Except it's not just Amsterdam, Amsterdam is only a small part of the Netherlands. Our whole country is like that. Nobody even thinks about a life without our trusty (usually old) bikes. Most studens bike to school and a lot of people bike to work everyday, disregarding the weather.
Yes but it took children dying and the political will to make an (at the time) unpopular decision and force it through for the greater good. Many governments no longer have the desire to do this, they simply want to remain in power and be re-elected so they won't do things like the Netherlands did back in the 70s :-(
No gas No insurance No payments Free parking Best parking space Daily exercise No pollution But, you have to know what you’re doing. Get more leg power & the right seat height. Choose easy streets with slow traffic. Make sure you’re seen. Compensate. Defend. Prevent. But most of all have fun
I have a Jeep and two bikes. I'm all for creating bike friendly communities. This is a needed amenity. It attracts the outdoorsy crowd that appreciates natural surroundings. A bike makes getting from point a to b far more fun. More greenways, more trails, yes. I can still justify keeping my Jeep. But I hate clogged traffic jams! With my bike I can go faster than gridlocked cars. So nice to do that .
Use a car for driving long distance and comfortable but it is expensive, you pay for gas insurance and maintenance. Use bike for exercise, healthy and lose your weight and cheaper ( little maintenance only). The both needs safety and safety of driving a car or riding a bike. Car needs license, but the bike not. Most people thought that the rider of the bike is for poor people only and they think the riding of the bike never concern about the time management, will reach too late but healthy and waste time for the world changing every minute.
I own a Italian sports car which is very temperamental. I had to fix the constant velocity joints, locking brakes, shift linkage broke and now somekind of wire problem that does not allow me to start with the key. So I have been riding my bike to work 10 miles away. it takes me 50 minutes. And since I have a desk job this means that I get exercise that may be preventing diseases. Humans are not design for inactivity, they need to move and bicycles are just perfect to get exercise. People at work ask me why i dont drive? Get a car they tell me. I tell them that my bike cost more than their car. That leaves them thinking
The language difference makes the audience didn't act like in an English speaking country. But they understand the speaker because the translation is on both sides of the screen.
The audience are Chinese. In their culture its considered rude to make any noise during a presentation or a speech. An American professor was puzzled because no student asked him any question during an entire presentation and later he learnt that its considered rude to ask a question during a presentation in chinese culture. So its a form of discipline.
+Bill Patel exactly! In China, the classes normally pretty quiet, the only way to ask a question is to raise your hand and stand up (at least in High School, idk it will be a difference in College). In middle school and high school, or primary school, some teacher will even punish the student because they did not raise their hand to ask a question(did not raise the hand to ask is considering rude)
Cycling is great in many ways, and has changed my life, but please don't forget the disabled, people with pets (can't manage 3 dogs on my bike ), grocery shopping, each mode of transporation has it's place, some things you still need a vehicle for. There are times when I still really need my car.
Disabled on electric wheelchairs or small electric cars. Pets, children and smaller amount of groceries on your bike, ebike or on a cargo bike. Rent a car or use car share for bigger stuff or longer distances. All of this is thought about and handled in cities like Amsterdam. Watch channel like Not Just Bikes, a Canadian living in Amsterdam, if you want more insight. A brilliant channel.
I lost my license and i love riding a bike but out really puts a bottle neck on the possible jobs. When they asked if you have a car and you say, "i have a bike" you don't get hired. So i need to drive. If only s.w Florida was more biker friendly. And people are dying almost every day on bikes here, getting hit by cars. I've been hit three times.
I have 4 bikes and i hate cars, but you cannot compare cars with bikes, no way, the car is a car and the bike is a bike for sport, fun, hobby, or pro races, but u must have a car if u live in some far away village or town, in city its perfect for bikes, u can take it everywhere, trains buss, and no worry about parking.
Cars are amazing tools and in a lot of ways are indispensable, purely on the basis of how we've allowed infrastructure to develop. That said, I think anyone can adapt their life to be able to reduce or eliminate car usage. In some cases it's not easy and comes with other costs (time and convenience, namely). That doesn't mean it's not possible! Give it a shot, I dare you.
But why do you live so far away? Maybe because you can't afford to live closer by? Not owning a car is a great way to save some money, which can be invested in, e.g. a better situated house. If I'd have to pay for a car, I probably wouldn't be able to afford my inner city condo, but exactly living in the inner city has allowed me to do my commute, shopping, entertainment... by bike. I could afford a bigger house somewhere in the suburbs, but would not have saved a penny for it, as I would have been forced to buy a car to get to work, get my groceries or go out. I would loose time getting my kids to school, practice or whatever, things older children can do independently in a city. It largely depends on your chosen lifestyle.
Alex Decampos nope, he actually stated that he is not going to make millions with a bike store, but he is doing for something that he actually loves, instead for money per se.光追钱不会把你靠近梦想，不觉得呢？
It’s all fun and games when you get hit and die I love bikes but your are not safe if your on a bike you think you are but your just in the way California was land of the bike until ppl got lazy and the ones that do leave it after a few moths it’s fun to follow for a little
I after months in a Coma learning how to walk and talk and eat all over again from being hit with a RPG. I should have never lived. I am now left with PTSD. It has been horrible. I lost my life to PTSD and I want it back. I just purchased a new bike yesterday. Going to go ride tomorrow. I have heard the people with PTSD get better after mountain biking. I have a comfort to get in shape. When I lose weight ii am getting a bike packing bike. I am going to fly out to the west coast and ride across the USA. I am praying it will give me my life back.
I am 29 and live in Germany. Commuting to work, shopping, visiting friends: always by bike. I never had a car and I don't want one. Do you have any idea how much money, stress and time I save every day?
Same here, living in Frankfurt. Doing everything by bike. But once a week I drive my car, bringing my family to the swimming pool. This is SO stressful. But it cures me from wanting to drive more in my car. Bike = happy, car = aggressive.
nah what we need is an end to the automobile within city limits drive to the train station or bike then catch the A train or the loop or whatever depending what city you live in and those who live in the cities can bike to the store work and everywhere like they do in korea japan and china
@@richardmcginnis5344 This is the absolute truth. The reality is that it costs a fortune to build protected lanes and install bike-specific traffic lights. This is a real struggle because the automobile industry owns the bureaucracy everywhere. We already have the infrastructure (roads) and laws in place, we just lack the cultural mindset and a real push to inform the public that cyclists are (and therefore SHOULD BE) treated as any other traffic on the road: safely and with respect. Until the greater public learns such tolerance, cycling will be stuck being treated as niche, for "poor people", "kids", and enthusiasts.
