As bike to work week winds down, we are enjoying the beautiful colours of the trees, which got us to thinking about bike colours, which led us to thinking: what does your bike colour say about your personality? So a bit of Internet research later and the psychological information was at hand for both your bicycle and your car.
We compiled the following statistics from a Road Bike Review online survey and a Forbes article about the Top 10 car colours and then threw in our personality reviews.
Black: Classic, confident, aggressive.
People who ride black bikes see themselves as rebellious. More black cars are involved in accidents, which may well also be true with bikes. Your local gangsters probably ride black bikes! Twenty-six per cent of you ride black bikes. That is a lot of gangsters. n Silver: Resourceful, aloof, trying to be sophisticated and classy.
Interestingly, silver car drivers are also known as dangerous drivers. This must be why at least one of us Pedal Pushers rides a silver bike. Just more than 10 per cent of you ride silver, but 24 per cent drive silver. Being classy is clearly harder on a bike.
Green: Environmentally conscious, trying to be balanced, but more easily hysterical and a smarty pants.
Two to three per cent of you are green, which is the same for cars as well.
Yellow: Exhibitionist, impulsive, joyful and novelty loving.
Bet you didn't plan to buy that yellow bike, but now with the yellow jacket and the black pants you have achieved a full bumblebee.
Blue: Cool and calm under pressure, loyal, introspective and cautious.
Six per cent of you drive blue and 20 per cent ride blue. Clearly blue is the best colour, shown by one of us who drives both a blue bike and car.
White: Steady, strong. Neat, tidy, even fastidious.
You have low accident rates and thought the bike looked clean and pure. Thirty per cent of you drive white but only six-seven per cent ride white. Clearly neatness and purity is more of a car-driving virtue than a riding virtue.
Red: Action-oriented, physical, willing to try new things, romantic and energetic.
Eight per cent of you drive red and 26 per cent of you ride red. That must mean that cyclists are more romantic than drivers.
One last observation about the beautiful fall leaves and colours. A cyclist named the season fall for a reason: the slippery leaves make you fall. Be careful out there!
The Pedal Pushers are Dan Campbell, Antje Wahl, Anita Leonhard and Heather Drugge. Email them at [email protected].
