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I got rid of my bicycle for this reason. I simply walk everywhere. Much less stressful and I enjoy it. Anything under a few kilometers I just walk it . Anythin
by jillesvangurp 2y ago
I got rid of my bicycle for this reason. I simply walk everywhere. Much less stressful and I enjoy it.
Anything under a few kilometers I just walk it . Anything over requires a bit of planning. My commute these days is a bit short unfortunately but I compensate by taking detours. Last year it was 5km and I could do it in about 45 minutes (I walk at a decent pace). I'm not a maniac about it; I'll take public transport if it gets too nasty. And in the summer, walking is kind of a sweaty business so I walk a bit less. But overall, I don't use public transport a lot. A few times per month maybe.
- nicbou 2y agoI ride a bicycle everywhere for that reason. Walking works just as well, depending on the distance. I just remember how beneficial the 20 minute ride/walk to and from the office was for me. I found that you get linear returns with longer rides. I rode my bicycle for weeks and my motorcycle for months. All day every day across countries. I returned from those trips with an unmatched sense of clarity. I got to process every thought uninterrupted, if necessary for days on end. I am not sure if meditation is my thing, but that’s as close as it gets.
- lioeters 2y agoRespect. That kind of simplicity is not easy to achieve for a lot of people, I think, depending on where they live. I aspire to a walk-first lifestyle, bicycle for longer distance, public transport (bus and train) for further. But so much of urban design and rural infrastructure is car-centric. Sometimes it feels like malicious design, a dark pattern to force people to become dependent on owning automobiles as a necessity for daily living. Imagine if you went for a 10-minute drive instead of a walk.. It would be an entirely different and worse experience.