• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    With trains, you don’t arrive sweaty, you can’t get run down by cars, and someone else parks it

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      10 months ago

      I ride a bike to work every day. I’m never sweaty. The infrastructure to cycle exists so I won’t get run over by cars.

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        10 months ago

        Teach me the non-sweaty ways. I love my bike, but theres no way I can arrive not sweaty. Before you say go slow, I’m not letting no bus take my god-damn glory.

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          10 months ago

          An Ebike is extremely helpful, especially if there are hills. Wear a breathable long sleeve SPF shirt. I like hemp and some of the stuff Colombia makes. If your route is safe enough don’t wear a helmet. Shorts and sandals are also helpful. I’ve had some success with lightweight merino clothes as well but they tend to get holey in a few years of frequent use

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    10 months ago

    Screw that. I love paying for car insurance, gas, oil change, tires, and random bolts maintenance. There is also the thrill of driving in traffic, and dealing with road rage. There is plenty that makes the car the ideal transportation mode loved by the masses.

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    10 months ago

    The Japanese used bikes to defeat the British in Singapore. The Vietnamese used bikes to defeat the Americans in Vietnam. The Chinese used bikes to destroy manufacturing in the west.

    I’ll be in the cold cold ground before I use some stupid commie machine powered by rice.

    All other arguments for not using a bike are stupid.

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    10 months ago

    "Cars are freedom! *

    Except for the monthly finance payment, the legal obligation to insurance companies, the dependance on oil companies, etc"

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    10 months ago

    I never learned how to ride a bicycle, I should really get to it someday. I just walk everywhere I need to go, or use carpooling/bus/subway…

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    10 months ago

    Distance. An hour commute or a 20 minute trip to the grocery store. We killed walkable neighborhoods so now here we are. Trapped.

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    10 months ago

    Bruh I live 26 miles from where I work by car, and 21 miles by biking per Google Maps. And most of it is highway travel. It would make my commute over 1.5 hrs.

    It is the dream if/when we can move closer though.

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      10 months ago

      if entire cities were designed around these the way they are with cars, everyone would be fine with it and you would live less than 6 miles from where you work.

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    10 months ago

    Can’t sleep in it. Gotta haul your groceries. Won’t get you to the next state and back.

    Y’all are deluded.

  • Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Cause you can’t actually GO anywhere on a bike. If you want to go somewhere 200 miles away for a week, it’d take a day and a half each way, minimum, and you can’t bring anything with you bigger than a backpack. It’s also physically strenuous to go literally anywhere, even the places you are allowed to go.

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      2 months ago

      cities should look like this: bicycle/walking paths, trains, trams and buses. and a tiny road for the rare occasion you actually NEED a car. boom, problems solved. also mixed use zoning, rezone every city so it’s more compatible with a non car centric lifestyle