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i'd rather live. no thanks. german bike lanes are the worst. also i'm not riding my bike 20km every day, not happening. i'm depressed enough.
Should try UK bike lanes. They don't exist, and when they do they only go until the next intersection.
You can change infrastructure to deal with all your issues.
Dunno if it was the part of germany I biked but god damn! That was the safest I ever felt on a bike!
I don't know where you live but where I live, riding bike is good and public transport also. Besides: how would biking make you more depressed? Wouldn't it rather be a good thing to do some sports?
I knew a guy when I lived in Germany who rode his bike 20km one way (40km per day) to work every day. That guy was nuts!
I do the same. Almost my entire route is car free, I'd say I have to cross 2 or 3 roads.
You can't tell me how much of an improvement it is to my life. I used to stand in traffic 2 hours a day, this is the best switch I've done.
Understandable. I ride 26 km a day to work and bike lanes in my city suck. You either ride on the most left part of it and risk getting hit by a driving car or you ride on right and risk getting doored. And if you don't keep a meter distance to parked cars it's already part your fault.
Also had my first crash after a few weeks because a motorist didn't see me. And I never had a crash in my almost 10 years and ~175000km of driving cars.