Oh my goodness, I’m 16 and I remember my first bike. It was a cheap mongoose BMX from Walmart. I used to ride that thing all the time, now that I’m a little older, and doing more things, I’m shopping for a road bike. While my classmates talk about how their paychecks get eaten up by gas expenses, I’ll bike, stay in shape, and save money. You can’t loose with bikes man.
The future is in biking combined with public transportation. I commute to work by bike, combined with light rail. But I've also almost gotten hit and killed by cars in traffic which is why many are too scared to ride. Our smartest people should shift away from car technology and focus on bike and public transpo technology and infrastructure if we hope to save humanity from itself.
I wish my country had better railways. It would be awesome to load a bike onto a train and then get around the city on a bike. E-bikes are also a great new technology.
Potatocrunch94 I feel really lucky to live in Salt Lake Valley, we have really good Corridor that runs the length of the valley that no cars are allowed on. I think it's 50 miles one way. I forgot, its paved the whole way. It's only for hikers, bikers, and horses. Then our rail system and our trains are really good. Downtown Salt Lake is incorporating more bike Lanes too....
Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones. It's just getting on board with some of the compromises and introducing them firsthand to the benefits. Keep inspiring people to ride!
you are so right! cars are a money pit. the crazy thing is i am a hot rodder and i am not a liberal! hot rods have lot of parts and the time and money i spent could to build a sick bike. could have made a lot of crazy sick bikes for the amount of money on gas, parts,repairs.
What I think is interesting is how many Americans will drive their cars just to go a few hundred yards to their friends house or to take their kids to the bus.
Actually the car owners are the poor ones. They are constantly shoveling money into their vehicles...car payments, insurance, fuel, maintenance and repairs in what seems to be a never ending cycle and after they get the car paid off it gives them problems and they trade it in on another one. Bicyclists don't have that problem.
I'm 52 and, apart from owning a campervan for 3 months in my twenties, bicycles have been my main mode of transport - both for day-to-day and for touring holidays. Not owning a car is one of the best choices I ever made and has shaped my whole life in many positive ways. Cycling is one of the loves of my life and I enjoy every single ride. We have been brainwashed and duped into believing that mass car use is acceptable, desirable and pleasurable. And that owning a particular kind if car equates with status and success. The car (and the oil we put in it) is driving us!!! We behave like robots. But we don't have to. Wake up!!! Step away from the car and go for a ride. Bikes rock!!!
Commuting to work on a bicycle is so much more enjoyable especially if you have a nice trail system. Feel energized when you get to work and have a better headspace.
@@Mattwiistand Consider sticking behind a car when going downhill (it cuts off the wind and probably noone will try to crash into the car), and using low-traffic roads when going uphill where you are going slow
i quit riding my bike a year later i had pneumonia then the doctor told me i would now have copd for the rest of my life and would always ALWAYS need an inhaler but 2 years ago when i started riding my bike again i stopped carrying my inhaler and a year ago i was free of the copd today i ride everywhere i don't own a car and i haven't been sick in 2 years not a cold or the flu and i don't take the yearly flu shot
Dude I hate to tell you this but you didn't have COPD.. That is the fancy name for emphysema and it does not go away. You really need to get yourself a new doctor.
Quite good actually, the only downside is that I cant commute biking to my university because im studying archetecture and i cant bring all my stuff with me in a bike, but when im going somewhere else is really good.
Thx Guys for the optimism but Its getting harder to bring enough stuff with me in my bike. I Still commute on it over short distances (less than 5km) I hope my city keeps investing in more bike lanes so everyone can bike safer
I stopped riding my bike for a year in 2017 and during that time I started to dream about riding my bike in my sleep every single night it was like suffering withdraw for a whole year. So I went out and bought all the parts I needed to rebuild my bike and now I ride about 2 or 3 days a week and I love it.
They're starting to become popular around me, my city has a couple million people but it's spread over a gigantic area. I like my road bike for commuting, but even the average person on an ebike could do from my place to the city in roughly 30 mins, about 13km along the bikeway next to the highway. Comparable to driving, when you include traffic and parking. I'm often going faster than the traffic on the highway into the city in the morning.
E bikes to me are just cheaper motorcycles. You don’t really do any exercise which is kind of not the point of bicycles. I know people will go against me but it’s just how I feel about e bikes.
I’m 68. I read an article in a cycling magazine years ago about an interview with an 80+ year old cyclist who rides with a peloton in Paris daily. “It hurts too much if I stop.” True.
Cars are actually insanely cheap now because there are just an infinite supply of them now. So much car waste, you can find cars that still run just fine 15 years old at auctions for 1k.
No, 1000 bucks is a lot of money, and to then buy fuel and insurance as well as maintain it makes it anything but cheap. No contest between bicycles and cars in terms of finance.
you used to be able to get a car for about $200. it may not have looked pretty but it worked. now you may be able to find one round 800 but it will need repairs that will cost you at least a few hundred more. then tack on your license plate, sticker, insurance, gas, oil, general maintenance and so on. cars are way expensive.
Bicycling in Puerto Rico has been growing so fast that now almost all of the 78 municipalities have bicycle trails. That's the best way to encourage the "sport", but we are still have one of the highest density of cars per square mile in the world.
bicycle riders are just important as bikers so i feel every city should have bike lanes.the money spent on making new cars every year and making them faster and higher in price some of that money can be spent on bicycle lanes in every city or local town.
I'm 76 and ride a bike for most things, shopping, commuting, recreation. The advantages are obvious - it's cheap, good exercise, environmentally benign. Edmonton where I live is gradually improving the bike lanes.
Daniel Soriano hey, ik this is ten months old but I'll still reply. Is it possible to reroute your trip to make it longer? Go online and find a route planner map and look for a way, I'm sure there is.
Yea, Insurance, Gas, Car payments, oil, maintenance, window wash. WTFE are we talking. I get on my bicycle and ride! And yes I pay road tax! I own a trailer! So yep! I pay road tax! And my bicycle starts every morning in the winter! Even at -40F (below)
Hey, Jacob! I appreciate your adventurous spirit, your love of cycling, and your contribution to China. I am an avid cyclist who has been to China 17 times (including some visits to Chengdu). My first visits were in 2000. I, too, have seen the Chinese sacrifice bicycles on the altar of modernization and progress. Seeing fewer and fewer cyclists on my trips over the past 17 years truly saddens me. > And, you did a great job with this presentation. Ride on!
I wish I didn’t feel the need to buy a car before realizing I’m so much happier without it. Cars are overrated. Please understand this BEFORE buying one. Invest in a hella dope bike.
