I’m cycle pilled and fully electric. I’ve got wind in my hair and bugs in my teeth. I’ve got places to be and sweat stains in my pits. I’m moisturized, unbothered, in my (protected!) bike lane, and flourishing. I can’t fully ditch my car yet for intermittent long distance commute reasons, BUT, I think I will be able to when I switch projects next year. Capitalism is a fuck, death to AmeriKKKa, may crude oil go to $1000 a gallon!
That’s wonderful. I expect to be slightly slower than driving in the city I’m living in now, but only because it’s boring enough not to have real traffic. Just a cursed place built for more cars than people. I don’t care so much about that, though. It’s more about getting away from the car tax. The maintenance, the registration, the gas, the insurance: it’s all so fucking expensive for a 14 year old piece of shit I resent having to own at all. Can’t wait to sell it and be FREE from it as I build up the know how and physical fitness necessary to feel more confident just making the bike my only transport.