• FunkyMonk@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    You had me till the BuY AnOthER OnE, Pay me imaginary strawman. I do love bikes though, so do the fuckers that keep taking mine.

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    11 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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      11 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.

        • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world
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          Where I live (Oklahoma City), I wouldn’t want to bike for at least 5 months of the year. Between mid April and late October, we are stupid hot and humid. We had lots of days this past summer that either got uncomfortably close to or passed 40°C. Dew points in the mid 20s all summer long. You’ll break a sweat just standing outside for more than about a minute or two.

          Can’t imagine what it’s like for those sorry saps in Houston or Florida.

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            The comfortable temp for biking is significantly higher than it is for walking, especially with the right gear. 40°C is definitely beyond reasonable tho. Planting trees and decreasing the amount of asphalt would go a long way to make it a better proposition more of the year. A societal expectation that you don’t go or do anything when weather gets that hot could bridge the difference. Unfortunately that kind of philosophy is antithetical to capitalism’s demands for productivity.

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          11 months ago

          I live in a somewhat hilly city. That is why I have an electric bike. I’m never sweaty when I arrive at work

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            Even if the city is flat as fuck you’ll still arrive sweaty if the climate is hot. Take Phoenix for example, you will sweat even if you are in the shade and doing no physical exercise because it’s commonly 46 degrees.

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              11 months ago

              Phoenix is not a great example of how we should design cities. Putting a city in a desert is a bad idea from the outset.

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                11 months ago

                The desert is the only reason it is habitable, if it were less arid the humidity would make it even worse. The largest desert on earth is Antarctica, deserts don’t have to be hot, just low precipitation.

                But what deserts do very well is solar potential due to lack of cloud cover and I don’t know why we can’t use solar to power electric rail for public transportation.

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        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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            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

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          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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        You can also do this thing called walking. Although I am aware that in the United States that is considered suspicious behavior.

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            The public transit isn’t that great where I live by European standards. I use a Brompton folding bike to make up the difference. It’s great for trains

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      I love trains but they give me so much anxiety. I have stories of facing harassment on public transport. But it’s not just me though, here’s some idea of why public transport can suck for women or other people in case my anecdotes are just that: https://www.metro-magazine.com/10111994/sexual-crime-and-harassment-on-public-transportation-a-study

      California had to make a law for race-based harassment, so it’s not just a one place or just sex-based harassment issue: https://19thnews.org/2023/02/california-introduces-bill-harassment-safety-public-transit-systems/

      If public transport can come without being subjected to people and whatever miserable state of mind they’re in, I’d like that. I can at least escape a dumbass in my car, but in a train they’re either right in front of me or nearby for a long time. How do we fix this?

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    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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      My personal favorite is how if someone bumps you and you get the smallest scratch or dent on your door, you now have to be late for whatever you were doing, pull over (impacting other traffic) exchange insurance info deal with possible hostility for that and ultimately have a crappy day because of it.

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      11 months ago

      Stay out of the road with the heavy machinery. Cars won. Get out of the way or get run over.

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    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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    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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      10 months ago

      Also, bad weather is a major pain in the ass on a bicycle, but only a minor inconvenience in a car

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      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

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    11 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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    11 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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      11 months ago

      As soon as bicycles are mentioned, everyone suddenly has to transport their washing machine 200 miles in sub zero temperatures.

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        I think it’s more that when someone is suggesting something as a perfect thing, people naturally try to challenge that by finding faults in it.

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          It’s blindingly obvious cycling is not a panacea for all transport and no one is suggesting it is. Yet here they are, all pointing out what everyone knows in response to a statement that was never made.

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            It’s like you don’t read your peers comments. Yes, people argue this ALL THE TIME.

            If I had a dime every time someone said oh just rent a truck when you need it making blind assumptions about my life and what I need, I could buy a bike with it.

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    My problem is that I have terrible balance on a bike, and the last time I tried to ride one I had an anxiety attack. I still am strongly for bike usage, though.

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      What about an electric scooter? Or honestly tricycles with a big cargo spot on the back are pretty sweet so long as you have the space and aren’t going up any crazy hills (could get an electric tricycle thoo).

      At the end of the day though, I love bicycles but they can’t work for everyone… which is why the hope for most American cities at least is in busses. I know everyone hates busses and they are usually considered the least cool thing ever but honestly they are the future for mass transit in the US. We ripped out all the streetcars which is heartbreaking but I think busses are the closest practical replacement.

      LONG LIVE THE BUS

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    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

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    MUCH slower, no protection from the elements, most can only support one person at a time. Great for shorter distances, but that’s about it.

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    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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      11 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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      drenched in sweat

      Skill issue.

      frozen fingers

      There’s these things called gloves. You should look into them.

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        We have a lot of days in the upper 30s here every summer. I don’t know how anyone can do anything without being drenched in sweat here.