The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
a year ago by silence7 to c/utilitycycling
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Yeah, good roads are still required for bicycling.
Although, it would greatly reduce the frequency of maintenance events if it were only bicycles, since the lighter vehicles would be much less damaging. Then seasonal changes will remain the major factor for wear.
Maybe it would even change the kinds of materials we use in the roads, because you now have similar pressures, but over a much smaller surface area (overall lower forces).
Gravel roads aren't bad if you have thick and knobby tires.
And keep an eye out for really big chunks of gravel. And ruts. And puddles. And erosion. But other than that! It's fine.
Mountain and gravel bikes beg to differ
Silly question: why does the human in a velomobile weigh less? :D
I was able to drop off about 0.3m^3^ of styrofoam for recycling on my bike today, all with just my bike instead of my car. It looked weird as shit having a box as big as me on my bike, but it worked.
And it was efficient.
I'm just impressed by what an outlier horses are in that graph. Despite being terrestrial walkers, they're more efficient than nearly all birds.
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As long as someone laid down pavement
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