- cross-posted to:
- fuckcars@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- fuckcars@lemmy.ca
“Big Clearance! 12 in place of 1!”
“Grande offerta! 12 per 1!”
ENFB cyclists’ union, Woerden, 1993; poster by Theo van den Boogaard
“Big Clearance! 12 in place of 1!”
“Grande offerta! 12 per 1!”
ENFB cyclists’ union, Woerden, 1993; poster by Theo van den Boogaard
I’ll speak from experience here, but biking with groceries is the biggest pain in the ass ever.
Oregonian here… biking with groceries in the rain…
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No way been biking to get groceries for decades. You just need the right luggage. Personally I have a folder with a low rack so a 70L trekking pack with an aluminum frame works great. Before that I used the 4 kitty litter panniers. But easiest is probably just a cargo bike
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Two panniers on the rear rack and I can carry like 20kg of groceries.
It does throw off the balance of the bike a little bit since you’ve shifted the weight so far back, but you just need to be a bit careful when accelerating and it’s fine.
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do it for 10 years year round in all weather with no other option for transportation and get back to me. I’m fucking sick of it.
Let alone 2 to 4 feet of snow, ice on the roads and people struggling to walk, let alone riding a bike, as cars have shovels out trying to get unstuck, and snow piled up where people used to bike in the summer
People thinking bikes are the solution live in climates with mild weather. There is no possible way for that to work where I live. When I do see people biking it is very specialized gear, and no chance they could pull a trailer on top of things.
Plenty of people in Oulu, Finland bike literally all year round. Fully 12% of all trips in winter are made by bike.
Their secret? Just as the roads are plowed, so are the bike paths. If we didn’t plow and salt the roads up north, cars would also seem ridiculously impractical compared to a snowmobile or cross country skis.
Oulu invests in making winter biking safe and practical, while American cities of comparable size and climate like Syracuse, NY don’t. The results are predictable.
Just look at street cam footage of any Dutch town. Heavy rain, hail, wind etc. doesn’t stop those madmen on their grandma bikes.
they could be snow plowing the bike lanes but they don’t feel like it
Just need the right bike for the job.
https://youtu.be/rQhzEnWCgHA?t=387
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