Does money influence your riding?

[Reardy Mister]

If money was no object, would you ride differently in your day to day riding? Be that the chance of being fined, the chance of wrecking your bike, the chance of being sued, the chance of losing your license and therefore job, anything. "Riding differently" may mean faster, more recklessly, less fuel efficiently, less considerately or anything else.

I would like to know to what extent finances are a limiting factor on people's riding habits.

[fleegle]

The only thing it would influence is what I actually rode

[MattOz]

I don't think it would make any difference to me. Not on the road at least. On track, knowing I had the means to repair any damage I inflicted on the bike, then perhaps. However, I'm sure my self preservation (and lack of ability) would probably kick in before I did anything too silly.

[555 Paul]

No, what influences my riding is bike theft. I am not confident that I could leave my bikes outside the gym and it would be there when I came out and that's why I hardly ride any of them. If it weren't for the thefts I would ride daily rather than driving everywhere.

Maybe I'm just paranoid.

on second thoughts if money was no object I could pay someone stand and guard it

[Prof Prolapse]

Sometimes I carry so much change in my pockets my bike lists to one side.

[Harby74]

The only time money influenced my riding, at ~17,000 miles/year which is mainly commuting, was when the petrol costs were over £1.30/litre and the financial crisis was biting hard. Otherwise self preservation prevents me from careless riding, especially in terms of riding faster/less economically and keeping my licence clean so I never have to experience going through all the extended or re-tests I'd have to do to get the same driving categories as I currently have and use.

[mitzy]

If it was no object I would not be riding to work !
I would have a nice little part time job in a bike shop , looking pretty, doing admin and polishing bikes

[BuzzBravado]

Prof Prolapse said:

Sometimes I carry so much change in my pockets my bike lists to one side.

All those 1p and 2p's you carry around.

[Reardy Mister]

mitzy said:

If it was no object I would not be riding to work !
I would have a nice little part time job in a bike shop , looking pretty, doing admin and polishing bikes

You want to actually touch the bikes? Damn suffragettes...

[hman]

No the prospect of bodily injury or death influences my riding.

Why would money have anything to do with it? presuming you are fully comp and can afford the fuel..

[Prof Prolapse]

BuzzBravado said:

Prof Prolapse said:

Sometimes I carry so much change in my pockets my bike lists to one side.

All those 1p and 2p's you carry around.

2s and 10s. I'm practicing to be on the ITV quiz show, 'Tipping point'.

[bogie]

Having more money would not influence how I ride, safety is my primary concern, so I can live to ride another day....

but money would influence how often I ride; if I was wealthy and didn't need to work so much, I could ride more often, in more exotic locations around the world

[alistairolsen]

It would influence my driving more than my riding. The bike is a toy and the limit of play is self preservation, not cost. The car is a tool and is selected based on cost considerations, with those removed it would be larger, have a v8 and in general be qoing substantially quicker.

[3DP]

Money doesn't influence my road riding, but it heavily influences my track riding.

I generally take my road bikes on track and keep a decent amount in reserve as I don't want to crash messing up a bike that isn't insured and has a high value.

[MotorsportTom]

It would like many only influence the steed I was riding... and those that I had in the garage.

I hardly ride economically as it is and I'm fking skint. Maybe that's the reason why

[chrispwill]

I would definitely ride differently. I'm certainly no riding god, and have a bit of chicken strips that I'm too scared to scrub off for fear of forking out for new fairings

[Biker's Nemesis]

3DP said:

Money doesn't influence my road riding, but it heavily influences my track riding.

I generally take my road bikes on track and keep a decent amount in reserve as I don't want to crash messing up a bike that isn't insured and has a high value.

But are you not more likely to crash on the road, there are a lot more things to hit on the road to.

Sounds like a cop out to me Pete.... Get a track bike.

[Biker's Nemesis]

I don't give a fig about money, more broken bones are what keeps my willy in my pants.

[Baryonyx]

No, I might have a wider selection of bikes but my current bike was always my dream bike, the one I had lusted after and the one that spurred me to ride in the first place. So whilst there would be a useful selection of other bikes, it'd still be this one. I suppose if I could afford a load of advanced tuition, I'd be a better rider but aside from that, no, my riding wouldn't change. Fuel and consumable costs are low enough as it is, but crashing and hurting myself doesn't appeal.

[mckeann]

i would ride faster on track if i didnt have to pay for the damage. But not on the road