Benjamin RossPeople who say "not everyone can ride a bicycle" don't seem to care all that much when you say "not everyone can drive a car."
Simon Brooke@BenRossTransit And very, very few people can't ride a cycle at all. There's a woman paralysed from the chest down cycling to the south pole this year, and plenty of blind folk who cycle.
AvonLovesBlake@simon_brooke @BenRossTransit There are lots of people with conditions that cause one or more of
a) severe physical fatigue
b) severe pain
c) severe balance problems
can't ride a bicycle. I 100% support safe dedicated cycling infrastructure, but there are many people who can't cycle.
A friend of mine is fit and healthy and can walk at 8km/hour to 10km/hour, but he can't cycle due to balance problems.
@Lilysea @BenRossTransit we weren't talking about bicycles. Yes, bicycles are impossible for people with balance problems, so they need cycles with at least three wheels. Yes, people with chronic fatigue or other conditions that reduce strength need some degree of power assist. And yes, plenty of people don't want to cycle, and that's OK too.
But very few actually cannot.