I spent a whole month testing various styles and models of e-bikes to see if I could meet all of my needs with just two wheels. Here's everything I learned.
I have one route into town, a freeway feeder road with no sidewalk. the speed limit is 45 to 50 miles an hour depending on the stretch (crosses a county line). The most likely scenario is I get honked at every day by large trucks and SUVs in my area, and one day get hit and probably killed by one of them.
I’ll stick with my car until infrastructure improves and if that makes me “part of the problem” so be it, at least I’m alive and not a pink paste on the concrete
You can be part of the solution by advocating for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, lane reduction, and general traffic calming measures. And voting against anybody that complains about the “war on cars” or uses the word woke as an insult (because they are always carbrains too).
MANY places like this exist in America unfortunately. Their point is valid, it’s super fucked up and part of the reason cyclists have been harassed, attacked, and even murdered.
Got any examples? I live in the Midwest and while yes major highways are the main roads obviously, there are always smaller state/county roads as well.
Let’s say I abandon my car for an e bike.
I have one route into town, a freeway feeder road with no sidewalk. the speed limit is 45 to 50 miles an hour depending on the stretch (crosses a county line). The most likely scenario is I get honked at every day by large trucks and SUVs in my area, and one day get hit and probably killed by one of them.
I’ll stick with my car until infrastructure improves and if that makes me “part of the problem” so be it, at least I’m alive and not a pink paste on the concrete
IMO that does not make you part of the problem but a victim of it.
You can be part of the solution by advocating for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, lane reduction, and general traffic calming measures. And voting against anybody that complains about the “war on cars” or uses the word woke as an insult (because they are always carbrains too).
I have some doubts that such a place exist. Got an example?
Visit Texas someday.
Briefly.
Exactly, Texas lmao
MANY places like this exist in America unfortunately. Their point is valid, it’s super fucked up and part of the reason cyclists have been harassed, attacked, and even murdered.
Got any examples? I live in the Midwest and while yes major highways are the main roads obviously, there are always smaller state/county roads as well.
Some of which are 45+ mph with no sidewalks, never mind bike lanes. Hop on Google maps and see for yourself, they are hardly rare.
Speed limit isn’t everything, I’m way more worried about traffic levels than speed.
All about the likelihood of encountering an idiot/asshole, less about whether they hit you at 25 vs 45