"What if you don't feel like riding to work?"

I'm sure we've all heard this (or variations thereof) at one point or other from co-workers commenting on the practice of riding to work on a bicycle. "What do you do on days you don't feel like riding to work?". Often it's well-intentioned (or at least motivated only by curiousity). However, it's only recently occurred to me what a pointless question this really is. The truth of the matter is, I never feel like riding to work. That's right, never.

Allow me to elaborate a little, once the ride itself starts I don't particularly dislike it, in fact, I do draw a little satisfaction from passing hundreds of gridlocked cars with impunity. However, there are many, many places that I'd much prefer to be riding. Why would I choose to ride through suburbia en route to somewhere as boring as Bundall, if I had the option of hammering out 262km in the scenic Byron Hinterland? Why would I choose it over a scenic tour? The answer is, of course, that I wouldn't, and I suspect very few of those reading this post would.

In the end, I never feel like riding to work, simply because there are other places I'd rather be. I do it simply because I won't get paid to ride to those other places, and consequently I have to go to work if I want a living of any kind. I get up and ride to work everyday simply because, all factors considered, it's the best available transport option for getting to and from work. Try explaining this to people... hmmm, perhaps I'll just reply with "the same thing you do when you don't feel like driving to work".