I have cycled to work nearly every day for the last 18 years...maybe people think I’m strange since most people drive in UK, but I actually enjoy going to work by bike. I feel great and save money. Sadly my office is soon moving 50 km further away, so I’ll be forced to drive most of the time, but still thinking of cycling in the summer...just need to allow 2.5 hrs each way! Haha...
It’s a shame that attitudes towards cyclists in the UK is bad. There is a lack of infrastructure outside of cities. Most importantly the amount of dangerous drivers puts people off from cycling.
S1lent Toad , there are roads all over Britain that are perfectly serviceable for use by bicycles. As a cyclist for over 55 years, I've commuted, cycle-camped and picked up the groceries all over Britain including Glasgow, rural communities in the North of England, and London, on the roads already there. Ride confidently and competently on the road. I'm not saying you won't get hit by someone scrolling through their playlist, but that shouldn't keep you off the roads.
Didn't learn to drive until I was in my early forties. Still rode for a year of two but a change of job meant I needed to drive to get to work. Consequeently gained about 2 stones in weight. Now, 15 years after pretty much stopping I borrowed my sons bike over the summer holidays. In six weeks, riding 10 miles or so three times a week I feel unbelieveable. I'm going to have to figure out how to keep it going in my spare time once I'm back at work. Which will be next week. I too believe that they should be on prescription. Nothing, but nothing lifts my spirit quite like a ride around the canal network where I live...Leek, Staffordshire. Bikes are without doubt the most effective means of transportation and exercise.... Feel like I've re acquainted myself with an old old friend......
Great to read your story there are people out there at the moment trying to get the government to give people bikes for free another point to note is I'm disabled and still ride so people with disabilitys should get gov help too and not written off because of med conditions me thinks .
My commute to work was 15 minutes by car or 25 on the bike. So for only an extra 10 minutes each way, I got to incorporate exercise into my day and not take an hour after work, away from my family, to go run etc. Now my commute is a bit closer, 15-18 minutes on the bike or about 15 by car (heavier traffic so slower average speed by car, compared to cruising in the bike lane and only stopping at the red lights.) I am also lucky enough to have a shower and lockers at my workplace.
I started cycling to work at least 4 days a week 16-20 miles a day depending how many miles you want to put in that day. I love it, and enjoy my commute. It's become a competitive thing for me now. I use an app call Strava, that's addicting you become very competitive. This is beneficial since now I'm training to do my first triathlon. I don't think it helped loose weight, but has helped me with endurance and speed. I used hit the gym 6 days a week, now since I started cycling I have probably been to the gym 7 days a month. I love cycling it's the best decision my husband made for my bday, my road bike.
Also yes now I can show this to my parents to convince them to allow me to buy another bike I'm thinking of buying a we the people arcade or justice what do u guys think I should buy?
I use a folding bike to work and experienced quite a handful of near misses, danger from thugs and bullying from all kinds of motorists, as if they own the road. To make matters worse, biking infrastructure in the Philippines (Manila) is almost 0. Bike lanes are just an afterthought and roads have gazillion of potholes. And people think that I'm a cheapskate. But why do I ride? Ecological, economic, health (physical/mental) and I-value-time reasons. At the end of the day, I can go home quicker, be productive and do other things aside from being stuck in traffic.
Mad respect to a veteran cyclist. I worked in a shop in Albuquerque, Two Wheel Drive, and a big part of what we did was supply trikes and recumbents for bike lifers with back/neck/motor control issues. It's a beautiful thing to keep riding despite the added difficulty!
Biking is by far the best mode of tranportation. It is convenient fun and cheap. It utilizes the freedom of a car wihout all the costs associated to it. And you don't need to wait for a crowded bus.
You can always tell a bike rider: when they are driving, they slow down, give you a wide berth, and cede the right of way. The non-bike riders come close to you, don’t slow down, assume the right of way, and usually make rude gestures at your existence.
I love my car but I also love my bike. Did the park and ride in 9 miles each way today but then we're spoiled because we get paid to do so in bike commuter credits, private showers and indoor bike parking. Bikes and cars can coexist if we watch out for each other.
I have been a regular cyclist for over 60 years. Sure, I have a car I use once or twice a week and I use trains too, but a bike is part of me, I cycle most days.
Nice dream mate but I reckon they will drive until we all suffocate in smog. None cares mate. Yesterday I was enjoying a nice view from hill I climbed on my bike. There was a huge motorways just under me and so I got this feeling that it's like a vein of this huge unstoppable beast. Billions of cars just mindlesly going somewhere & they just cannot stop. If you bleed their vein they will just all die because they know nothing better. Sad truth but yes let me say that again. They will rather die then to go bike 😕
The sad thing is how people have become so say fearful to tread upon the road outside of a car. I am stupidly hopeful though that with my consistency in cycling as a means of a commute, that it would motivate others' of such a possibility too. Especially with the ongoing problem of obesity, that this would remind people that they could efficiently make use of their time and effort too. But of course, alike with anything, the first few steps are downright terrifying, before we realize that it is doable for ourselves' too.
@@crisscrossappsauce105 you very right mate, we literally fear of reality and its chalanges, we choose the easy & comfortable ways even if they lead to doom lol. Positive people like you will continue spreading their energy in good faith and that's the beauty of the whole dilema ✌️😂🤯
Most of my phD friends ride their bikes to work IF they dont have to go another distant place for a meeting etc. They love it. And when they get to work they walk on a treadmill as sitting all day has been shown to be as harmful as smoking 2 cigarettes a day.
I used to ride about a hundred and twenty miles a week. I quit riding about 4 years ago. I just got back on bike, and now I can do 43. And it's only been two weeks. I am 56 years old. I will never leave my bike again. Life is too sad without it. UPDATE: A month later I am now up to over 75 a week.
I am 29 and live in Germany. Commuting to work, shopping, visiting friends: always by bike. I never had a car and I don't want one. Do you have any idea how much money, stress and time I save every day?
Yes I agree , Could you image how great life would be never owning a car... Never having heat in the winter when its 10 degrees or air conditioning when it's 99 degrees outside. Never having the safety of locking your doors while driving through a rough part of town.. Or even having the freedom to drive to see relatives on holidays or maybe go on a vacation.. Yes the Sweet stench of socialism is a wonderful thing!... I guess for socialists anyways...
I would love to bike to work but the only way to work from where I live is along a highway where cars (including me) drive way too fast. besides that I ride everyday when I get out of work..whoo! :)
After I got my electric bike I don't bother with the car as much unless I have passengers/stuff to pick up or the weather is terrible or it's more than about 30 miles.
“When I was a TEENAGER, I was just like you........I wanted to buy a car!” (Addressing a room of adults) Very condescending way to approach people and talk to them. Such a poor way for a person to try and promote their views.
