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Study finds that once people use cargo bikes, they like their cars much less (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

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[–] snownyte@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was a very happy bicyclist for 3 years that had a carriage. Of course my only problem was that the carriage wasn't big enough for big purchases.

But knowing that I got to shop and put groceries and stuff in the carriage, riding around car-insurance free, gas-free and the only repairs I had to worry about didn't amount to an arm and a leg like it would a car. My only other problem is that I picked the wrong bike type which was a one-speed so there was struggle.

Either way, I'd love to have that again.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

even if you need your car 10% of the time, imagine being able to spend 90% less on gas. that's motivation enough