The 25 miles is a bit much, but if your instrument/sporting gear can fit in a bag, you can carry it on a bike. There’s backpacks for guitars, cellos and tubas and I regularly see kids cycling to their lessons with those. This is a fairly dense town though, so 5km max (20 minutes at child-speeds). Kids also can’t drive cars, so if it’s not happening by bike, it’s not happening at all.
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letsgo@lemm.ee 2 months ago
A bicycle gives you freedom of lightweight activities within a few miles of your home. You want to play baritone sax in the band 25 miles away? It’s not happening with a bike.
Hoimo@ani.social 2 months ago
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
For me? Yeah 25 miles is a bit much depending on how regular that commute is. Once a week, maybe. Once a day, like a job? 5 miles tops is my limit. But I’ve heard of people doing 20-25 mile work commutes before.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you are really active and can shower at work it can be fine. Bit if not it will suck.
Sheldan@programming.dev 2 months ago
If you do it a few times and get used to it, 20 can be fine, if there is a shower at work it certainly is better.
merc@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
40 km is more “take public transit” range than going on a bike.
Similarly, if you had to go 300 km for a meeting, you wouldn’t want to have to drive it, you’d want to take a TGV, Shinkansen or other high-speed train.
grue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve got a cargo e-bike that could handle that just fine.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Team cargo bike!
I also have a cargo bike, the cannondale cargowagen which is a long tail format. This morning I used it to drop my 2x kids at day care and head in to the Library where I am now. Yesterday we went to the beach which was a round trip of 44km or so. It’s just magnificent honestly.
The furthest I’ve gone in a day with the kids is 54km. I estimate one battery would get us 70km, somewhat shy of the 50mi / ~80km round trip you mentioned. Mine does have a slot for a second battery though, which I don’t have.
I get that it’s not for everyone, but for my uses a cargo bike is perfect. The pinnacle of human transport in 2025.
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
A cargo e-bike is basically just an electric moped.