If the military keeps spraying aerosol poison to control the planet by weather warfare bikes are not going to change anything. I like bicycles and would like to have large auto free zones but pollution reduction and a better life for all is not what the persons temporarily in control want.
I ride my road bike 10 miles a day. I'm for what this guy is saying. Its a form of exercise that don't feel like exercise. I have never understood spinners indoors. About China, however, its not only cycling=poor now, its cycling=breathing polution. We go to Beijing and Shanghai 3-4 times a year, hardly ever see a blue sky. I've been in Beijing numerous times and I turn on my iPhone and I'm reading a warning for the day for people with health or breathing problems to stay indoors if possible.
I own a car but use it very little except in summer . I can roll down my windows and torment people with loud stoner music such as Jimi Hendrix and Zappa . The other 99 percent is on bike and to a lesser extent on public transit . Yes I ride my bike high on cannabis but I don't drive car high . That would be dangerous .
biking is so much fun, it relieves stress, not creates it and keeps you in shape. Plus it's way cheaper than a car. (and faster if you're in a town and have less than a mile to go because of parking)
Who would live in Chengdu, when you could live in "Tongue Duel!" Somebody should make a compilation video of best/worst closed captioning mishaps from various videos.
Well if you get in an accident more than likely you'll die, rather than live to suffer lifelong injuries from a car driving accident. Also you could get a massive payout for injuries with a good lawyer, you won't have to work for the rest of your life IF you survive. And if you DIE, the person who ran you over pays for your funeral, so you get a FREE funeral!
your friday night ride sounds like a HHH run.. ;p when i was in China ;p Yup the USA needs to not not tear out it's public transport and *sigh* i know.. ( what to do? (in US) phhh SMALL TOWN POLITICS YAY
Except it's not just Amsterdam, Amsterdam is only a small part of the Netherlands. Our whole country is like that. Nobody even thinks about a life without our trusty (usually old) bikes. Most studens bike to school and a lot of people bike to work everyday, disregarding the weather.
Good point! I used Amsterdam as an example because it's something the audience would understand easily.
Yes but it took children dying and the political will to make an (at the time) unpopular decision and force it through for the greater good.
Many governments no longer have the desire to do this, they simply want to remain in power and be re-elected so they won't do things like the Netherlands did back in the 70s :-(
No gas
No insurance
No payments
Free parking
Best parking space
Daily exercise
No pollution
But, you have to know what you’re doing. Get more leg power & the right seat height. Choose easy streets with slow traffic. Make sure you’re seen. Compensate. Defend. Prevent. But most of all have fun
I have a Jeep and two bikes. I'm all for creating bike friendly communities. This is a needed amenity. It attracts the outdoorsy crowd that appreciates natural surroundings. A bike makes getting from point a to b far more fun. More greenways, more trails, yes. I can still justify keeping my Jeep. But I hate clogged traffic jams! With my bike I can go faster than gridlocked cars. So nice to do that .
Jeep'ers, motorcyclists, hikers, bikers. We're all about preserving what we've got!
Haven't driven a car to work for an entire year coming this April and I love it!
Bravo! That's amazing commitment, keep it up!
Use a car for driving long distance and comfortable but it is expensive, you pay for gas insurance and maintenance. Use bike for exercise, healthy and lose your weight and cheaper ( little maintenance only). The both needs safety and safety of driving a car or riding a bike. Car needs license, but the bike not. Most people thought that the rider of the bike is for poor people only and they think the riding of the bike never concern about the time management, will reach too late but healthy and waste time for the world changing every minute.
I own a Italian sports car which is very temperamental. I had to fix the constant velocity joints, locking brakes, shift linkage broke and now somekind of wire problem that does not allow me to start with the key. So I have been riding my bike to work 10 miles away. it takes me 50 minutes. And since I have a desk job this means that I get exercise that may be preventing diseases. Humans are not design for inactivity, they need to move and bicycles are just perfect to get exercise. People at work ask me why i dont drive? Get a car they tell me. I tell them that my bike cost more than their car. That leaves them thinking
Just make sure you lock it up after you tell them how much your ride costs!
Most of the time I dont ride my carbon fiber time trial to work. But my job has security guard where I park my bike
I try to ride my bike everywhere to extend a cars lifespan
Interesting TED talk... But why is the audience asleep?
I believe they are in China (meaning they don't speak English) so they do not understand the speaker.
Cause they got up at 4am to drive to the conference - lol... Stuck in traffic jams the whole way. Should have rode a bike.
The language difference makes the audience didn't act like in an English speaking country. But they understand the speaker because the translation is on both sides of the screen.
The audience are Chinese. In their culture its considered rude to make any noise during a presentation or a speech. An American professor was puzzled because no student asked him any question during an entire presentation and later he learnt that its considered rude to ask a question during a presentation in chinese culture. So its a form of discipline.
+Bill Patel
exactly! In China, the classes normally pretty quiet, the only way to ask a question is to raise your hand and stand up (at least in High School, idk it will be a difference in College). In middle school and high school, or primary school, some teacher will even punish the student because they did not raise their hand to ask a question(did not raise the hand to ask is considering rude)
Never stop cycling
Cycling is great in many ways, and has changed my life, but please don't forget the disabled, people with pets (can't manage 3 dogs on my bike ), grocery shopping, each mode of transporation has it's place, some things you still need a vehicle for. There are times when I still really need my car.
Disabled on electric wheelchairs or small electric cars. Pets, children and smaller amount of groceries on your bike, ebike or on a cargo bike. Rent a car or use car share for bigger stuff or longer distances. All of this is thought about and handled in cities like Amsterdam. Watch channel like Not Just Bikes, a Canadian living in Amsterdam, if you want more insight. A brilliant channel.
@@th5841 Thank you I will check it out!
I lost my license and i love riding a bike but out really puts a bottle neck on the possible jobs. When they asked if you have a car and you say, "i have a bike" you don't get hired. So i need to drive. If only s.w Florida was more biker friendly. And people are dying almost every day on bikes here, getting hit by cars. I've been hit three times.
I have 4 bikes and i hate cars, but you cannot compare cars with bikes, no way, the car is a car and the bike is a bike for sport, fun, hobby, or pro races, but u must have a car if u live in some far away village or town, in city its perfect for bikes, u can take it everywhere, trains buss, and no worry about parking.
Cars are amazing tools and in a lot of ways are indispensable, purely on the basis of how we've allowed infrastructure to develop. That said, I think anyone can adapt their life to be able to reduce or eliminate car usage. In some cases it's not easy and comes with other costs (time and convenience, namely). That doesn't mean it's not possible! Give it a shot, I dare you.
