Danish citizens cycle in rain with no issue.
Of course the workplaces accomodare for that.
You just need the whole society to revolve around bike transport, and it will become normal to ride in the rain.
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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Anyone who has ridden in rain and adverse weather would know one reason cars are more popular.
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Dasus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m Finnish and ride in the freezing rain (literally).
But I can see the advantage in not having to dress up in 8 layers and driving goggles to go sweat to a supermarket for some snack you’re hankering.
Also, bigger stuff require a cart and yeah sure you have them on bikes.
But I’ve been biking for everything for years, used to have a car and I just miss the convenience. Cheapest pure electric cars are getting to be around 5k here so I’m gonna get one of those at some point. I’d love if it would also fit my bike though. It’s a 26" but foldable but it’s not exactly small folded and with my extensions to the headset.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s not even “revolve around bike transport”, it’s just “include bike transport as a serious and viable option”.
I imagine that in Denmark people with disabilities have some disadvantages, but I doubt that daily life is virtually impossible because they’re unable to bike.
However, in most of the US and Canada, if you don’t have a car, your life is extremely difficult. The cities truly do revolve around cars.
bluemellophone@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah… pretty sure Denmark doesn’t get regular weekly thunderstorms or hail storms.
Dasus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Why are you “pretty sure” about that? Did you give it any thought?
www.essl.org/cms/category/news/
6 July: A supercell produced a swath of very large hail across Denmark. Hail had very eccentric shapes with pronounced lobes, leading to very large dimensions across the longest axis, up to an estimate of 10.5 cm
bluemellophone@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I never said they don’t get hail, I said they don’t get regular hail. In general, hail is uncommon in Denmark, and large hail is even more rare.
Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Nah, I switched to cycling because of the weather. In the winter it took me longer to clear the car windows of snow and ice that the actual drive to my work. Now with a bike I’m about as fast as with my car in total. But a bike costs less than a car - by a lot! It’s something like 50-80 bucks per year including a service at my local bike dealer. That wouldn’t get me enough gas to keep my car running for a month.
If weather is a concern for you then you need to research how to cloth yourself for different kind of weathers. It’s perfectly fine to ride by bike in -15 °C (5 F) or strong rain with the right kind of clothes.
vin@lemmynsfw.com 1 week ago
Let me introduce you to this amazing technology called raincoats. I found them perfect for rainy cycling commutes.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Picking up a week’s worth of shopping for a family, whilst taking your baby with you, in the pouring rain, and you live up a steep hill, and you have joint pain, and a sudden work meeting across the other side of town in an hour…
I’d love a city designed round bicycles (Cambridge, UK is quite good like that in the centre) but man, despite the downsides cars are amazing things.
Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
My mother brought my sister and me to kindergarten and elementary school on one bike early in the morning in every weather. After school she collected us and then went to buy groceries before returning home.
A colleague of mine rides with his son to the kindergarten, each on his own bike.
It works. You just have to work out how to do it. Concentrate on what you can do with a bike instead of what you can’t.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Nice!
Come to think of it, I have a friend in Asia who used to take his two children to school on a bicycle. There’s a lot that can be done.