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You forgot having to be flexible enough to not have any particular workflow that works for you personally. Linux is great if you don’t need to use anything that doesn’t have a comparable equivalent.

I used to bike to work every day. A lot of the time I would get there pretty sweaty.

This was when I was younger, in better shape, and when my health problems weren’t giving me as much trouble. The last several times I got on a bike it was painful and exhausting. If I tried to commute somewhere today I’d probably collapse mid-way there with an asthma attack. If I did have a bike trailer, I wouldn’t have anywhere to put it. I live in an apartment building with no elevator and nowhere to park or store anything on the ground level.

Everyone isn’t in the same circumstances as you. That’s the point.

But you go ahead and tell yourself whatever you want.

Bikes are awesome, but the practical concerns around them are kind of limiting. Like, it’s not ideal to show up to something important drenched in sweat. If you need to bring anything with you that’s heavy or doesn’t easily fit in a single backpack, you’re going to struggle if you don’t have a bike trailer or a good place to keep it. It’s also tough if you have health problems or live in an apartment without access to an elevator. And long distances are going to take a long time.

It does sort of make sense that they’re looked at as primarily recreational, because the situations that make them great for travel are somewhat limited. We definitely could be using them more in the US, but the idea that they’re going to be the best solution for everyone is unrealistic and a bit ablist.