But why do you live so far away? Maybe because you can't afford to live closer by? Not owning a car is a great way to save some money, which can be invested in, e.g. a better situated house. If I'd have to pay for a car, I probably wouldn't be able to afford my inner city condo, but exactly living in the inner city has allowed me to do my commute, shopping, entertainment... by bike. I could afford a bigger house somewhere in the suburbs, but would not have saved a penny for it, as I would have been forced to buy a car to get to work, get my groceries or go out. I would loose time getting my kids to school, practice or whatever, things older children can do independently in a city. It largely depends on your chosen lifestyle.
you're going to make a million because you speak Mandarin and love bikes now connect the two
Alex Decampos nope, he actually stated that he is not going to make millions with a bike store, but he is doing for something that he actually loves, instead for money per se.光追钱不会把你靠近梦想，不觉得呢？
我希望未来的时候能够挣一点钱。。Fortunately you don't have to be rich to ride!
oh em gee , i want to give a TED talk on riding bikes
I like airplanes...
it would be funny to have an airplane full of cranks and pedals that somehow help the plane move. like one of those bicycle bars. :)
There has been one successful effort of human-powered flight!
It’s all fun and games when you get hit and die I love bikes but your are not safe if your on a bike you think you are but your just in the way California was land of the bike until ppl got lazy and the ones that do leave it after a few moths it’s fun to follow for a little
Ruben Scott you are not safe on the streets. Period.
Just started riding a bicycle 2 days ago and I don't think I'll look back!
I think you should look back. In case a car is coming.
is bicycle lane GOOD !!!
I would if I was you especially when turning right,or left , depending which country you live in.
Still biking ?
@@Legenddjt I would think so.
I after months in a Coma learning how to walk and talk and eat all over again from being hit with a RPG. I should have never lived. I am now left with PTSD. It has been horrible. I lost my life to PTSD and I want it back. I just purchased a new bike yesterday. Going to go ride tomorrow. I have heard the people with PTSD get better after mountain biking. I have a comfort to get in shape. When I lose weight ii am getting a bike packing bike. I am going to fly out to the west coast and ride across the USA. I am praying it will give me my life back.
yo how is the bike riding coming along?
Yea hows that going! Bro
I am 29 and live in Germany. Commuting to work, shopping, visiting friends: always by bike. I never had a car and I don't want one.
Do you have any idea how much money, stress and time I save every day?
Same here, living in Frankfurt. Doing everything by bike. But once a week I drive my car, bringing my family to the swimming pool. This is SO stressful. But it cures me from wanting to drive more in my car. Bike = happy, car = aggressive.
@@ThePianoman-- I went to your city recently
A : about 10 euros
B: lots
C: about 45 minutes
A lot, a lot, and a lot?
Cycling in London is sooooo much faster than the other modes of transportation. And it's free!
We need bike lanes in all cities!
In all countries.
nah what we need is an end to the automobile within city limits drive to the train station or bike then catch the A train or the loop or whatever depending what city you live in and those who live in the cities can bike to the store work and everywhere like they do in korea japan and china
@@richardmcginnis5344 This is the absolute truth. The reality is that it costs a fortune to build protected lanes and install bike-specific traffic lights. This is a real struggle because the automobile industry owns the bureaucracy everywhere. We already have the infrastructure (roads) and laws in place, we just lack the cultural mindset and a real push to inform the public that cyclists are (and therefore SHOULD BE) treated as any other traffic on the road: safely and with respect. Until the greater public learns such tolerance, cycling will be stuck being treated as niche, for "poor people", "kids", and enthusiasts.
We need to seize your property by eminent domain, and then build bike lanes through it.
Nah its fun having that thrill of danger
Oh my goodness, I’m 16 and I remember my first bike. It was a cheap mongoose BMX from Walmart. I used to ride that thing all the time, now that I’m a little older, and doing more things, I’m shopping for a road bike. While my classmates talk about how their paychecks get eaten up by gas expenses, I’ll bike, stay in shape, and save money. You can’t loose with bikes man.
Riding was life back then.
Hope you're still rocking your sweet roadbike man
The future is in biking combined with public transportation. I commute to work by bike, combined with light rail. But I've also almost gotten hit and killed by cars in traffic which is why many are too scared to ride. Our smartest people should shift away from car technology and focus on bike and public transpo technology and infrastructure if we hope to save humanity from itself.
There is a documentary about this, Bikes VS. Cars. It's worth the veiw.
I wish my country had better railways. It would be awesome to load a bike onto a train and then get around the city on a bike. E-bikes are also a great new technology.
Potatocrunch94 I feel really lucky to live in Salt Lake Valley, we have really good Corridor that runs the length of the valley that no cars are allowed on. I think it's 50 miles one way. I forgot, its paved the whole way. It's only for hikers, bikers, and horses. Then our rail system and our trains are really good. Downtown Salt Lake is incorporating more bike Lanes too....
Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones. It's just getting on board with some of the compromises and introducing them firsthand to the benefits. Keep inspiring people to ride!
you are so right! cars are a money pit. the crazy thing is i am a hot rodder and i am not a liberal! hot rods have lot of parts and the time and money i spent could to build a sick bike. could have made a lot of crazy sick bikes for the amount of money on gas, parts,repairs.
What I think is interesting is how many Americans will drive their cars just to go a few hundred yards to their friends house or to take their kids to the bus.
Even happens here in Australia, I watch my neighbour drive her SUV 100m down the road to visit her friend!
Backpacker8381
Arabs in gulf countries also do that, they see bike commuters as poor people,,
Oooh Poor me..
Actually the car owners are the poor ones. They are constantly shoveling money into their vehicles...car payments, insurance, fuel, maintenance and repairs in what seems to be a never ending cycle and after they get the car paid off it gives them problems and they trade it in on another one. Bicyclists don't have that problem.
Backpacker8381
I payed 3$ two hours a go for full tune up for my commuter( Trek FX2 ),,
LooooooL 😂
Backpacker8381...car drivers stay warm and dry and have protection around them if they get hit or crash..
I'm 52 and, apart from owning a campervan for 3 months in my twenties, bicycles have been my main mode of transport - both for day-to-day and for touring holidays. Not owning a car is one of the best choices I ever made and has shaped my whole life in many positive ways. Cycling is one of the loves of my life and I enjoy every single ride. We have been brainwashed and duped into believing that mass car use is acceptable, desirable and pleasurable. And that owning a particular kind if car equates with status and success. The car (and the oil we put in it) is driving us!!! We behave like robots. But we don't have to. Wake up!!! Step away from the car and go for a ride. Bikes rock!!!
