Re:Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles
by kzrdude on Sunday July 08, 2018 @03:44PM
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The stressful part is that bikes are easy to lose, they get stolen. I ride a €80 used bike for that reason.
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Re:Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles
by justinator on Sunday July 08, 2018 @04:00PM
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I have somehow avoided this problem! I got rid of my car almost 15 years ago, and have been on bikes 100% of the time since then. I've had 0 bikes stolen. 9 countries ridden in, so far!
The threat of getting hit by a car is the biggest hurtle of mass adoption of cycling in the US, in my opinion. I don't quite want to open up a discussion on what's going to bring about a sea-change, but having traveled to other countries where cycling is normalized into regular culture (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands), I have hopes that it can happen - at least in pockets, in the US. Living in Boulder, I feel I am in such a pocket, but I've still had some pretty close encounters, despite the fairly OK-ish cycling infrastructure, culture, and education.