Zagorath to [email protected]English • 1 year agoWhy do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikestheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up154
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink29•1 year agoBecause so many Australian drivers are actively hostile to cyclists.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoFor me it’s because almost nothing is within an hour’s ride. My drive to work isn’t far, but it’d be a 90 minute round trip on a bike.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoThink how damned fit you’d be. “It never gets any easier, you just go faster.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoYou misspelled “murderous Psychopaths” I know several people who believe that might-is-right on our roads and consider cyclists to be a “burden on society since they don’t pay fuel tax.” The tragic irony is that some of them ride motorbikes and don’t see the hypocrisy of their opinions.
Because so many Australian drivers are actively hostile to cyclists.
For me it’s because almost nothing is within an hour’s ride. My drive to work isn’t far, but it’d be a 90 minute round trip on a bike.
Think how damned fit you’d be.
“It never gets any easier, you just go faster.”
You misspelled “murderous Psychopaths”
I know several people who believe that might-is-right on our roads and consider cyclists to be a “burden on society since they don’t pay fuel tax.”
The tragic irony is that some of them ride motorbikes and don’t see the hypocrisy of their opinions.