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    1 year ago

    Exactly. And in a hilly/mountainous area, you get a bike with multiple gears (21 gear bikes are not a rarity even in the north german plains where I live) or with electric motor support. If you need to get a lot of groceries you either do groceries more often or get a cargo bike. For bad weather there’s clothing.

    Nobody says a bike is perfect for everyone. But the vast majority of people live in urban environments and don’t need to haul tons of cargo daily. Bikes are a piece of the puzzle and if only those people had a car who actually need one often it could be a huge piece.

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      41 year ago

      21 gear bikes are not a rarity even in the north german plains where I live

      It is not amount of gears that matter, it is range of transmission that does.

      For bad weather there’s clothing.

      Yeah, it seems a lot of people just don’t know or don’t want to know what proper clothing is. Maybe they don’t even know it exists.

      Nobody says a bike is perfect for everyone.

      Well, anyone who can’t use bike will use powered wheelchair.

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        It is not amount of gears that matter, it is range of transmission that does.

        You are completely right. I just don’t want to get too nerdy here.

        Yeah, it seems a lot of people just don’t know or don’t want to know what proper clothing is. Maybe they don’t even know it exists.

        Which is surprising given how many people I see wearing super expensive outdoor/hiking jackets to go from the parking lot to the supermarket every time a drop of rain falls.