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Try this when you are in your 70's and come back and we'll chat. And bring a cure for my chronically poor balance on your way over.
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Because it's harder to kill someone by hitting them with it.
But in all seriousness, you can go a lot farther, a lot faster, across much worse terrain and weather in a car than a bike.
How often does the average person really need to do that? Multimodal is where it's at! Drive when you need to, don't when there are alternatives. But alternatives need to exist for that to work, so vote for them.
Rain, ice and severe cold are a removed. I like bicycles, but driving to work in a heated car looking at that poor cyclist riding somewhere at 6 in the morning at -6°C, sorry, no, I'm gonna go with a car.
Ice and snow are difficult. But I don't give a shit about the rest. It's still way more fun than sitting in traffic.
Was the removed word bitch (female dog) by any chance I wonder?
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because the entire transport infrastructure is geared towards making cars the safest, quickest and most convenient way of getting places. its by design, absolutely on purpose.
i own a pedal bike and enjoy riding, but i can get places nowhere near the speed and safety. i almost always need at least a bus ticket to get halfway there, which forces me to rent the damn bikes wherever i go if i want to use them. a basic city motorcycle or scooter is fucking cheaper and quicker than mass transit where i live, without the disadvantages. this is probably why they seem to be so popular rn.
it feels like you have to go out of your way for any alternative and its still worse. maybe its time to rethink it but wtf do i know. you can blame the car industry or capitalism for that.
in north america - go to NL and it's the opposite - it's a political decision.
for reference, i'm on south america.
sadly, the NL is one of the exceptions, not the rule in the world.
Bikes are only cheap if you rarely use them, or are just starting out. Spend enough time on them and you will start looking at all the gear, components, and upgrades that can improve your quality of life. There is definitely a point where insurance becomes necessary, but luckily even bike insurance is much less expensive than auto insurance.
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ITT: people who don’t understand how geography works.
Sorry let me be more specific.
ITT: people who don’t understand how distance works.
Bicyclists live for hills. 😈
Just build low angle switchbacks, bro. We already do this for our automotive infrastructure. If you've got a really high elevation, you can consider implementing one of the most efficient modes of mass transit in existence - the elevator.