pretty much.
people who have it seem to be convinced everyone else has it. it’s a cognitive bias. just like white folks think racism isn’t real because they don’t experience it.
pretty much.
people who have it seem to be convinced everyone else has it. it’s a cognitive bias. just like white folks think racism isn’t real because they don’t experience it.
vast majority of people do not care about having a ‘setup’. they are bike bicycle nerds who will spend tons of time and money to get their ‘bike fit’ right. a proper bike setup is for people who spend $1000s on bikes, not your average consumer who spends under $500 and sees a bicycle as a toy.
they go to walmart, or a bike shop, buy the cheapest bike that looks cool, and ride it. and then stop riding it because it hurts their butt/back/wrists, or they just get bored of it.
you aren’t supposed to sit on the saddle over bumps. you lift up your butt and use your knees/hips to as the suspension.
A properly fitted bike saddle should not make you sore during normal use.
Most folks who ride a bike ride a crappy soft foam saddle that makes your butt sore after more than 10m of use.
Good saddles cost over $50+, most folks are buying entire bikes that cost about $100-200… on which the saddle costs $5-10.
what’s far scarier is the revisionist history being pushed in many states and school districts.
we’re all wrong because we’re selfish pricks and there are very few consequences for our selfish actions.
if cops would enforce traffic laws you’d see a lot more compliance… but they won’t.
you are trying to reason with someone who is operating on the belief that cycling to work a few miles will make them sweat 5L or something.
give up.
if you got fitter you wouldn’t sweat.
i bike 5 miles to work, year round, freezing winter and hot summer. i never sweat unless it’s like 90 and high humidity. that’s a handful of days per year.
most people however, are straight up lazy.
getting beyond ape-brain requires a lot of learning and practice. like any skill.
amen.
but that would require taking sex out of the equation. sex is what drives all of this misery on both sides. it’s much easier to empathize with people you don’t want to fuck, rather than seeing them as a in terms of sexual social dynamics, where those who are sexual desirable on both sides are given leeway in behaviour that is intolerable for those who are not sexual desirable.
exactly. empathy is the ability to realize other people have different experiences than you. to think about what it’s actaully like to be homeless.
but people think it means ‘just agree with me and make me feel good, and if i feel bad for people i am a good person’
yeah, but what if the music i listen to isn’t ‘with it’? what will the kids thing of me? as an old?
people prefer comfort to discomfort.
The stats don’t exist because ebikes have only been around for a few years. There are no stats on them yet, and they aren’t seen as a separate category of transportation from bikes.
I’m claiming i on experience of commuting in my city daily for over a decade and seeing the changes in trends, ages, and behaviours of other commuters on bikes. I also work in cycling advocacy, education, and infrastructure.
There are however, many articles form local hospitals/newspapers cited a big uptick in serious cycling injuries the past few years, and that was when ebikes became mainstream.
comfort and cleanliness
nobody wants to wear stinky nasty rental helmet that fits like crap and ruins your hair.
getting downvoted but you are 100% correct.
ignorance on this comment thread deep. people here don’t have any idea what they are talking about and just want to blowhard about how helmet wearing is the issue.
if you’re going 25mph on an ebike, a helmet isn’t going to stop you from fucking up your head.
should we wear helmets while walking around or jogging? riding a bike at 5mph doesn’t need a helmet. or in the shower? most folks get head trauma from shower falls, far more than bicycle accidents.
helmet wearing is for when you’re going 15mph or faster. it’s for sport cycling.
tell that to everyone who rides bikes in europe, where nobody wears helmets.
bingo. they require attention and effort and you might get something out of them…
social media… is designed to require neither… just like reality tv or candy crush… which are junk.
and same with food. a good meal requires attention and effort to make… cup o noodles requires almost none, but has very little nutritional value beyond hitting your salt and fat receptors.