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        Exactly. And in a hilly/mountainous area, you get a bike with multiple gears (21 gear bikes are not a rarity even in the north german plains where I live) or with electric motor support. If you need to get a lot of groceries you either do groceries more often or get a cargo bike. For bad weather there’s clothing.

        Nobody says a bike is perfect for everyone. But the vast majority of people live in urban environments and don’t need to haul tons of cargo daily. Bikes are a piece of the puzzle and if only those people had a car who actually need one often it could be a huge piece.

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          21 gear bikes are not a rarity even in the north german plains where I live

          It is not amount of gears that matter, it is range of transmission that does.

          For bad weather there’s clothing.

          Yeah, it seems a lot of people just don’t know or don’t want to know what proper clothing is. Maybe they don’t even know it exists.

          Nobody says a bike is perfect for everyone.

          Well, anyone who can’t use bike will use powered wheelchair.

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            It is not amount of gears that matter, it is range of transmission that does.

            You are completely right. I just don’t want to get too nerdy here.

            Yeah, it seems a lot of people just don’t know or don’t want to know what proper clothing is. Maybe they don’t even know it exists.

            Which is surprising given how many people I see wearing super expensive outdoor/hiking jackets to go from the parking lot to the supermarket every time a drop of rain falls.

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      1. You picked a subcompact car, rather than a vehicle that any person with more than one braincell would pick for moving furniture, such as a truck.

      2. You 100% will have a better time doing everything else I said in even a subcompact like the Polo than a bicycle.

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        1. But I don’t need a bigger car 99.999 percent of the time. Why should I buy a bigger one and pay it while not needing it instead of take a rental when I need to?

        2. Please read my other comment.