A stripe of paint is all that separates us from 6,500 lbs of steel going 50 mph
Mostly its the ignominy of watching a biker pass you in the middle of gridlock traffic.
Imagine. A top speed of 70 mph and you're still not getting into downtown before my peddler's ass.
6,500 lbs La-Z-Boy versus my shitbox where the airbags don't work on the passenger side and it rattles when I go over 40 mph.
Let's race for pinks. Here take it, my car's a piece of shit.
I once took my 2000 Kia spectra with manual everything over 100 mph and all the vibrations smoothed out
I could never drive a car that was made by a machine. Half the price of the vehicle should go towards oppressing some poor person in the third world. Otherwise it just feels less dominant to drive. I need to express my mastery over nature as well, so anything with more than 10mpg seems kind of feminine
Manliness is a commodity. If you give me enough money I will give you a shiny sticker that says "Manly" on it and then everyone will think you are manly.
The key is to take up the middle of the lane so no one passes you, while also turning often enough that the drivers behind you don't develope road rage.
In most of the US, bike riding isn't advisable. We need to have bike lanes mandatory in urban and suburban areas.
i was scared to ride at first too, but as long as you wear a helmet and (depending on pedestrian traffic) stay on the sidewalk when you need to, it's really not too bad unless you can't keep yourself balanced
It's not viable for me anyways, I live in a ridiculously uneven place and even a 3km trip with the bike is exhausting.
if you can afford it converting your bike to electric might be helpful. you shouldn't need to do ridiculously high power (some ppl use like 700W motors) to make riding up slopes easier
Anything under 20 miles people should be required to use those little recumbent bike cars with a shell and windshield over the top and they should have their own separate highway made out of hope dreams and rainbows that helixes through the sky like mario kart wow self mid sentence own
Over where I live bicyclists often share the pavements/sidewalks with pedestrians , at least outside of the city center where space is at a less of a premium
Which is good because riding in traffic terrifies me
Same, but the city make fucking sure of not putting ramps in any corner so it's annoying, obiously people in wheelchairs have it worse, but I think the city has a very long tradition of "fuck them amirite?"
I feel like this unintentionally makes cars sound awesome.
Based on these descriptions, I know which one I'd want (Hint: Not the bike).
What car even weighs that much? Like maybe a huge Dodge Cummins 5500, otherwise this is overly exaggerated
Anything under 3000 lbs is light by today’s standards and reserved for Miatas and shitboxes. Everything else is 3300+ with SUVs being like 500-1000 lbs more than an equivalent car while getting 25-50% worse gas mileage
