Good day ☀️ It's time for a report on my two-wheeled trips.
Statistics 📊
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Scooter 🚴♀️ Trips per week: +3
- Total trips: 324
- Total kilometers: 3215 km
- Imagined earnings: $645
Why cyclists are irritable 😤
I tried to understand why cyclists often seem confident that they should be let ahead of cars and pedestrians, and came to this conclusion: it's actually quite difficult to stop and start a bike.
- To ride a bike, you have to mount it. There are various configurations, but most have a high saddle. Many have a cross frame that you have to kick your leg over.
- Second, you need to push off with your foot and pedal hard. It's especially challenging at first. Even electric motors here don't help much, as many motors have a delay in engagement, and they only start assisting the wheel rotation after several seconds.
- Finally, to stop on a bike, you need to get off, and ideally not fall over. The saddle is so high that it's hard to reach the ground with your feet, so you have to decide which way to jump down.
Combining these difficulties leads to the fact that stopping on a bike becomes an irritating task. So cyclists are more likely to run a red light or use their bell to signal pedestrians to let them through, just to avoid having to stop 🤔💭 The thought goes around in the cyclist's head: I just strained for speed a minute ago. Now what? Stop and start all over again? Just because other road users are inconveniently standing still 🤯🤬
In general, the more tired a person is, the more irritable they become, and a bike contributes to fatigue. Perhaps there are super-athletes who don't get exhausted from biking. But then there's me: sitting for 24 hours a day, and going out to ride a bike once a week 🥵 These are my thoughts for this week 📅✒️
