Instead of less fancy trims a more fancy bike or e-bike would be perfect.
I wish all people would ditch their cars for trains, subways, trams, buses and bikes.
Its amazing how much income is spent on owning a car not mentioning the cost of constantly having to buy fuel. On average the costs of fuel can be around the same if not a little more then the cost of the car brand new.
I wish all people would ditch their cars for trains, subways, trams, buses and bikes.
While it might be great for certain people in certain areas, it’s not even close to possible in many other places or situations. If you live in an even moderately suburban or exurban location…good luck ditching your car. Doubly so for rural areas.
And for a typical family, they will typically need two cars.
When I mentioned that, I had context that I failed to communicate, for the first time in a long time it has snowed where I live and it actually stayed on the ground for weeks, the town will clear the road but barely and the sidewalks, without the infrastructure in place, it is much more dangerous to ride a bike, the roads are narrower, there is still plenty of ice around, you are sharing the road with cars whose owners are too selfish to clear them of snow, people will push snow back on the road from their driveway, it’s a lot that needs changing and then you take into account that things are so far apart that you can’t get to many places by bike, public transportation is slow or sparse.
The point is the same, it’s not possible to just get a bike to replace a car, maybe if you have 2 cars, you can go down to one, but go without is not possible. It’s easier to move to a place that allows for it to be honest.
Cold is not an issue if you wear this cool new things I’ve invented. It’s called a jacket! 🧥
But seriously I used to ride my bike to work in a ski town in Colorado throughout the winter. The county plows the bike paths and sidewalks along with the roads. Walking and riding all winter long is no problem on skinny road bike tires. If winter makes it impossible to ride around town that is not a winter problem it’s a priorities problem.
A car is a requirement if you’re into hiking/camping. Also, I checked and it would cost me $100 to Uber to work 13 miles away. I could take the bus home from work, but they don’t start early enough for me to take it both ways.
Instead of less fancy trims a more fancy bike or e-bike would be perfect.
I wish all people would ditch their cars for trains, subways, trams, buses and bikes.
Its amazing how much income is spent on owning a car not mentioning the cost of constantly having to buy fuel. On average the costs of fuel can be around the same if not a little more then the cost of the car brand new.
While it might be great for certain people in certain areas, it’s not even close to possible in many other places or situations. If you live in an even moderately suburban or exurban location…good luck ditching your car. Doubly so for rural areas.
And for a typical family, they will typically need two cars.
Can’t do that, the infrastructure is not there and it gets really fucking cold in the majority of the country for months at a time.
Infrastructure is a valid point. Cold is not.
https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU
When I mentioned that, I had context that I failed to communicate, for the first time in a long time it has snowed where I live and it actually stayed on the ground for weeks, the town will clear the road but barely and the sidewalks, without the infrastructure in place, it is much more dangerous to ride a bike, the roads are narrower, there is still plenty of ice around, you are sharing the road with cars whose owners are too selfish to clear them of snow, people will push snow back on the road from their driveway, it’s a lot that needs changing and then you take into account that things are so far apart that you can’t get to many places by bike, public transportation is slow or sparse.
The point is the same, it’s not possible to just get a bike to replace a car, maybe if you have 2 cars, you can go down to one, but go without is not possible. It’s easier to move to a place that allows for it to be honest.
Or really hot
Cold is not an issue if you wear this cool new things I’ve invented. It’s called a jacket! 🧥
But seriously I used to ride my bike to work in a ski town in Colorado throughout the winter. The county plows the bike paths and sidewalks along with the roads. Walking and riding all winter long is no problem on skinny road bike tires. If winter makes it impossible to ride around town that is not a winter problem it’s a priorities problem.
A car is a requirement if you’re into hiking/camping. Also, I checked and it would cost me $100 to Uber to work 13 miles away. I could take the bus home from work, but they don’t start early enough for me to take it both ways.