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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by mmirate on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @07:35PM (#16164382)
Generally, casual biking has little average-speed benefit over walking, in which case why bother?
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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by btrettel on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @07:59PM (#16164534)
What do you mean by casual biking? Walking home takes me a half hour or longer. Biking is less than 10 minutes according to my bike computer. Big time difference. Plus if it's hot I spend a lot less time in the sun on the bike, making biking less sweaty than walking. And I can carry a lot more cargo more comfortably.
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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by thescriptkiddie on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @08:02PM (#16164551)
Biking is still at least three times faster than walking for the same energy input. Even near-zero-effort "casual" biking is as fast as a brisk jog.
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