Fitness fiends
Buy a push bike and cycle the equivalent distance that you'd drive to sit on a bike that doesn't actually go anywhere.

You'll be amazed by the monthly savings.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 10 Nov 2011, 21:38, 3 replies)

i love my bike
it gets me to places and holds small amounts of shopping in its basket
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 10 Nov 2011, 21:46, closed)

There are downsides to the plan.
I've never met anyone who had to take time off work after a gym bike accident. There are also many days during the year when cycling would be a cold, damp, miserable experience -- which hardly allowys for regular excersize. It's also probably not recommended that you listen to music or watch TV whilst cycling which, once you've visited the local routes a few times, means it becomes as dull as the gym anyhow.
FWIW I don't do either but every time I think of buying a bike I remeber cycling in my youth and the above and wonder whether it's worth it.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Thu 10 Nov 2011, 22:11, closed)

I cycle on the weekends and often in the rain/cold. I commute in that same weather as well. But doing decent distance(30 miles +) in the winter is hard and dangerous due to the levels of darkness on the country roads my rides tend to be around. So I do a spin class now to keep my hand in.
(skgorsky, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 12:31, closed)