Ride on!
I agree we have become drivers , not people and we worship cars. I don't think I am exaggerate when I say this.
Love cycling
Commuting to work on a bicycle is so much more enjoyable especially if you have a nice trail system. Feel energized when you get to work and have a better headspace.
Great way to even out the day!
That's a dream in my city. I only work 6 miles from work but drive because the roads are extremely dangerous in the part of town I work.
@@Mattwiistand Consider sticking behind a car when going downhill (it cuts off the wind and probably noone will try to crash into the car), and using low-traffic roads when going uphill where you are going slow
i quit riding my bike a year later i had pneumonia then the doctor told me i would now have copd for the rest of my life and would always ALWAYS need an inhaler but 2 years ago when i started riding my bike again i stopped carrying my inhaler and a year ago i was free of the copd today i ride everywhere i don't own a car and i haven't been sick in 2 years not a cold or the flu and i don't take the yearly flu shot
Were you a smoker?
Dude I hate to tell you this but you didn't have COPD.. That is the fancy name for emphysema and it does not go away. You really need to get yourself a new doctor.
I lost my license for life best thing that happened to me lost 51 pounds. I have lost 40 points on BP I love riding.
that is great! way to make a negative into a positive! congratulations!
Earl Cehrs I lost my license for a year and lost 100lbs.😂
congrats! how do you lose a license for a life???
+Cr34t0red My thoughts exactly
Cr34t0red Dui
Screw MOT, road tax, petrol and garage repairs! Start cycling and saving
Bikes = Financial savvy
I started commuting by bike since 3 days ago, actually is quite fun, I just love it
How is the commuting going?
Quite good actually, the only downside is that I cant commute biking to my university because im studying archetecture and i cant bring all my stuff with me in a bike, but when im going somewhere else is really good.
I started commuting by bike since... 10 years ago. Changed my life. Best thing I could have ever done! Enjoy your new life. I know you will.
Thx Guys for the optimism but Its getting harder to bring enough stuff with me in my bike. I Still commute on it over short distances (less than 5km) I hope my city keeps investing in more bike lanes so everyone can bike safer
have you considered a bicycle trailer?
I stopped riding my bike for a year in 2017 and during that time I started to dream about riding my bike in my sleep every single night it was like suffering withdraw for a whole year. So I went out and bought all the parts I needed to rebuild my bike and now I ride about 2 or 3 days a week and I love it.
Dang, I know that pain!
Oh, yea I know! I live on my employment! I'd rather live 15 miles away! I LOVE MY BICYCLE!
e bikes will become the next big thing... just watch.... middle class is depleting at a rapid rate....
che cazzo dici?
Very true
They're starting to become popular around me, my city has a couple million people but it's spread over a gigantic area. I like my road bike for commuting, but even the average person on an ebike could do from my place to the city in roughly 30 mins, about 13km along the bikeway next to the highway. Comparable to driving, when you include traffic and parking. I'm often going faster than the traffic on the highway into the city in the morning.
Ebikes are great. They allow you cover more distance with the same level of effort. You get exercise and maintain a higher average speed.
E bikes to me are just cheaper motorcycles. You don’t really do any exercise which is kind of not the point of bicycles. I know people will go against me but it’s just how I feel about e bikes.
I’m 68. I read an article in a cycling magazine years ago about an interview with an 80+ year old cyclist who rides with a peloton in Paris daily. “It hurts too much if I stop.” True.
Cars rule you because of the cost to run and maintain then.
Super -sim trucks rule because without them you wouldn't have a car or anything you in your life.
If you are broke..
Cars are actually insanely cheap now because there are just an infinite supply of them now. So much car waste, you can find cars that still run just fine 15 years old at auctions for 1k.
No, 1000 bucks is a lot of money, and to then buy fuel and insurance as well as maintain it makes it anything but cheap. No contest between bicycles and cars in terms of finance.
you used to be able to get a car for about $200. it may not have looked pretty but it worked. now you may be able to find one round 800 but it will need repairs that will cost you at least a few hundred more. then tack on your license plate, sticker, insurance, gas, oil, general maintenance and so on. cars are way expensive.
I ride my bike every day.I was riding 600miles a month to work.I would love for the world to be bike friendly.
I agree
Try doing that when you are 55 with bad knees from doing it all your life.
@@googleuser6201 Yeah...badminton and cycle messes up your legs.. but...they look fantastic!!
Bicycling in Puerto Rico has been growing so fast that now almost all of the 78 municipalities have bicycle trails. That's the best way to encourage the "sport", but we are still have one of the highest density of cars per square mile in the world.
You save money on gas and get exercise.
We call that a twofer.
bicycle riders are just important as bikers so i feel every city should have bike lanes.the money spent on making new cars every year and making them faster and higher in price some of that money can be spent on bicycle lanes in every city or local town.
Preach!
It would also cause less car traffic if you think about it
I'm 76 and ride a bike for most things, shopping, commuting, recreation. The advantages are obvious - it's cheap, good exercise, environmentally benign. Edmonton where I live is gradually improving the bike lanes.
I RIDE A BIKE LAS VEGAS NOT A FREINDLY BIKE CITY ... BUT I LOVE IT HERE. COPS HARASSING US DRIVER DAMN NEAR WANT TO RUN YOU OVER🚴♂️
Stay positive and share the bike love. No one wins when differences turns to conflict.
Same in Ocala! Colorado was bicycle friendly! Ocala home now!
I just ordered my first bike and olive in Las Vegas lol
🚴🏿♂️
i commute 2 miles to work!! man i wish my trip was longer!!! and always have good weather
Daniel Soriano hey, ik this is ten months old but I'll still reply. Is it possible to reroute your trip to make it longer? Go online and find a route planner map and look for a way, I'm sure there is.
That's the attitude. You seem like a guy I'd like to ride my bike with.
Yea, Insurance, Gas, Car payments, oil, maintenance, window wash. WTFE are we talking. I get on my bicycle and ride! And yes I pay road tax! I own a trailer! So yep! I pay road tax! And my bicycle starts every morning in the winter! Even at -40F (below)
Hey, Jacob! I appreciate your adventurous spirit, your love of cycling, and your contribution to China. I am an avid cyclist who has been to China 17 times (including some visits to Chengdu). My first visits were in 2000. I, too, have seen the Chinese sacrifice bicycles on the altar of modernization and progress. Seeing fewer and fewer cyclists on my trips over the past 17 years truly saddens me. > And, you did a great job with this presentation. Ride on!
Thanks for watching! Just trying to share the stoke.
I wish I didn’t feel the need to buy a car before realizing I’m so much happier without it.
