Why Biking to Work Might Be the Best Decision You Ever Make
Why Biking to Work Might Be the Best Decision You Ever Make
Right up until you get run over
I got run over, broke my arm, got surgery, and still love bike commuting. I won't let reckless drivers have the power to affect my lifestyle.
360 camera on my helmet now and live in a more bike friendly place.
I’m aware of this possibility. It’s just…the bike isn’t the problem. Two bikes crash, both fine. Two pedestrians crash, both fine. Two trains crash once in a double blue moon. It’s only cars. Just cars that keep resulting in these tragedies - THEY are the cause. Not the other, non-armored-tank modes.
My doctor said all the commuting will make me a great organ donor.
According to their study, cycling commuters had:
A 47% lower risk of dying from any cause. A 10% lower chance of ending up in the hospital for any reason.
So statistically, it's safer than sitting on your ass all day, even including the risks.
Or, move to a place that allows you to have a bike friendly commute.
*smokes a carton of cigarettes, drinks 60oz of whisky while playing music at volume level 11 injecting heroin while biking
The bestest of decisions :)
That's a lot, you should probably get a cargo bike.
Better be Steely Dan you're listening to
cuz this sounds like a Steely Dan song
I wish I could but it's a bit too far for me. It would take 1 and a half hours (29 km)
Get an ebike! My commute is 24mi (28.6km) each way and it takes me about 1hr 15mins. With some bone conduction headphones and a podcast it's really enjoyable.
I used to commute a little shy of that as a teenager but I would agree with @[email protected] on the ebike: That would make it totally doable timewise. The other part is being able to do it safely though.
Yes, let’s all bike to work in 100 degree weather.
I bike at 100° plus all the time. It's fine while you're moving, it's stopping that sucks, especially if you end up next to a lifted vehicle or big truck. The heat coming off the undercarriage is brutal.
If everyone would bike to work maybe we wouldn't be contributing as much to climate change.
Yes, it's 37°c everywhere on earth, no exception 🙄
No, no, you're right. Sometimes it's also snowing
I've done it probably hundreds of times on a regular bicycle, it's even easier (and very comfortable) on an ebike.
You’re the exception, not the rule. People are dropping dead in this heat.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2024/07/13/heat-related-emergencies-are/
I do, and not even on an ebike sometimes.
Mostly on an ebike though lol, once it gets that hot it's ebike weather in my book