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Anon likes bikes (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)
  1. Try a rain poncho
  2. Two bikes colliding may fuck one up, but death is VERY unlikely
  3. Electric cargo bike
  4. Electric cargo bike

Most arguments against bikes are from people who never even tried to address the issues. It's like "I've seen a BMX and that's ALL there is!"

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Riding a bike in the rain sucks floppy donkey dong. Poncho or not. I've done both. A lot. Car any day over it.

    While I get there are plenty of reasons to ride a bike and many arguments against it are overblown, pretending that a bike always has a solution or that that solution is always preferred is as bad as the inverse argument.

    I'm not entirely sure that's what you are actually suggesting(rather I think you're just positing potential solutions), it just leans that way.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    There's weeks where rain a couple of days, but then months were there's no rain at all. I would take my bike everytime because I prefer to use the rain clothes 4 hours of a year that spend an entire week of the year stuck in traffic.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Riding bike in the rain turned out to be one of my favorite things when I figured out how to not suck at it. Ponchos are no good. Waterproof coats and pants make all the difference.

    If anything is a challenge, it's high winds and places with harsh winters. What we really need is more economical enclosed vehicles that bridge the gap between bikes and cars.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Any waterproof thing I wore, also trapped heat underneath and I'd be so sweaty by the time I arrived anywhere that there was little point to me wearing the waterproof garment in the first place.

    High winds and snow/ice are really troublesome, but I always appreciated cold (even bitter cold) weather since I'd sweat less.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Most bike fatalities are car related, though bike on bike deaths do exist.

    I was not thinking about discomfort due to rain (wearing glasses does suck in the rain) but slippery conditions. I have taken a bad spill off my bike twice and both times were because of rain.

    I guess I don't count e-bikes as bikes. That is a bad mind set on my part.

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