@bikenite A1. I am in Oakland, CA. I would love to get out more for a recreational ride, but my motivation for riding to get somewhere this week is that it's the most preferable way to get to that destination.

We are lucky to have had good weather so that the rides were comfortable.

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@ascentale @bikenite A1. Posting from Beaverton, Oregon, where the forecast looks like the rains of winter are finally over.

I was motivated to ride my bike this week because it was dry. It wasn't warm - I'm pretty sure I rode to work yesterday in near freezing temperatures. But it was dry.

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A1: NE North America. My doctor bugs me to get more exercise and we finally have tolerable biking weather, at least for the moment.

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London about to hit the sack.

Nothing motivated me to ride - feeling dreadful. Crawled to my turbo for a few sweaty km each night just to stop myself seizing up completely. This evening was first I actually enjoyed

@ascentale @bikenite A1: Usual (north of) Seattle, Cascadia, north of Line A. Nothing this week other than utility riding but this weekend the 2 Line starts officially crossing the lake with passengers, and I'm absolutely biking and riding _that_.

(We're gonna do a morning No Kings, then I'm gonna bike down to Redmond to catch the train, cross the lake on it ooooooo, check out some of the party events, then Lake Forest Park for their afternoon No Kings event.)

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#BikeNite A1: Posting from #WaterlooRegion. Indoors. Not biking.

Motivation would include good weather: Sun, warm temperatures, no wind (or at least, wind only in the direction I'm going). Maybe next week.

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@ascentale @bikenite A1. I’m in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. And I’m posting from a new-to-me Mastodon instance!

With variable Southwestern Ontario weather the last week, I didn’t get out for a ride. But I did get out to walk for groceries 😀

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A1: Posting from York UK.

I was motivated to cycle on Tuesday, in spite of the very strong winds, by wanting to get to work and back (as I quite like eating and sleeping indoors!) 😉
Thursday was a nice day though, and I wasn't at work, so I went for a nice ride. Why? Because I can!

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A1. I am posting from Berkeley tonight. I am usually always motivated to ride, but it gets even easier when the weather is as good as it was this week. Warm, but not hot. Also, getting a new e-bike has motivated me even more!
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A1. Posting, as usual, from rapidly melting Northern New England. I don't need motivation to ride, it's my only means of transportation other than my feet. As of the moment, I have exactly one beer in the house, with very cold weather in the forecast for tomorrow (high of only 35°F), so that's motivation for me to go to the market this evening.

Oh, I ordered an aluminium Crane bell for my bicycle, today. The plan is to also have a brass one and have two pitches.

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I am in #ChicoCA.

This week's motivation was being in #Reno for a conference and wanting to check our some trails.

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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A1 drizzly Bunurong country, autumnal Melburn

Motivation: The smells of wet eucalypts after the rain, the hissing of tyres on a near-empty path, the sound of rain dripping from leaves. You're outside, if it is temporarily damp and cool then you'll be warm again when you're home and dry

@ascentale @bikenite A1: Sydney, Australia.

My motivation is usually a need to get out of the house. But since the rain has stopped for the day I'll likely take the MTB out for a cruise this afternoon as well. Again, mostly to get out of the house :)

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A1. Rushford, Minnesota.

I'm motivated for different reasons on different days, but today was when my niece said "Use it ir lose it".

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@ascentale @bikenite A1. Toots from Atlanta as usual. My motivation this week was needing to go into work 4 days of the week and pickup for 2 of them. Even tried a new, busier but less hilly, route home! (It was just okay)

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@ascentale @bikenite A1. Santa Clara, CA. I don’t really need motivation, usually I’m just “I need a break” and so I’m off. This is the second week in a row I made a sandwich, stuffed it into my jersey, and rode to the park in Alviso for lunch.

I was rewarded with 4 egrets, 1 green heron, numerous Canadian geese and mallards, and some seeming very large brown fish in the “creek” along the bike path. #BikeNight

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Q1. Tokyo, Japan. My motivation was to get out on the river and enjoy the sakura while it was in bloom! (See my response to No. 8.)

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@ascentale @bikenite A1. Eastern PA.

Sadly the answer is time. To fit in rides this week would require more time for me. I was able to onky go to Parkour 1 time, do a 4 mile run, and get a small hike in between grading, teaching, and prepping a special political geo lecture for Thur class. Which shoved back my Tuesday grading.

More hours in the day are needed. This week.

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@ascentale @bikenite A1. In a city near Frankfurt, Germany.
I really apreciate the bikenite, that I get insights how cycling is all over the world. Thanks for hosting!

A1b. Sometimes I just need to think of the joy I have while riding my bicycle to get motivated. I don't feel it, while I am sitting at home, but I know that I will be happy, once I start riding. Just planning a small or even longer tour motivates me too.
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A1. I am posting from a ferry, en route from #Vancouver to #VancouverIsland, on my way home. (And I am delighted to mention a sizable mixed peloton of cyclists are fellow passengers. At least one tour group, plus some #BikePacking folk, a few #eBikes.

A1.a. Things which motivated rides this past week: posting a package, banking tasks, pharmacy Rx, groceries, exploring another park, exercise, & bike tweaking.

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