• Zagorath@aussie.zone
    3·
    2 days ago

    Cycled in to work for the first time in like 2+ years today. 23 km in 55 minutes moving time, probably l about an hour total.

    Feels great. Such a refreshing way to start the day.

    • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I’m honestly terrified of cycling because of how people drive.

      I used to ride to school (10ish k trip, almost all bikeway) and work (wide footpaths, only needed to cross maybe one main road) back in the day and loved it.

      Now my commute would be a lot of 80kph and 70kph main road and seeing the aggressive way people drive in their dual cabs along there has me shook.

      I’ve also seen a couple of bike stacks with cars (for e.g https://youtu.be/bLAuktN2N10) and dudes get fair buggered even at low speeds.

      You’re braver than I am.

      • Zagorath@aussie.zone
        2·
        2 days ago

        My route is mostly on bikeways or quieter back streets. Only a few short stretches on busier roads, and even those were on the quieter end of “busier roads”. I could get my ride down from 23 to 18 km if I didn’t care about safety, which would be such an enormous boon. But sadly our governments and councils don’t really care about good transport networks. Car-brained in the extreme.