The panicdemic reaches new extremes... Italy and Spain ban cycling

[BonsaiNut]

No this is not a joke.

You can cycle for food or medicine, and that's it. I assume that includes Taco Tuesdays(?) Is cycling in Spain and Italy an intimate contact sport?

 

[UPSed]

That's insane. If the public gets quarantined here I'll be out riding my bike with my uniform on. I'll tell them I'm delivering medicine.

 

[rossage]

With my white van, sunglasses, and a baseball cap, I'm delivering something. Whether you like it or not.
Bike is in the back, of course.

 

[Maderas84]

I'll accept the consequences of being fined for hiking or mountain biking. There is no way ANYONE is going to prevent me from getting out and hiking or mountain biking. Not even alcohol or THC/cannabis can replace the mental relief/satisfaction of getting outdoors.

 

[sir crashalot]

So trading possible death from covid to definite death from suicide. That’s where I’m headed if I can’t get out in nature. Hell, I’m half there already

 

[Voodoo Tom]

Trust me there ain’t gonna be anybody to enforce it where I like to ride...

 

[UPSed]

Trust me there ain’t gonna be anybody to enforce it where I like to ride...

They're going to call in the National Guard!

 

[Voodoo Tom]

They're going to call in the National Guard!

They’re not allowed in wilderness areas and wildlife preserves are they...?

 

[SnakeCharmer]

They’re not allowed in wilderness areas and wildlife preserves are they...?

Nope, and neither are you and your bike!

 

[Voodoo Tom]

Nope, and neither are you and your bike!

Yeah yeah whatever tell my bike & @Mikie and his bike that...

 

[mtnbikej]

With my white van, sunglasses, and a baseball cap, I'm delivering something. Whether you like it or not.
Bike is in the back, of course.

Delivering your self to the local trailhead.

 

[mountaingirl sara]

Yeah yeah whatever tell my bike & @Mikie and his bike that...

And mine

 

[Sidewalk]

Police are going to have plenty better things to do then harass me on a run

 

[mtbMike]

So trading possible death from covid to definite death from suicide. That’s where I’m headed if I can’t get out in nature. Hell, I’m half there already

Suicide...or mental illness if you prefer, is already more dangerous that Covid-19. We're up to 116 deaths in the US since day 1 while there are an average of 123 suicides per day in the US alone. Let's not mention the 1772 per day from heart disease; you know, the people who smoke, usually eat like crap constantly and DON'T get out an exercise because they voluntarily quarantine themselves on a couch.

 

[Sidewalk]

Suicide...or mental illness if you prefer, is already more dangerous that Covid-19. We're up to 116 deaths in the US since day 1 while there are an average of 123 suicides per day in the US alone. Let's not mention the 1772 per day from heart disease; you know, the people who smoke, usually eat like crap constantly and DON'T get out an exercise because they voluntarily quarantine themselves on a couch.

That's been my one issue with this whole thing. We have totally ignored big killers in this country for years, and now all of a sudden this pops up and we are shutting down. I have a couple ideas on why, but the most logical one is just fear of it because it is from China.

Also annoyed at the posts i've seen from people about "our grandparents went to war, we are just going to the couch". Clearly forgetting about all the veterans who have voluntarily gone to the middle east over the past two decades, virtually all of them Gen X and Millennials. How easy it is to forget about all the kids coming back from combat zones with major injuries, and a suicide rate of approximately 1.5 compared to the civilian population, and still hovering around 20 a DAY. That is just for suicides, never mind the people living with these injuries.