Comment by cpursley
18 days ago
Not 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.
18 days ago
Not 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.
Depends on where you live. There are a lot of cities in North America that have biking infrastructure. As a general rule, the worse the winters the better the biking infrastructure. (you need to get to Minneapolis or Canada to see it)
There's a lot of bike accidents in my city in Europe too. Yearly deaths too. Still only commute by bike if the trip is through the city center since it's the only way to bypass city traffic and without dying of old age from waiting on public transport.
Same here in New Zealand. Around town a bike is quicker and you learn to adapt to the danger. I about 1000k per month.
The main issues for me are small load capacity and whether or not there is a shower at the destination.
Barely any bike infrastructure where I live, either. You can make it work. Give it a try someday.
I'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&g...
If 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.
Do you use the same logic to avoid driving a car to work: https://news.google.com/search?q=driver+dies+in+crash&hl=en-...
How do you suggest you get to work by bike when work is 50 km away?
Moving closer. It is a shitty commute by any means of transport.
It is no wonder that you are jumping at everybody offering suggestions.
We've been overtaken by minibikes and ATVs on the roads, it's weird.