I'm curious as to why (and where) people live car-free or commute by bike. We're surrounded by a car-based culture. In almost all circumstances, cars are put first: there are more parking spaces than bike racks, more advertising for cars than bikes, cars get more space on the road than bikes, government subsidies go more to car-pool commuting than to bike-commuting, and so on and so forth. So, given all that, why do you live car-free? Finances? The environment? Efficiency? Health and exercise?
Also, where do you live car-free? Urban areas? Rural areas? Warm climates? Cold climates?
Two reasons...... Money and the planet. Then there is also the damage to a person's health by being so sedentary.
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My preferred bicycle brand is.......WORKSMAN CYCLES
I dislike clipless pedals on any city bike since I feel they are unsafe.
Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?