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Bikes are comparatively free
Yeah but that would raise my commute to two hours daily. And an hour of that would be biking home after midnight in a town where I'm very likely to get shot, stabbed, and mugged. Probably at the same time.
Not to mention my bike getting stolen and the fact that I'd likely get stopped by the police here every night due to dark skin
America, FUCK YEA!
I live a mile from the nearest safe road to bike on. People regularly nearly hit me in my car. I'd be dead if I biked anywhere
Keep you healthy too. I need to start using mine again.
I used to bike to work, then I changed workplace. Now if I tried cycling to work, I'd end up very tired... as in under truck tires.
I drive my bike to the busstop like a spoiled, privileged brat
The only cost is everywhere you go you show up needing a shower.
you get used to it very quickly and stop sweating, unless you purposely go high intensity
I've been biking 5-8 miles per day for fun and there's no choosing not to get sweaty if you dare to live somewhere with hills
true, hills also are a problem
Giggity
Distances are far in places designed for cars. My city was made at the height of car based design so it takes an hour and a half to cycle from where I live to where I work, and that's typical. We do have transit though, which is especially pointed at moving people from residential areas to work places and back
Bike theft is such a problem where I live I've been very hesitant to get another one. If they can't get the whole bike, they'll wrench off tires/seats, etc. My town might be an outlier, but I wonder how other people deal with this kind of thing when their bike is their primary form of transport.
The good news, I guess, is that there's a healthy market for bikes and bike parts. Hopefully that means more people are riding them! (Note: some percentage of this comment is a joke but even I don't know how much)