"I used to have a bike..."

[Dazr]

My pet peeve is "I couldn't have a bike, I'd kill myself"

You wouldn't say "I don't go swimming because I'd drown myself" or "I don't do any cooking because I'd accidentally knife myself to death" but somehow it's not moronic to say that riding a bike would result in instant death

Have to agree the numbers of times people say "I couldn't have a bike, I'd kill myself"...

Will respond with I don't do any cooking because I'd accidentally knife myself to death" in the future.