• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you live in an area where bikes are viabl3/safe they are - provided you dont need to haul tools / groceries / other people and you’re not mobility impared. It sucks that so much of the worlds infrastructure was built to be as hostile as possible to any other form of transit.

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      1 year ago

      I haul groceries all the time. I hauled them today. It’s not hard. I’d haul tools in my bicycle if my boss let me.

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      1 year ago

      provided you dont need to haul tools / groceries

      And even then, bicycles can still work

      For smaller volume cases, you can use pannier bags and go for more frequent, smaller volume grocery trips

      For bigger volume situations, there’s the possibility of a bakfiets or other type of cargo bike.

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      provided you dont need to haul tools

      Large tools, not tools in general. You can haul a tool belt, a battery skil saw, and a drill just fine on a bike, which is all you need for a lot of construction work. You could even haul a compressor and it’s accessories like that. I wouldn’t expect a 12ft ladder, or a diesel generator, but those are very large and very heavy, respectively, and also not generally needed.

      groceries

      Even if you do weekly shopping for a family of 6, you can do that by bike just fine. Cargo bikes and trailers are a thing. But we shouldn’t need to do weekly shopping trips, because the store should be a 5 minute walk away that you can just stop at anytime.

      other people

      Trailer is a thing. As are various passenger bikes