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5 miles (8km) on regular bike is quite far also depending on terrain and traffic, but I was riding bike to work 4km in Beijing traffic (!) and I could do it in
by petodo 4y ago
5 miles (8km) on regular bike is quite far also depending on terrain and traffic, but I was riding bike to work 4km in Beijing traffic (!) and I could do it in 15-20 minutes (faster than bus doing detours, no subway between these two locations and obviously no trams there), although to this day I am still amazed I never had accident considering the traffic, cars driving wrong direction in MY separated bike lane, etc.
- jandrese 4y agoIt seems like that for the first month or so, but once your legs acclimate it's really not a problem. Only takes like 30 minutes even at a stately pace. The biggest delay is waiting for the traffic signals that can't see you because you aren't a 2 ton hunk of steel.
- petodo 4y agoI mean the distance ain't exhausting, but in real life conditions it will take minimum 30 (that's quite aggressive biking and lucky with traffic) and more like 40 minutes ride one way which is just too much on bike in traffic, that's already too long time. All my times are for normal bike, not ebike, if you go for ebike might as well go for small motorbike, it will be cheaper, faster and more convenient to use.