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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint (www.euronews.com)
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Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6 kilometres each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, the study suggests, annual global carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.

This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

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[–] 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

my favourite bikes to ride are my shittiest ones (that I keep in good condition)

they're not actually shitty bikes, they're just 25 years old and I bought them for next to nothing. they're nothing like my good bikes, and yet they get ridden the most

I think if you're having trouble enjoying yourself on a well-maintained cheap bike, the problem is with you and not the bike tbh

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    Oh, it's definitely with me. Good bikes are a pleasure to ride and get you there faster, handle well and are generally safer. Clunky cruisers and lesser bikes handle poorly, go slow and shift even worse should they have gears. I still ride the 1987 Bridgestone MB-1: Cro-mo steel, suntour, drop bars. It's old but nothing shitty about it.

    I just don't get societies that embrace the bicycle but ignore the technology and quality that makes them good.

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