There are carts you can pull behind your bike that your kids can ride in. Some of them even have up to 4 seats for kids
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Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 1 week agoDo those motors keep the rain and snow off you?
And look at all these single non-parents trying to tell everyone they should only use a bike…
Taldan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
You haven’t seen American roads, have you? They’re not remotely safe for this shit in most places
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They’re not remotely safe for this shit in most places
Yes, good, and why is that? Keep that thought going.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
It’s not because I’m not out there risking my life on a bike trying to commute 40 miles because some idiot on the internet thinks they know everything, that’s for sure.
Do we need better infrastructure? Yes.
Are bikes the solution to everything like some dummies in this thread think? Fuck no.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Also they have fairings for the rider you can buy to be your windshield basically
Cruel@programming.dev 1 week ago
Seriously. Last winter here was -25 C. Miserable for bike rides.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Thank you, Not Just Bikes, for finally giving us this video when someone pretends that winters are normally -25°C.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Could you summarize I don’t have half an hour right now
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 week ago
- People in much more extreme climates bike at rates an order of magnitude higher than the US and Canada.
- People physiologically adapt to the climates they live in by being outdoors.
- North Americans who complain about the cold use the wind chill rather than ambient temperature when that’s not actually the temperature they’re feeling with clothes on that block the wind. They also take the coldest data points and just say “that was the whole winter”.
- Poor weather magnifies the US and Canada’s unsafe bike infrastructure. If we had safe, well-maintained bike infrastructure, it would not be nearly as much of a problem (shown by the Nordic countries biking all the time in the snowy dead of winter).
- In extreme weather, you can still delay your trip, take public transit, or take a car. Commuting via micromobility isn’t a binary yes/no thing; if you can’t on some days, then don’t.
j_overgrens@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Don’t bike that day. Bike the other 364.
Sent to you from the Netherlands where people still cycle in hurricanes.
Cruel@programming.dev 1 week ago
It’s that way for a good 3 months.
j_overgrens@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Here is a video about a Finnish city where plenty of people bike with -10 temps: youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU
balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Your partner can just ride on a second bike. What a concept, I know!
If your kids are younger than 6 yo, they can probably fit in a cart behind your bike. If they are older, they can ride a bike themselves. This is the norm in many places in europe now.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I really want to train my cat to ride in the cart
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Don’t forget that most of them live in dense urban areas as well, and to say they “look down” on those who don’t would be an absurd understatement.
Like, I moved to a place that is aiming to be an entirely walkable town, but it’s not there yet. The pandemic put a lot of the development on hold and things are finally getting back up to speed now. My closest grocery store was going to be two blocks away,but that was scrapped. There’s one being built that will be a 30 minute bike ride away. Currently, the closest one(s) are ~10 miles away. I work a job that is entirely possible to do remotely, but the execs have forced us all back into the office, ~20 miles away. I drive a hybrid because I can’t afford a full EV right now. My home’s power is nuclear and solar.
Some of the chucklefucks in these comment sections act like I’m personally clear cutting the rainforests because I dare to say that I require a car in my current life situation. Motherfuckers, I’m doing all I personally can. So go sabotage some private jets, or locally campaign for more bike lanes and public transit solutions, and get off my balls.
Taldan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
These discussions are never about rural areas. No one is going to a rural town and installing bike lanes. No one is suggesting 20 miles of bike lanes go in where you live. It’s always about putting in bike lanes and transit where it makes sense
People are chastising you for arguing people in cities that could easily bike need to drive a car. That’s what you’re doing. People say we should have bikes and transit in cities and you come out arguing against it
Keep driving your car. No one is taking it away from you, no matter where you live. We just want the option to bike or take transit in our communities. We don’t currently have that option because suburban and rural people constantly fight urban transit tooth and nail
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
That’s… not what I’m talking about at all in regards to people talking down about people who live outside of urban centers. There are people out here actively calling people maga chuds based entirely on the environment they live in.
Oh fuck off, I’ve done no such thing.
You’re only feeding my point and getting all bent up about shit I didn’t say. Thank you for at least explicitly stating the strawman you’ve imagined me to be.
Citation fucking needed. How would someone outside one of the cities in question have any influence on those decisions, and more importantly, why in the fuck would they even care?
I personally have the displeasure of knowing plenty of god awful nimbys, and they’re all upper class urbanites worried that their little nest egg(s) in the wealthy parts of my local city will lose value.
balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
That sounds like it’s not a walkable town then, not even close. Even my shithole city has multiple grocery stores and cafes on every block, and a lot of people still drive.