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Dutch-style bicycles go perfectly well with nice clothes, the oil is inside the chain compartment and they don't really become very muddy inside the city. Yes

• jodrellblank 8y ago
  Not everything is, but most daily things should be. And when things aren't, there can be public transport, bike hire, taxi hire, car hire. But they shouldn't be the default, the city shouldn't be designed around them, designed for them, they shouldn't be necessary. bikes are preferable to huge infrastructure for public transport within a city preferable to whom? Everyone pooling their resources should make for way way better solutions than everyone solving the same problems individually over and over.
  • KozmoNau7 8y ago
    A lot of my shopping can be done within walking distance, and I do that. I'll only bring my bike if I need to bring more stuff home than I can carry, as a bike dramatically increases your load-transporting capacity, compared to walking. However, if I need to go to the hardware store ~5km away, I would have to take a long walk of about an hour, or take a ride on two busses taking a total of ~30-40 minutes each way, or I could simply jump on my bike and be there in ~15 minutes. Yes, we should absolutely pool our resources as much as possible, but not everyone is going the same place at the same time.