Your other hobbies....

[Daimo]

Going on from that other post.. Something I started on a few cars sites, got some quite interesting results from those not to scared to bear all...

What are your other hobbies apart from bikes.

Im into cars in a big way, motor-racing, although I guess watching it isn't a hobby?

Model railways, suprising the number of bikers on the sites tbh, but i've recently boarded up the loft and laid baseboards in preperation for a big model raiway (about 4m x 3.5m).

The tinternet, its a hobby i should get away from some more :lol: BUt working in IT doesn't help. I work in IT, but that deffo isn't a hobby...

Eve-Online again, online computer game, I really shouldn't have started it up again, arrrggghhhh obsession....

Track days as and when I can afford them. Also like going to car and bike shows.

[Viney]

Music. Records, DJ'ing etc. However thats all taken a bit of a back seat recently, and next weeke need to sort out a couple of Demos to punt around to get some work.

[Ceri JC]

Music. Records, DJ'ing etc. However thats all taken a bit of a back seat recently, and next weeke need to sort out a couple of Demos to punt around to get some work.

What he said.

I produce and DJ (properly, not just in my bedroom, I have a designated studio room and everything) I have 2 bits of equipment to build over the next couple of months that should make a big difference in my studio. I've mainly into dubstep, minimal techno, dub techno and berlin techno. My background is mainly IDM (please don't ask what that stands for, it's embarrasing) and ambient though. I like a lot of the more mainstream electronic genres of music too, things like chemical brothers, prodigy, death in vegas etc. as well as a fair bit of drum and bass and hip hop. Hardly stereotypical "biker music".

My favourite thing I like doing is a weird combination of DJing and playing live (a bit like Ritchie Hawtin does for those who have heard of him), on a big system, with a VJ and an open minded crowd, but who don't normally hear "this sort of music". There's nothing more enjoyable than having a handful of people who go away from a night having had their taste in music irrevocably changed by what I've played that night and coming up to me at the end of the night to find out the names of some of the artists I've played. When it all goes right, I actually (and this may be deemed heresey), enjoy it more than biking. :)

I'm also reasonably into swimming, hill walking, books, philosophology and old videogames. I don't mind a night on the sauce with good company, but I don't really deem that a "hobby". I'm a reasonably keen cook and mainly make various curries from scratch (no ready made sauces/pastes). Music is the main thing though...

[Warthog]

Woohoo, I had a model railway when I was young. I think it was more cos my Dad wanted one, he kept buying me the stuff and playing with it. It grew impressively big though! HO scale, mainly Fleishmann rolling stock.

Nowadays, aside from biking, I play guitar in a band, I organise an extreme metal night in Birmingham, I love listening to heavy and extreme metal, I play squash to try to keep fit, I love PC games, I have a large collection of underground gore and zombie films, I am a member of the National Trust, I love hiking, camping, nature, survival, technology and tactics of the army, and I love Pre-Raphaelite art.

Bit of a mixed bag :)

[tricky]

More of a Scalextric man myself.

Non biking hobbies include:
Mountain Biking
Fitness
Walking
Nature (Wildlife etc)
Music (mainly listening but also play guitar)
History (mainly military)
Always been a car fan too.
Used to skydive as well (qualified A license) might get back into that at some point.

[Colby]

Main hobby outside of biking is playing bass guitar in my band.

I also love hot-rods and proper custom cars (none of these euro "hot hatches). Done a bit of scuba diving too

[mr.anderson]

Seems there is quite a good percentage forum members who work in IT.

Outdoor stuff:
Cycling - both road and MTB - anything on two wheels!
Running
Swimming (or flailing aroung in a shallow pond as if drowning)
Rollerblading
Tree climbing (although I think I'm outgrowing that now)
Scuba Diving
Fly fishing
Park days - frisbee, touch rugby, sitting on a blanket drinking in the sun etc.
Biathlons/Triathlons (doing avon tyrrell on 14th October is anyone's keen to join)
Skydiving and Bungee jumping when I can afford it.
Visiting Thorpe Park/alton Towers - rollercoasters "wheeeeeee!"

Indoor stuff:
Squash
Movies!
Reading
Hopeless web design
Whisky tasting (or guzzling, perhaps)

[Fizzy Fish]

bike obsession doesn't leave time for much else, but i do squeeze in...

lots of walking
a smidgin of cycling
camping
BBQs
looking after our gecko lizard & fish
and just the occasional champagne cocktail :D

[Daimo]

I do like travelling (funds don't allow much though). I used to be REALLY into rugby, but had to give up, but I enjoy watching still.

[LindaS]

My BF and me have taken up dancing in spring. At the moment we are doing courses for the silver medal in Ballroom and Salsa.

