• we are all@crazypeople.online
    2 days

    ok take a woman on a dinner and movie date with your bike. can you get to her place if someone is messing with her and she needs help?

    i like "bikes’ too but different modes of transportation have their merits gooners.

  • nifty@lemmy.world
    3 years

    Bikes are ableist aren’t they? They work well for you if you don’t have any physical or cognitive issues.

    • frunch@lemmy.world
      3 years

      Rookie numbers.

      Have you ever seen a walmart parking lot in person? You can fit the Netherlands and part of Belgium in one.

  • AquaTofana@lemmy.world
    3 years

    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.

    • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
      3 years

      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.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    3 years

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

    • adriaan@sh.itjust.works
      3 years

      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.

      • DrRatso@lemmy.ml
        3 years

        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.

        • Furbag@pawb.socialEnglish
          9 minutes

          Use a higher gear on 0% inclines? Once you get moving it takes very little effort to keep the bike going at a pretty good speed.

          I feel like the sweaty folk are all in 1st gear because it’s easier to pedal, but they have to be constantly pumping their legs to maintain speed, so elevated heart rate causes excessive perspiration.

          Also, like everyone else has already said, ebikes can help give you a break when needed and also help with the dreaded hills and steep inclines.

          • anivia@lemmy.ml
            3 years

            In Germany those are only allowed to assist you up to 25kph, which means they only help you going up hills, everywhere else will be the same amount of effort

        • pearable@lemmy.ml
          3 years

          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

        • Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
          3 years

          Hills are only the problem if you’re not biking regularly. I’m way out of shape, but after a year on living in a country with good infrastructure, hills aren’t a problem for me anymore, really. But first couple of months it was a bit brutal, for sure.

  • Facebones@reddthat.com
    3 years

    "Cars are freedom! *

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

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    3 years

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

    • uis@lemmy.world
      3 years

      Open your own grocery store. Or allow others to do so.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
        3 years

        I would if I could. But I can’t beat Walmart prices an hour away on Transit.

        • Grabthar@lemmy.world
          3 years

          That’s why you don’t see 15 minute cities anymore. Capitalism already figured out that a few large stores allow you to hire more efficient numbers of employees, buy more for less, stock better variety, pass along some of the savings to customers and still make more profit than building lots and lots of repeated commercial infrastructure throughout residential areas. A return to that model would require more employees in low paying service jobs, and would sacrifice lower prices and better variety. Ironically, it would be far faster to use a car to skip from store to store to look for the best deals and the specific brands you want. I suppose we could also get rid of capitalism at the same time, but I’m not holding my breath. As much as I like the idea of walkable infrastructure, it comes at a cost that I am not sure many would be willing to pay.

  • redhydride@lemmy.ml
    3 years

    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.

  • Rosco@sh.itjust.works
    3 years

    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…

    • Furbag@pawb.socialEnglish
      6 minutes

      It’s not as hard as it seems. I have taught adults how to ride in a single afternoon and after their 3rd or 4th time out riding they are as confident as if they had been doing it since childhood.

  • (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻@programming.devEnglish
    3 years

    Every time I see this kind of post I just wish they would try to go to work in a +40 degree Celsius environment.

    It must be nice to work in a place that won’t mind if you arrive drenched in sweat.

    Edit: I love the hive mind