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Re:A Tale of Twenty-Two Million Citi Bikes: Analyzing the NY... by Frondo on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @02:55PM (#10896996)
That's interesting, as a native American English speaker approaching 40, I have never heard anyone say "go for a bike". Neither native speakers nor people whose first language is not English.

Is this common in some part of the country, or outside the US?

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Re:A Tale of Twenty-Two Million Citi Bikes: Analyzing the NY... by soperj on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @03:04PM (#10897057)
Yeah, from western Canada, i'd go biking, or go for a run, but I don't think I've ever said, I'm going to go for a bike. I'd say "I'm going for a bike ride".
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Re:A Tale of Twenty-Two Million Citi Bikes: Analyzing the NY... by joosters on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @03:14PM (#10897126)
I've never heard anyone say it in the UK either. I think the OP's reasoning is off. Just because 'bike' can be used as a verb doesn't mean that it will get used in that way in all situations.
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