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Meanwhile, bicycles and e-bikes cost a fraction of a car.
by david-gpu 9mo ago
Meanwhile, bicycles and e-bikes cost a fraction of a car.
- joe_mamba 9mo agoYes, and? They're different tools for different purposes. Such a disingenuous comment.
- lostlogin 9mo ago> They're different tools for different purposes. Getting to work and running local errands?
- nikanj 9mo agoYes one is for getting to work and running local errands, the other is for showing that you are a successful alpha hustler who can afford a big truck.
- joe_mamba 9mo agoWhat a childish troll comment. Not everyone's work commute can be done by bicycle. I can't cycle 40+ km each way on the highway. And not everyone who buys a car to get to work buys a pickup truck. Sensible cars exist. Ignoramus.
- joe_mamba 9mo agoANother disingenuous comment. One for commuting long distances versus one for commuting short distance. ignoramus
- david-gpu 9mo agoDisingenuous? Plenty of people live without a car.
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- NetMageSCW 9mo agoBy choice? Life is short enough, I don’t need to waste it providing power to travel to work and back when I can save 1.5 hours per work day driving. (And more if I go to lunch.)
- david-gpu 9mo agoYes, plenty of people choose active transportation. Once they give it a try they see that not only it is about as fast as driving, but it feels great, too. I don't know your particular circumstances, but unless you have tried riding a bike to work you probably don't have a good sense of how long it would take you.
- nikanj 9mo agoMany people realize that they'd rather spend an hour biking every day instead of half an hour driving each day, because they enjoy riding a bike. "Providing power to travel" is such a weird way to describe using your own body and enjoying the outdoors
- lostlogin 9mo ago> I can save 1.5 hours per work day driving. (And more if I go to lunch.) That’s going to depend where you live. Commuting by bike is half to one third the time it takes to drive for my commute. One work location is 8km away, the other is 15km.
- joe_mamba 9mo ago>Disingenuous? Yes, it's disingenuous to insinuate through that comparison as if bicycles are replacements for cars, or that all car trips can be replaced by bike trips. Both are good for different kinds of trips. Hence why cars still have a place, even in bike dominated Netherlands, and why your comment was in bad faith and why Ic alled you out for it. >Plenty of people live without a car. Plenty of people also live without a home, that doesn't mean it's a good situation to be in.
- cpursley 9mo agoNot sure if you are familiar with the built-environment in America, but there’s effectively no biking infrastructure and people are openly hostile towards cyclists who try.
- david-gpu 9mo agoBarely any bike infrastructure where I live, either. You can make it work. Give it a try someday.
- cpursley 9mo agoI'd love to but would rather not be road splatter, which is a frequent outcome: https://news.google.com/search?q=cyclist+run+over&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en https://news.google.com/search?q=cyclist+run+over&hl=en-US&g...
- lostlogin 9mo agoIf you ever get the chance to try a bike radar like the garmin Varia, knowing what’s behind you is a game changer. I feel naked on the rare occasion I don’t have it.
- nikanj 9mo agoDo you use the same logic to avoid driving a car to work: https://news.google.com/search?q=driver+dies+in+crash&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en https://news.google.com/search?q=driver+dies+in+crash&hl=en-...
- joe_mamba 9mo agoHow do you suggest you get to work by bike when work is 50 km away?
- david-gpu 9mo agoMoving closer. It is a shitty commute by any means of transport. It is no wonder that you are jumping at everybody offering suggestions.
- cucumber3732842 9mo ago>e-bikes cost a fraction of a car. Don't worry, there are people scheming up ways to change that. And it's (mostly) not even the auto lobby.