It probably would be helpful, but it wouldn’t be that useful in the tropical regions, where you have monsoons with strong rain/wind and hot summers.
Physical exertion in the sun is not always fun.
Tho, It’d be fun when the destination is near and the weather is decent.
In places like Denmark, The Netherlands, Finland and so on, people bike in pretty much any weather without huge issue, rain, snow, heatwave, doesn’t matter.
Proper public transport where you can also bring your bike does a lot too.
In places like Denmark, The Netherlands, Finland and so on, people bike in pretty much any weather without huge issue, rain, snow, heatwave, doesn’t matter.
Is their weather mild/good most of the time?
Or do their roads have good shades over bicycle paths?
I live in a small town in Belgium and we have a saying that says: “there’s no bad weather, only bad clothing”. Granted, the weather here is mild. Doesn’t get too cold, not too hot (except for this week). We do get a lot of rain though, but nothing that a pair of rain trousers and coat can’t handle ;)
Biking infrastructure is something else though… It’s far from perfect over here.
Call me a heretic, but in a situation where it’s completely untenable to get any exercise, something like a moped or a very small electric car (like, smaller than probably exists in the us market) can be a great improvement over our current situation with giant trucks and suvs that consume either tons of gas or require batteries big enough to power hundreds of mopeds or e-bikes. What we need isn’t a large group of people doing everything perfectly, what we need is everyone doing what they can, imperfectly. Then we improve from there.
It probably would be helpful, but it wouldn’t be that useful in the tropical regions, where you have monsoons with strong rain/wind and hot summers.
Physical exertion in the sun is not always fun.
Tho, It’d be fun when the destination is near and the weather is decent.
In places like Denmark, The Netherlands, Finland and so on, people bike in pretty much any weather without huge issue, rain, snow, heatwave, doesn’t matter.
Proper public transport where you can also bring your bike does a lot too.
Is their weather mild/good most of the time?
Or do their roads have good shades over bicycle paths?
I live in a small town in Belgium and we have a saying that says: “there’s no bad weather, only bad clothing”. Granted, the weather here is mild. Doesn’t get too cold, not too hot (except for this week). We do get a lot of rain though, but nothing that a pair of rain trousers and coat can’t handle ;) Biking infrastructure is something else though… It’s far from perfect over here.
Call me a heretic, but in a situation where it’s completely untenable to get any exercise, something like a moped or a very small electric car (like, smaller than probably exists in the us market) can be a great improvement over our current situation with giant trucks and suvs that consume either tons of gas or require batteries big enough to power hundreds of mopeds or e-bikes. What we need isn’t a large group of people doing everything perfectly, what we need is everyone doing what they can, imperfectly. Then we improve from there.