Cars are overrated. Please understand this BEFORE buying one. Invest in a hella dope bike.
Best comment I've read: Invest in a hella dope bike. Thanks!
I got 3 custom bikes and cheaper than the bus passes
I have cycled to work nearly every day for the last 18 years...maybe people think I’m strange since most people drive in UK, but I actually enjoy going to work by bike. I feel great and save money. Sadly my office is soon moving 50 km further away, so I’ll be forced to drive most of the time, but still thinking of cycling in the summer...just need to allow 2.5 hrs each way! Haha...
Time to change job. ;)
It’s a shame that attitudes towards cyclists in the UK is bad. There is a lack of infrastructure outside of cities. Most importantly the amount of dangerous drivers puts people off from cycling.
Stevegeek, just move 50km closer to work?
S1lent Toad , there are roads all over Britain that are perfectly serviceable for use by bicycles. As a cyclist for over 55 years, I've commuted, cycle-camped and picked up the groceries all over Britain including Glasgow, rural communities in the North of England, and London, on the roads already there.
Ride confidently and competently on the road. I'm not saying you won't get hit by someone scrolling through their playlist, but that shouldn't keep you off the roads.
Hopefully the Universe has blessed you with another job by now 💖
Take it a bit slower,avoide the traffic jam, ride your bike, clean out your arteries and help save the planet, great idea, great video!
Just got back on a bike after 30 years!, I’ve lost 15.4 kilo since feb 19.
Get on your bike !, it will change you forever!
Bicycles are awesome! "Just get out there and ride your bike :)"
This guy gets it!
I ride bike for 35 years and I still don't speak chinese :/
We have become drivers and worshipers of cars. We have a car culture . Everything revolves around cars, roads, oil,
Didn't learn to drive until I was in my early forties. Still rode for a year of two but a change of job meant I needed to drive to get to work. Consequeently gained about 2 stones in weight. Now, 15 years after pretty much stopping I borrowed my sons bike over the summer holidays. In six weeks, riding 10 miles or so three times a week I feel unbelieveable. I'm going to have to figure out how to keep it going in my spare time once I'm back at work. Which will be next week. I too believe that they should be on prescription. Nothing, but nothing lifts my spirit quite like a ride around the canal network where I live...Leek, Staffordshire.
Bikes are without doubt the most effective means of transportation and exercise....
Feel like I've re acquainted myself with an old old friend......
My kind of cyclist! Welcome back to the bike life.
Great to read your story there are people out there at the moment trying to get the government to give people bikes for free another point to note is I'm disabled and still ride so people with disabilitys should get gov help too and not written off because of med conditions me thinks .
I have a car,but I ride my bike more often,I love my bike.
Way more fun than driving a car. Cheaper than driving a car. Emission is only 34 grams co2 per mile.
Unless you're a gassy dude. In which case probiotics are the fuel-cleaner of the body.
Just started riding a bicycle 2 days ago and I don't think I'll look back!
i started riding bike when my driver's licence expired, and noone belived me (including parents), they tought police took it
My commute to work was 15 minutes by car or 25 on the bike. So for only an extra 10 minutes each way, I got to incorporate exercise into my day and not take an hour after work, away from my family, to go run etc.
Now my commute is a bit closer, 15-18 minutes on the bike or about 15 by car (heavier traffic so slower average speed by car, compared to cruising in the bike lane and only stopping at the red lights.)
I am also lucky enough to have a shower and lockers at my workplace.
I started cycling to work at least 4 days a week 16-20 miles a day depending how many miles you want to put in that day. I love it, and enjoy my commute. It's become a competitive thing for me now. I use an app call Strava, that's addicting you become very competitive. This is beneficial since now I'm training to do my first triathlon. I don't think it helped loose weight, but has helped me with endurance and speed. I used hit the gym 6 days a week, now since I started cycling I have probably been to the gym 7 days a month. I love cycling it's the best decision my husband made for my bday, my road bike.
My license was taken away by the state on my 16th birthday, I was never disappointed because I have a bike. It takes me places
What did you do to lose your license?
@@kainaaguiarferreira4351 truancy, although I never used a car for skipping
@@MrExplorerFilms How did u have your license before 16?
@@butterboiii9810 i had a learners permit, got my license in the mail when i turned 16, got it taken away the next day
Also yes now I can show this to my parents to convince them to allow me to buy another bike I'm thinking of buying a we the people arcade or justice what do u guys think I should buy?
Jack liu If N = the number of bikes you currently own then naturally N + 1
Visit your local bike shop and get their insights. That's what they're for!
I ride I'm 60 in2 months I'm thinking about going car less
These common sense video's are just plain annoying.
Strongly agree. Nothing new or surprising was said. Just a waste of time.
Irony two layers deep. Ride on, brothers and sisters.
In the Netherlands you grow up on the bike. Start cycling at a young age and learn how traffic works and how to use your senses.
I use a folding bike to work and experienced quite a handful of near misses, danger from thugs and bullying from all kinds of motorists, as if they own the road. To make matters worse, biking infrastructure in the Philippines (Manila) is almost 0. Bike lanes are just an afterthought and roads have gazillion of potholes. And people think that I'm a cheapskate. But why do I ride? Ecological, economic, health (physical/mental) and I-value-time reasons.
At the end of the day, I can go home quicker, be productive and do other things aside from being stuck in traffic.
I live in Manila and feel your pain. Build build build forgot us poor bicyclists.
I love biking and I do it daily....and my BP is now back to normal...bike with me and be happy!
Due to a vision problem, I've ridden a bike all my life. I'm 53 now and I ride a recumbent, due to back and neck problems.
They say that recumbents are actually more efficient and aerodynamic then conventional bikes
Mad respect to a veteran cyclist. I worked in a shop in Albuquerque, Two Wheel Drive, and a big part of what we did was supply trikes and recumbents for bike lifers with back/neck/motor control issues. It's a beautiful thing to keep riding despite the added difficulty!
Biking is by far the best mode of tranportation. It is convenient fun and cheap. It utilizes the freedom of a car wihout all the costs associated to it. And you don't need to wait for a crowded bus.
Very interesting thanks for posting. Never realised bike use was declining in China.
TOUGH CROWD! lol, great speech thank you
Fortunately I had a spotlight in my face so I kind of don't notice them.
Starting biking to work just today and it was quite fun. It’s like I’m exploring life more I get to stop by and pick up some oranges at a park lol
This to me is the greatest aspect of biking - being able to stop on a whim, smell the roses (or the oranges if you prefer).
