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In dense urban area, granted there's just a bit of bike lanes.. bike will get you faster anywhere. I was shocked to see it took me less than by car.
by agumonkey 4y ago
In dense urban area, granted there's just a bit of bike lanes.. bike will get you faster anywhere. I was shocked to see it took me less than by car.
- dashundchen 4y agoI live in a Rust Belt city and bike everywhere. One of my common rides is five miles one way. It's very common for me to be riding along the same cars from my house to destination, with a little back and forth leapfrogging. Turns out their average speed is similar to cycling.
- agumonkey 4y agoWith traffic lights, jams, bus stops, etc.. it does slow them down tremendously. Of course bikes can go through jams and lights willy nilly. My job was 6 miles from home by car and 45min (some quite stressful), I actually took a longer path (7miles) by bike to enjoy a river path, took me 40min to arrive.
- throwaheyy 4y agoThis really depends on the topography of the particular city. Even some small hills can kill any time advantage very quickly.
- wizofaus 4y agoInitially, perhaps, but riding such hills regularly is a pretty good way to build up leg strength (and confidence descending) to the point small hills aren't really going to slow you down much. Traffic (+ stop lights) is far and away the biggest thing that slows me down on a bike - I can average 5 k/h faster once away from heavily congested areas with frequent stops required. In my city at least those less congested areas are the hillier ones!
- pastage 4y agoI used to dread hills even as an avid bicyclist, but as soon as I had three big ones on my daily route my body just adapted. So yes topography does affect your choices less people will cycle there, but it does not affect time that much.