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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (25 children)

car go further faster, and car more useful when not in big city.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

You'd be surprised how far you can travel on a bike. As long as you cycle within your ability/fitness level and eat enough you can basically cycle forever. I cycled 300km in one day last year and it wasn't even that hard. I just made sure to eat enough carbs and stick to a sustainable pace. It took some determination, but it was not difficult physically. Humans are built for endurance.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

You cycled for 300km for fun. You didn't cycle 240km to another city with a 10kg boardgame hanging off your back, taking your dog and gf with you, while it was -15c and snow drifts in winter. And you had to get back home by a certain time in the evening for another thing.

I did this described trip with a train and I won't do it again without a car. Public transit is only as good as its schedule is frequent and stops are closeby.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't say cycling 300km was the most convenient way to travel such a distance, just that travelling long distances by bike is doable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

People don't want bike as a hobby they want it as a viable way to go a to b. Bikes are not a viable method of travel for anything that is further than 30minutes and without hills. Ebikes shoot up viability greatly though.

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