Matthew Jenkinson yes and it’s the only fun part of my work so far
☘️☘️☘️fantastic 🙏☘️☘️
You can always tell a bike rider: when they are driving, they slow down, give you a wide berth, and cede the right of way. The non-bike riders come close to you, don’t slow down, assume the right of way, and usually make rude gestures at your existence.
I love my car but I also love my bike. Did the park and ride in 9 miles each way today but then we're spoiled because we get paid to do so in bike commuter credits, private showers and indoor bike parking. Bikes and cars can coexist if we watch out for each other.
Cars are amazing tools, but they're not treated with the respect of this utility or as the luxury they truly are.
I have been a regular cyclist for over 60 years. Sure, I have a car I use once or twice a week and I use trains too, but a bike is part of me, I cycle most days.
New urbanism is crucial to revitalize our cities
Ditto.
Nice dream mate but I reckon they will drive until we all suffocate in smog. None cares mate. Yesterday I was enjoying a nice view from hill I climbed on my bike. There was a huge motorways just under me and so I got this feeling that it's like a vein of this huge unstoppable beast. Billions of cars just mindlesly going somewhere & they just cannot stop. If you bleed their vein they will just all die because they know nothing better. Sad truth but yes let me say that again. They will rather die then to go bike 😕
The sad thing is how people have become so say fearful to tread upon the road outside of a car. I am stupidly hopeful though that with my consistency in cycling as a means of a commute, that it would motivate others' of such a possibility too. Especially with the ongoing problem of obesity, that this would remind people that they could efficiently make use of their time and effort too. But of course, alike with anything, the first few steps are downright terrifying, before we realize that it is doable for ourselves' too.
@@crisscrossappsauce105 you very right mate, we literally fear of reality and its chalanges, we choose the easy & comfortable ways even if they lead to doom lol. Positive people like you will continue spreading their energy in good faith and that's the beauty of the whole dilema ✌️😂🤯
Most of my phD friends ride their bikes to work IF they dont have to go another distant place for a meeting etc.
They love it. And when they get to work they walk on a treadmill as sitting all day has been shown to be as harmful as smoking 2 cigarettes a day.
I started riding bike since the pandemic and lost my job....
I am in my 50s ànd ride 100 miles a week and I feel 40 , My energy is up . I do it for fun so I guess I do it for my minds health .
Dave Schulz
I am in 17's and i ride a lot a week too. But i still feel like im 17 :/
Read Quran - that's good though considering many teens now days feel old, creaky, sick, and tired. stay healthy
Cycling can also help older people maintain their ability to walk at levels seen in younger people by helping maintain muscle mass.
I used to ride about a hundred and twenty miles a week. I quit riding about 4 years ago. I just got back on bike, and now I can do 43. And it's only been two weeks. I am 56 years old. I will never leave my bike again. Life is too sad without it. UPDATE: A month later I am now up to over 75 a week.
Bravo! Putting in the work. Amazing.
I will never own a car and I am happy about this.
I am 29 and live in Germany. Commuting to work, shopping, visiting friends: always by bike. I never had a car and I don't want one.
Do you have any idea how much money, stress and time I save every day?
Yes I agree , Could you image how great life would be never owning a car... Never having heat in the winter when its 10 degrees or air conditioning when it's 99 degrees outside. Never having the safety of locking your doors while driving through a rough part of town.. Or even having the freedom to drive to see relatives on holidays or maybe go on a vacation.. Yes the Sweet stench of socialism is a wonderful thing!... I guess for socialists anyways...
Automatic subtitles get hilarious once this guy starts to talk in chinese
I've always said, I love biking and exercise is an extra bonus!
With a name like Everyday MTB, I believe you!
I would love to bike to work but the only way to work from where I live is along a highway where cars (including me) drive way too fast.
besides that I ride everyday when I get out of work..whoo! :)
After I got my electric bike I don't bother with the car as much unless I have passengers/stuff to pick up or the weather is terrible or it's more than about 30 miles.
After commuting by bike for around 2 years now, I'm never going to do it differently. I can't recommend it highly enough.
I would love to open a bike shop in my town I live in to help the people in my town to get off the couch.
Here in Mexico is dangerous but there are still more people grabbing their backs. I would like to move toa more bicycle friendly country.
Make the change in your community. It always starts with one person
“When I was a TEENAGER, I was just like you........I wanted to buy a car!” (Addressing a room of adults) Very condescending way to approach people and talk to them. Such a poor way for a person to try and promote their views.
But what woman wants to date a guy who can't drive?
If the military keeps spraying aerosol poison to control the planet by weather warfare bikes are not going to change anything. I like bicycles and would like to have large auto free zones but pollution reduction and a better life for all is not what the persons temporarily in control want.
I ride my road bike 10 miles a day. I'm for what this guy is saying. Its a form of exercise that don't feel like exercise. I have never understood spinners indoors. About China, however, its not only cycling=poor now, its cycling=breathing polution. We go to Beijing and Shanghai 3-4 times a year, hardly ever see a blue sky. I've been in Beijing numerous times and I turn on my iPhone and I'm reading a warning for the day for people with health or breathing problems to stay indoors if possible.
Agreed with everything except the vegetarian diet. Don’t do it
Or make it more or mostly vegetarian.
Speak one language or the other!
I own a car but use it very little except in summer . I can roll down my windows and torment people with loud stoner music such as Jimi Hendrix and Zappa . The other 99 percent is on bike and to a lesser extent on public transit . Yes I ride my bike high on cannabis but I don't drive car high . That would be dangerous .
Ride on! Also, be safe out there.
Loving riding so much, the real rider know how to fix it because its really fun fixing a bike =)
Love from india. I ride 20 km a Day regularly
biking is so much fun, it relieves stress, not creates it and keeps you in shape. Plus it's way cheaper than a car. (and faster if you're in a town and have less than a mile to go because of parking)
^This
Who would live in Chengdu, when you could live in "Tongue Duel!" Somebody should make a compilation video of best/worst closed captioning mishaps from various videos.
Chengdu, the city of harsh arguments.
I ride a beach cruiser and bmx bike to work and i dont own a car! I save hundreds of bucks a month and my bank account is growing! Lol
Well if you get in an accident more than likely you'll die, rather than live to suffer lifelong injuries from a car driving accident. Also you could get a massive payout for injuries with a good lawyer, you won't have to work for the rest of your life IF you survive. And if you DIE, the person who ran you over pays for your funeral, so you get a FREE funeral!
your friday night ride sounds like a HHH run.. ;p when i was in China ;p Yup the USA needs to not not tear out it's public transport and *sigh* i know.. ( what to do? (in US) phhh SMALL TOWN POLITICS YAY
the only reason you need a car is to drive over a country in a short(ish) time. Bycicles are faster in a city.