Great for fitness and very social, lots of fun.

[stewie]

Dont seem to do much anymore, either lack of time or finances, however in the past I have been
1, qualified glider pilot
2, played american football for the St Helens Cardinals, I was a left cornerback / safety
3, kept koi carp, until the local cats and herons ate them
4, photography, but am without camera these days
5, hillwalking
6, porsche enthusiast since about the age of 14, really want a 1985 911 carrera widebody

[Amanda M]

I do a lot of reading and I enjoy photography when I get the chance. I've just started swimming again after being injured. I used to do taekwondo but it's taken a bit of a back seat for the moment cos I've been a bit injury prone this year and don't want to hurt myself again. When I'm back on the road, my main hobby will be biking again :)

[Skip]

Apart from bikes I am also into cars, radio control cars on an amateur (basher) level and the misses and I do a lot of walking - thats pretty much it really - how lame! :lol:

[Caddy2000]

Lemme see:

Cricket (palying and coaching)
badminton
g*lf
walking
voluntary work for the Essex Wildlife Trust
Climbing trees whilst attached to a chainsaw
restoring old bikes
working on old cars

[kitkat]

i dont really have time for a hobby. I work full time, have 2 kids (spend a lot of time driving them about), go to muay thai kickboxing once a week, sign language course at college another night. rest of time is spent doing housework, gardening, fixing stuff, washing etc. If I do have any spare time I enjoy reading a good book. Hate shopping for food and for clothes.

[Steve_God]

Other than biking...

- Cycling
- Driving in general (cars)
- Badminton
- Open University degree in Molecule Science (Well it makes up FAR too much of my spare time to not be included)
- Clubbing (Proper clubbing events... GateCrasher, GodsKitchen, etc...)
- I generally don't have much time for a lot else with work too :(

[emcf]

in addition to the bike...

and in no particular order....

-golf
-rugby
-snowboarding
-5 a side footy

[Dan]

Interesting how very few people have mentioned football as an interest.

Is it just my imagination or are the majority of bikers not interested in it?

Anyway mine are:

Internut surfing
Cars - driving and spannering
Film and TV
Photography - although I don't do as much as I'd like
DIY - excluding painting
Reading - anything
Scotch Whisky - fussy
Cognac - fussy
Champagne - fussy
All other alcohol - not fussy

[Davie]

Scuba Diving

[chazzyb]

Other hobbies??? Are there any other hobbies? Besides drinking, of course!:fish:

[Samnooshka]

Other than biking:

As many of you know i produce a lot of pictures using photoshop, becoming more of a business rather than a hobby now which is where i wanted to go with it :) I also do a lot of photography and hoping to take some courses in it soon, just trying to find the right one that will suit what i am looking for.

Another hobby is running the dogs.... a little video here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFYvRutjjz0) We're training up for our first Rally, its a 3 or 4 mile run got a long way to go as we are only running about 2 miles non stop at the moment.

I also do a lot of work for Alaskan Malamute Rescue, recent stuff has been making fund raiser t-shirts which have sold like hot cakes lol. some recent designs:

http://static.flickr.com/1048/1442803425_cd181bff19_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/1442803425)

http://static.flickr.com/1170/1354758015_a2c9368b2a_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/1354758015)

http://static.flickr.com/1326/1169400430_580bba0acd_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/1169400430)

I will be getting more involved with rescue, when i am needed, doing home checks (which basically involves an interview with the prospective owners and taking my mad mutt round there and setting him loose on them lol).

We also go camping quite a lot, last weekend we were in the New Forest with the Malamutes :) did an 11 or so mile walk on the Saturday, so Walking has become a bit of a hobby too. On a good day we do between 3 and 5 miles... depending on where we go. Less so now Lupo is in training as he just doesn't need the extra walks after running on the rig/scooter.

Other normal hobbies include reading, playing computer games, going to the cinema, but my favourite activity out of everything i do.... is snuggling up on the sofa with my gorgeous blokie watching a good movie and drinking a nice glass of red wine and eating popcorn :D

[Grinch]

Downloading porn, watchin porn, making porn?

[Frank]

as above,but keeping it from wife

[the_lone_wolf]

kitesurfing, not done much since i got the bike though, must make more of an effort...

[Brian]

Well, other than bikes and tinkering my other hobbies are:

My guitar, it's a 1979 Ibanez Artist which i've owned for roughly 10 years now, but have been playing around 17 years.

Military history, mainly World War one & two, the weapons, the politics causes and effects etc.
I'm also interested in Medieval history, the crusades and ancient Rome etc.

Ancient Egypt, only been interested in that since I travelled there, Luxor/Thebes.

