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having biked to/from school for many years, a bigger issue is that kids don't have a fixed amount of things they need to transport every day and the upper bound
by odessacubbage 5y ago
having biked to/from school for many years, a bigger issue is that kids don't have a fixed amount of things they need to transport every day and the upper bound (instruments + art/science project + sports gear) quickly limits the distance you can realistically travel. injuries are also a factor, all it takes is a sprained ankle to take biking off the table for several weeks.
also as an aside there's a lot more potential for variance in travel time on a bike and if a school has punitive tardiness systems, this will get taken out on the student a lot.
- justincormack 5y agoGenerally less variance in travel times with bikes than cars.
- Dayshine 5y agoHaving biked to school my entire life: Bikes have a luggage rack... You can easily fit one of those three items on there. I can't think of many situations where schedules collided to the point where I needed to take several bulky items home and back on the same day. And worst case, I'd just leave my sports kit at school overnight perhaps? Or get a lift on that one day. Or take the bus! I can't speak to large instruments though, that's a bigger (although fairly niche!?) problem.
- rdtwo 5y agoAnother huge problem with bikes is that in my city your bike is basically public property. At any moment in time someone could just take it with no repercussions. No amount of locks it chains seems to be effective. So you don’t want to invest a lot of money into having one properly outfitted unless you have some place secure to store it on both ends