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Bend has gained a bit of a reputation as a destination for bike-lovers. But biking is a broad category, including a wide range of recreational styles as well as commuting. Each type of cyclist has different habits, preferences and, dare we say, a different personalities. One thing we’ve noticed is that there seems to be less overlap between recreational cyclists and bike commuters than one would expect. To test that theory, we present our latest poll.

Tell us about your biking habits and elaborate in the comments.

This article appears in Feb 25 – Mar 4, 2015.

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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Riding Bikes

by Erin Rook, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 26, 2015

<h1>Tell Us How You Really Feel: Riding Bikes</h1> <p class="byline">by Erin Rook, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 26, 2015</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/screen_shot_2015-02-26_at_12.11.37_pm.png"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/screen_shot_2015-02-26_at_12.11.37_pm.png" alt="" class="wp-image-28152" /></a></figure> <p> Bend has gained a bit of a reputation as a destination for bike-lovers. But biking is a broad category, including a wide range of recreational styles as well as commuting. Each type of cyclist has different habits, preferences and, dare we say, a different personalities. One thing we've noticed is that there seems to be less overlap between recreational cyclists and bike commuters than one would expect. To test that theory, we present our latest poll.</p> <p>Tell us about your biking habits and elaborate in the comments.</p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container aligncenter"> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/8685466/">What are your bike-riding habits?</a> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/tell-us-how-you-really-feel-riding-bikes-2425561/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=28135&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/tell-us-how-you-really-feel-riding-bikes-2425561/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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