to think, I don't xxx to think…. with different dudes… That would be sooo awesome!
June 16th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Thinking at all–why? Of course try not thinking of elephants in the room or the last song you heard on the iPod (I would have said radio but I question whether any of you know what that is anymore.)
Of course if you can to meditate technically you won't think. Kudos to anyone who can do that!
June 16th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I bike to work because it seems like a reasonable vehicle to transport myself and a bag with 5-10 pounds of stuff. I find it pretty crazy that the standard vehicle people use to move themselves and a few things has to weigh 3500 pounds.
I also ride for fun. I like long weekend rides where I can just go 100 miles and enjoy the day. I also like challenging fast rides on hills that push my limits and make me stronger.
June 16th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
If I had the fans to justify, I'd do tons. But considering audience size and the fact I need to print a minimum of 12 shirts at a time…
June 16th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I bike because driving in the city is boring. Not that I don't enjoy sports cars and curvy roads, just for commuting purposes a vehicle where it feels like everyone else is trying to kill you is way more interesting.
Put me down for a shirt.
June 16th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
I seem to live at the second highest point in vancouver, so it's just about downhill going nearly everywhere but home
I absolutely agree with you, though. a car or bus is pretty passive compared to a bike, you have to focus on the road so as not to drift into the side of a bus or something like that
Plus it's free!, bus passes for a year would cost me $600 after taxes, drving would cost that every few months.
Shirt me!
June 16th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
you could say i bike everywhere because i don't own a car. but one of the reasons i sold my car was because i realized i *could* bike everywhere and thereby free myself from being contributing to the destruction of the planet.
i know it makes me sound like a dick, but fuck it, i'll go there: if you drive a car when you could ride a bicycle, then the bp oil spill is partly your fault.
June 16th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I would get a shirt if it was of high quality. Also if it looked good.
June 16th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
I can garuantee the quality. I can only hope on the design.
June 16th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
I bike to relax and have fun… But I don't have bike…. I had… And want another… *whip*…
June 16th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
If it were viable to bike in this part of SoMD, believe me, I would. I am walking to work in the heat and a million percent humidity until a certain someone is done for the summer and I have the car. Biking means no car payments, no insurance payments, no public transportation fees, and quicker transportation than on foot. Unfortunately, right around here, it also means no shoulder to swerve to, a semi-main road that sees just enough traffic to be a bit dangerous, and probably getting hit by idiot drivers whooshing down said road doing twenty over, drivers who also love to swerve into the oncoming traffic lane when driving past me. I’m walking at least a foot and a half away from you, dummy. Why the hell do you need to swerve over like that along a curvy road, when you can’t see thirty feet in front of you??
But anyway. My twenty-minute trek to work is definitely a space where I let my mind wander freely. It’s nice for the soul and the creativity to allow yourself a time and place for that. I have the most interesting inner conversations with myself at free-thought times like that. Some of my best writing comes from jotting down stuff right after one of those sessions.
June 16th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
i'd buy a shirt
June 16th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
i will definitely get this on a t-shirt if you choose to print a few
June 16th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
shirt. buy. I.
June 16th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
*SNORT*
Your comment made me laugh out loud not once but twice on the reread.
June 16th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
I would buy but sadly cannot.
on an unrelated note, every time I see the rep bubble with #p, I think, "why does roscott have 74 pence?"
June 16th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
[...] System: Why I Bike. “I don’t bike to think.” He might put that on a [...]
June 16th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
I'm down.
June 17th, 2010 at 2:13 am
I would buy this shirt.
June 17th, 2010 at 2:14 am
Also, I bike because it's faster than walking and cheaper than driving!
June 17th, 2010 at 3:47 am
Want the shirt.
June 17th, 2010 at 5:46 am
Its easy once you stop all thinking once, I got to the point that I don't even think when talking to others….Then again I'm pretty empty-headed.
June 17th, 2010 at 3:52 am
I don’t ride for the good of the planet. I ride for the good of me.
June 17th, 2010 at 11:36 am
I bike because it's a good way to lay of steam,cool down plus it's a good exercise and because it's a good way to forget about everything
June 17th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I likey and would most definitely be interested in a shirt (small please).
June 17th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
ye i think a shirt would be good and i bike because where i live theres many passages too small for cars so i can usually get places faster on a bike anyway. also i love mountain biking
June 17th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
I bike not to think about split infinitives that make me cry
[Totally agree though 
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June 17th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Looks like you’ve got your ten already, but I’m still in for one if you get some made.
June 17th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
It's going up tonight!
June 17th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
I don't think most of us "think" when we talk to others. Probably better that way. Otherwise we would have to pay attention to what people tell us and that would really mess things up!
June 17th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Have you ever watched a race=walker? Probably can't catch a biker at full speed, but they could give a biker a "walk" for their money!
June 18th, 2010 at 4:34 am
Oh you do think, just not about the conversation.
June 18th, 2010 at 6:40 am
I would italicize, underline, or bold the "not" in "I bike to not think". Just my two cents…
June 18th, 2010 at 7:30 am
I'd buy it! Where do you order (if it won't be in the store section)
June 18th, 2010 at 8:22 am
Nice design, what about just putting the comic on a shirt in wrap-around design… first panel on the front around side to last panel on the back. I’d buy that too.
June 28th, 2010 at 3:44 am
Still working on it. Convention prep has gotten thoroughly in the way. Soon!
September 26th, 2010 at 4:25 am
This is my exact mindset with gaming.
I don't game to think.
I game to not think.
e.g I don't like RTS ( Real time strategy ). Too much thinking there.
I just want a game that sucks me in and makes me forget about all my problems, so I can focus on my single virtual problem, such as how to get on the other side of this wall that is chest high as I can not jump over it.
I love gaming.
December 12th, 2010 at 10:30 am
Definitly to not think, and also to get to school sometimes
and for the adrenaline
January 6th, 2011 at 12:23 am
I bike to forget..
January 9th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
I bike to think.. And listen to music.
March 6th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
I cycle because I can’t always run to and from work…..or the shops
April 24th, 2011 at 12:24 am
Gatesunder — Yeah, me too. 16 miles a day carrying food and work clothes to a physically demanding job, with one nemesis hill on the way. I'm in great shape AND I am tired and sore all the time. But it's still better than wasting time riding buses — or shelling out money for a car to own me.
Nice shirt, but I actually do my best thinking on the bike, especially when I let my mind wander.
August 27th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Just ran across your comic, and I would totally get this shirt, but I share Michelle's grievance: the split infinitive makes me cry a little. Keep up the biking humor!