Guns & militaria, used to belong to a gun club, but then they all got shut down, all I can do now is polish my deactivated AK74M and read about them.

Languages, used to learn Japanese but now slowly learning German.

PC gaming, though can't play for long at the moment due to developing a bit of RSI in my index finger, been playing since I got my spectrum+2.

Cosmology and the universe, such an amazing subject and mindblowing, like:
There's a massive area of emptyness in space that's just been discovered that is 1 billion light-years across (no stars, planets, no anything) .
It'd take light 1 billion years to travel across that distance, light travels @ roughly 186,000 miles per sec.
One light-year is roughly 6 trillion miles, that area of emptyness is roughly equal to 6 billion-trillion miles or 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of 'absolute' emptyness, big eh?...

And some other stuff...

[tigersaw]

I used to restore old pinball machines - have shown them on sky and ch4 before now, but too busy for a hobby these days

[K]

Alot of my time was taken up aimlessly wandering around mountains n woods n stuff with my dog - injury has kinda put that very much on the back-burner for the past couple of years. The same with archery, LRP, climbing, greenlaneing, climbing trees andn mooching round the market. :(

I like history - any history, but particularly military - but that's more of an interest than a hobby - one fueled by TV and books.

My leatherworking started out as a hobby, but now pays the bills - luckily I still enjoy it just as much.

My passion for horses and riding (from childhood) has resurfaced and I'm taking that one to University - hopefully going to combine it with the leatherworking and history in the future and move into making historic saddlery/harnesses/barding etc. :twisted:

My greatest hobby for total relaxation, unwinding and getting the troubles of the world to bugger off for a bit is still working with my bonsai trees. It's artistry, horticulture and meditation all rolled into a twiggy little package.
Though it has been an indication of, personally, an overall 'good' year in that I've left them get a bit neglected of late. :oops:

I love books - not just reading them, but books as 'things' and collect old & unusual ones when I can both find them and afford it. Pride of place going to my first and second 'Indian Paper' editions of Lord of the Rings & my leatherbound version of The Watchmen.

I really ought to start sketching again too, but just don't find the time. :roll:

[mister c]

Work 6 or 7 days a week so it doesn't leave a lot of time for hobbies.
Go out for a drink once a week..... Thats about it :(:(

[DanAbnormal]

Well biking aside.....

Building PC's
Gaming (PC, Xbox, PS3, you get the picture.)
3d graphics, visualisation and special fx. Have made a little money doing this recently but it's very time consuming.
Drawing, painting (traditional and digital).
Bodybuilding and running.

[Keith1983]

Hmmmmmm..................Other hobbies.......

Watching and playing footy (just a local amateur level)
Going to the gym when I can be bothered.
Watching and used to play rugby
Spending far too long on my xbox 360
Loadsa time wasted away on my laptop on the t'internet


Thats bout it really nothing exciting I'm afraid!

[Ed]

Running
Gardening
Taxi service for daughter

[suicidesam]

Used to do model railway, still got some "00" guage stuff in the loft.. might do something for the kids sometime ;)
R/c Helicopters.. got 2 of them but dont get much time to get down the flying field with them :(
R/c Nitro trucks.. something that i can get out of the house with anytime, throw them in the car with my son an go have some fun :cool:

[Lissa]

I have a fairly physical job, so apart from biking, my other hobbies are rather sedentary.

Reading,
Watching footy and motorsport
Films
I do like a good, really complicated jigsaw puzzle too:D

Boring, eh?

[gearman]

I used to restore old pinball machines - have shown them on sky and ch4 before now, but too busy for a hobby these days
I did the pinball thing for about 5 years, until my back couldn't take it. I have 1 left ('79 Gottlieb Totem). That reminds me...I need to get my spares on Ebay.

[gazman]

-Scuba diving
-Walking
-Camping
-Swimming
-Reading
-Going to the cinema
-Swinging

[tigersaw]

I did the pinball thing for about 5 years,.


Then You'll know where the avatar Tigersaw came from.. ;)

[philbut]

other stuff. Well, when i get the time...


Fixing anything with wheels in the garage
cycling
running
surfing (although i never get time as i live miles from the sea)
sailing (again, never enough time)
used to do a lot of shooting (shotgun and rifle) but they are back home at my folks.
clubbing - DnB, breaks, electro, hose, hatever really
guitar
DJing when i get the chance:rave:

[keithd]

cottaging

[Hazzar]

I like classic cars and football.I am mainly interested in old school fords i had an anglia last year but had to get rid of ot due to lack of room with moving house im hoping to have another old school ford next year.I am also starting to take an interest in rugby but dont no much about it yet .;)

[Pedrosa]

Gurning.

Needlepoint.

Bring and buy sales.

Crochet

Water divining.

