my dad toured Europe on a bike when he was a teenager
I saw a doofus wearing a bandana over his nose and mouth whilst pedaling his bike (the wrong way) down the two lane highway in the middle of nowhere. And no it wasn’t to protect from the chilly temperatures.
png
Bikes are remarkable efficient. If your commute is under 10 miles, and you live in a relatively flat place you can get to work on a bike about ten minutes slower than driving, and you’ve used no gas, taken up less space on the road, and can park right by your door, for free.
Great - now we need cars for everyone who travels to/in Manhattan. Super idea.
People stop jogging and riding bicycles in the Phoenix area between May and November.
What happens when it snows this Winter?
Probably because it rains a lot in Britain. Bicycling in the rain would be a miserable experience.
The contrast is not so much between the UK and other European countries, but between northern Europe and the Latinate countries of the south. Commuting by bike is high in Germany, Scandinavia, and to a lesser extent the UK (it’s higher in London than in other cities, for various reasons). But in all these countries utility cycling is much higher than in France, Italy or Spain, where cycling has traditionally been viewed primarily as a sport rather than a means of transport. That is beginning to change, especially in, for instance ,Paris.
Good luck in the typical GB/EU weather . ..rain and snow. What a pathetic leftist loser joke.