Something smaller using less energy? Shocking.
And affordable.
And better for your health to use.
All I ask is an e-bike and a path to ride her by.
If they could combine that with weather protection and more public transportation the car might finally die that final sweet death.
Weather protection comes with a good jacket you can buy with the money you dont spend on cars.
I rode in all weather for years. Rain or shine, you really do get used to it.
I rode in all weather for years
Same. And that includes snow and ice, for those at the back that think that riding a bike in winter is only possible in LA. If people can walk in that weather, people can ride a bike even more easily as the exercise keeps you warmer.
Same with motorcycles. All year is motorcycle weather for me
Jacket doesn’t do shit for rain. Believe me, I’m an Aspie and I have too much sensory issues for getting out of home in bad weather. The day it rains is the day i WFH. All the problems stem from the fact that the jacket is too close to the body, generating sweat (and I already sweat too much without it), not to mention it’s not watertight. An enclosed velomobile would probably solve the problem, but I don’t think this sort of vehicle is legal in Poland and can guarantee getting to the office as fast as I’d on a motorcycle or even a moped.
I wish i could also move more people with me on the bicycle
It would also be great if there was some sort of heater/AC in it as well
I ride from -20 to +35C in basically any weather and since jackets and shorts exist that’s all that’s needed. My friends have their own bikes they can ride…
Not much good if you’ve got to take the kids shopping though.
What? Why? I biked since I was like 5 with my parents to wherever including supermarket. Not sure what you mean honestly.
People be growing up knowing nothing but absolute car dependency and the infrastructure that comes with it. They cannot fathom any other way of existing.
People be privileged and not realising that their way of life is not suitable for everyone. Bikes are not the answer to every question.
Where I am there are hills everywhere. You know that old joke about walking five miles uphill to school in the snow, and ten miles uphill to get home? That’s here. Plus, it’s the UK, so when it snows, the roads and pavements are lethal.
Plus, some people have kids under 5 😉
More seriously though, because of the amount of hills, and the fact that most people work all day, bikes are not the best option here. The nearest supermarket is several miles away with a lot of hills in between. If you’ve got plenty of free time, riding to the shops with the kids could be fun, but for most people public transport is the answer. It’s just a shame that it’s terrible here .
Well I live in Sweden and we have snow here too buddy. Lousy public transport sucks though, but that’s what you get in a carcentric society, no options…
Plus, some people have kids under 5
Yup, that’s us. We walk, use transit, or the kid rides on her bike child seat.
E-bikes exist if you don’t have the legs to tackle those hills yet.
I wish i could also move more people with me on the bicycle
Depending on the size of those people: bike child seat, bike trailer, or they can ride their own bicycle. Cargo bikes can easily carry two kids or one adult without even using a trailer.
It would also be great if there was some sort of heater/AC in it as well
That is called “dress for the weather”. Even snowflake pinko commies like me can do it.
That is called “dress for the weather”.
Sorry, for majority of workers who can work remotely “dress for the weather” means staying in pyjamas, because bad weather means WFH.
And a small distance to my destination. When my previous job was 8 km from home, I could do the journey in half an hour on a Xiaomi M365 e-scooter, very popular in Poland. But unfortunately our company was absorbed by another one, with office 16 km away, which means prohibitively long (for my sleep-deprived ass) 55 minute commute. And no, public transit doesn’t make it shorter. So a motorcycle driving license it is.
And the fact that car prices keep climbing because capitalism demands infinite growth or death.
In the US they keep getting bigger and bigger to. I was less scared of cars while riding my bike decades ago than I am now and we had less bike infrastructure then.
90% of our bike infrastructure now… Isn’t.
I’m not counting 1.5 feet on the edge of travel lanes where people are going 50 mph as bike infrastructure 🤷
Well yeah. If it was separate paths from traffic then the size of the vehicles wouldn’t really be as big of a problem. It’s just how we have to “share” with people who have no ability so share.
I wonder what the effect of the estimated 1 billion regular bicycles is on cutting demand for oil?
There are elso legs.
Yet it is not socially accepted to ask where to buy them.
Really? That explains strange looks they were giving to me.
Well, that’s not true. Depends whose legs you ask for. You can get chicken eggs almost everywhere 😜
The average number of legs per human is less than 2.
Legs can’t get me to work in 12-15 mins or carry my groceries for me. Neither can the bus.
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Electric motorcycles do not belong on bicycle and pedestrian paths. My biggest issue with ‘ebike’ users is they do not understand or care about trail etiquette.
I completely agree that electric motorcycles don’t belong on bicycle paths. However, Class 2 e-bikes aren’t motorcycles.
