St. Petesburg is flat, but it doesn’t have a lot of bikes. Moscow is hilly(and called city on 7 hills) and has more bikes. Sooooo, extrapolating US should be better for bikes than Netherlands.
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PR3CiSiON@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The Netherlands is flat. Lots of US cities are not bike friendly due to hills.
uis@lemmy.world 9 months ago
justaregularthrowaway@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
So why isn’t anyone cycling in flat cities? And are improvements only allowed if they fix All The Things?
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Changing urbanism culture doesn’t mean that everywhere needs to be exactly like the Netherlands, if a place is too hilly there are still better solutions than car-centrism.
famousringo@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Good news! There’s a new technology called an ‘e-bike’, which makes this problem (and wind, and sweat, and physical condition) completely irrelevant.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Physical condition is still relevant. If nothing else, being lighter extends your battery range. I have a couple of E-bikes. My 230lb/104.3kg ass can only manage to extend the range of the bikes to about 30 miles per charge, without pedaling. My friend’s daughter who is more like 105lbs/47.6kg, gets almost 50 miles per charge, without pedaling.