[speedy12]

newbie here,got me an sv street fighter.luv me bike,think its ded nice.:smt071

[Lozzo]

I chase women.

Haven't a clue what to do with them once they've been caught, but it's fun.

[rwoodcock01]

After the bike I am a keen Airsoft player, I tend to play on and off with the online game City of Hero's. I enjoy reading and going to the threater.

Think that covers most things.

Cheers

Rich

[Tim in Belgium]

Hobbies etc:

Motorbikes (Running the SV, tracdaying it and riding it)
Cars (Running and driving my legacy GTB twin turbo, taking Dad's old Esprit turbo to the Le Mans Classic etc.)
Running
Swimming
Cycling
Triathlons (see above 3)
Surfing (been waiting for the Scooby to get back from the garage so haven't done much since June as no transport for my boards to the beach)
Skiing, try to get 2-3 weeks in every year.

And that's about it apart from keeping up with mates, the odd sailing holiday, and my old passion of street luging.

[gearman]

Then You'll know where the avatar Tigersaw came from.. ;)
My guess would be Theatre of Magic...awsome pin.

[tigersaw]

My guess would be Theatre of Magic...awsome pin.

spot on.
Williams at their absolute best.

[plowsie]

My hobbies -

Surfin the org
Footie
Few Cars
Playstation playing
Goin cinema
Pool
Shoppin with the missus(eventful)
Goin abroad
Drinking
Clubbin
Pubbin
Eating
Sleepin

But the main one has to be BIKES!!!

[keithd]

hobbies...dunno if they're hobbies but they're thingsi enjoy doing. a hobby i'd say was a passion, anyhoo splitting hairs here....

poker. online and league
football - playing not watching
like a bit of pool when out for a few beers - two for one there
going out on bike in summer
and quite enjoy the garden too

[krhall]

Running for me although it's not really a hobby, I only do it coz I'm a fat plop and it helps my dodgy back.

Although I do run 5 times per week, so I guess it is a pastime..................last run was 2hours 50mins so actually that is longer than i spend on the bike.

[G]

Mine Include.......

Gym/Fitness.
Kayaking/canoeing/watersports in general.
Holidaying is up there near the top of hobbies.
Motorsport/marshalling and trackdays in car, hopefully bikes aswell when the weather returns.:(
Prone to the odd bit of gaming on my old PS2.
Gatecrasher Nottingham on a saturday night occasionally with good company.
Shopping for clothes seems to be getting my interest more recently
Shopping for house stuff also does.
The missus could be described as a hobby I geuss;-).

[Ed]

Although I do run 5 times per week, so I guess it is a pastime..................last run was 2hours 50mins so actually that is longer than i spend on the bike.

You must be training for a marathon. Right/wrong?

[G]

and how can you seriouslly be fat runnin for that duration.....your probably burning about 1800+ calories and sweating 4 pints.

You must either eat WAY to much or your only running at 3mph

[cuffy]

Playing rugby, 3rd year back out of retirement :D
The injuries seem to be coming thick n fast again, got a black eye 2 weeks ago and this weekend i got KO'd for 2 minutes by one of my own team :(
Yet another shiner, bang goes my modelling contract for hugo boss ;-)

Hamstrings seem to have shrunk to the size of twiglets and have the same breaking strain too.

[krhall]

You must be training for a marathon. Right/wrong?
Right!

Flora London Marathon 2008 - http://www.justgiving.com/kevhall

[krhall]

and how can you seriouslly be fat runnin for that duration.....your probably burning about 1800+ calories and sweating 4 pints.

You must either eat WAY to much or your only running at 3mph

Yep eat too much and am more tubby now than fat, but still carry too much weight for my height.

I go through a pair of running shoes every 10 - 12 weeks.........

Oh yeah and I'm not that quick either.

[thor]

rollerblading
I grow flowers in my flat, and have had a fair few rare orchids
I've built a water cooled pc
snowboarding
Kiteboarding (on land)
biking
A play a few games, not much now though.
A read a few books

Not much recently - I've been flat out with work for a long time.

[MrRoper]

Im an I.T guy so obviously I spend most nights with my PC :p
other than that

Gaming xbox 360 mostly
Flying radio controlled aircraft
Playing the guitar
playing with spanners on my SV and then trying to fix what i broke!

[G]

Yep eat too much and am more tubby now than fat, but still carry too much weight for my height.

I go through a pair of running shoes every 10 - 12 weeks.........

Oh yeah and I'm not that quick either.

Fair play to you.....I want to do the london marathon badly :(.....although I get black bogeys walking about london for 2 hours on business let alone running for 2 - 4 hrs.

[krhall]

if anyone fancies sponsoring me the link is in my sig.

Kev