Does anyone here use a bicycle for transportation? Where do you use it to go?

[Whatthefluff]

How does it work out for you? Where do you use it to go?

[Emiliamazing]

The hubby uses for consultations if they are within 10 miles of our house. He needs to use his truck for actual work performed, but prior to working for himself he rode to work nearly every day. He has racks on his bike for holding clothing or whatever other necessities he might need. Even bought a rackmounted cooler a few years ago for keeping food cold.

[JosyJosy]

If I have to pick something up in the city and it's too far for my lazy ass to walk.

[ArtemisSilver]

I have an electric bike, I used to use it for my daily commute to work before covid, now I just use it for the odd errand in the surrounding areas.

My commute was a 15km round trip, my recent trips are usually 2 or 3km max range on a charge is between 80 100km and I've put about 5000km on it in three years. Battery is still going strong.

[Light909090]

How Fast Can you go on that Electric Bike?

[ArtemisSilver]

In order to be street legal and not require insurance or licensing and be treated as a bicycle in Canada the motor is capped at 500 watts. So it's not particularly fast.

I'd say get about 30 kph oh a flat if I'm putting in a decent effort pedaling.

I've taken it up to 50kph on a soft downhill.

It's a heavy bike with a rear cargo rack and fat tires meant for utility, commuting and lift off-roading more than speed. I've linked the us site for where I bought it below. They've been good at keeping up with my requests for repair parts over the years.

https://www.radpowerbikes.com/

[ArtemisSilver]

Light off roading rather.

[nrm736]

I work as a bike messenger so people pay me to ride. Also it's conventient to ride off work on a daily basis all year. I love it. Good for the environment and it keeps you fit for sure.

I presume that maybe you're thinking about getting a bike and/or start riding? If so, just feel free to shoot any further questions.

[collie22]

its a safe trip to ride my bike to school sometimes i do that. i wouldn't to work cause no place to keep my bike safe there.

[Tigerbait6]

Only for recreational, evening bike rides. But I know two people that work from home and have to go into an office (< 2 miles) twice a month for meetings. They ride their bikes to beat traffic and it works well for them.

[NathanDavis]

no way...

riding a bike when it is 115`F outside? impossible... lol

[monkeynutts]

Yeah sometimes I would travel on a train for over an hour then instead of using a bus, I would ride 30 minutes to work. It's very good cardio workout, so it's very good for you. I like it.

[soulbabe]

Nope I work 30 minutes out of town I don't think I'm taking a bike 🚲

[Likes2drive]

Not really transportation but I do get in parks without paying instead of using my car and ride it for miles

[Zolly99999]

It would be hard to carry all my tools and parts to job sites 🤣🤣🤣

[Brandi555]

I would drive it to my friends house.

[Guy13]

And get laid ⁉️ NOPE ‼️

[TheCommonFrancedude]

Yeah ! To the beach which is 3 miles from my house

[Danny_dan92]

Used too