You’d be surprised how far you can travel on a bike. As long as you cycle within your ability/fitness level and eat enough you can basically cycle forever. I cycled 300km in one day last year and it wasn’t even that hard. I just made sure to eat enough carbs and stick to a sustainable pace. It took some determination, but it was not difficult physically. Humans are built for endurance.
You cycled for 300km for fun.
You didn’t cycle 240km to another city with a 10kg boardgame hanging off your back, taking your dog and gf with you, while it was -15c and snow drifts in winter.
And you had to get back home by a certain time in the evening for another thing.
I did this described trip with a train and I won’t do it again without a car. Public transit is only as good as its schedule is frequent and stops are closeby.
Most cities aren’t big enough to be bike friendly or have public transport at all, let alone good public transport (as an issue of not enough taxes to do it bc small and not enough demand for private section either).
car go further faster, and car more useful when not in big city.
You’d be surprised how far you can travel on a bike. As long as you cycle within your ability/fitness level and eat enough you can basically cycle forever. I cycled 300km in one day last year and it wasn’t even that hard. I just made sure to eat enough carbs and stick to a sustainable pace. It took some determination, but it was not difficult physically. Humans are built for endurance.
You cycled for 300km for fun. You didn’t cycle 240km to another city with a 10kg boardgame hanging off your back, taking your dog and gf with you, while it was -15c and snow drifts in winter. And you had to get back home by a certain time in the evening for another thing.
I did this described trip with a train and I won’t do it again without a car. Public transit is only as good as its schedule is frequent and stops are closeby.
I didn’t say cycling 300km was the most convenient way to travel such a distance, just that travelling long distances by bike is doable.
Yes, but have you considered this extremely selective list of positive features for bikes?
For this, bike friendly cities have good public transport (bus/tram/metro) and bike shares
Most cities aren’t big enough to be bike friendly or have public transport at all, let alone good public transport (as an issue of not enough taxes to do it bc small and not enough demand for private section either).