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The Extra Dimension #45: The Challenges and Solutions of Utilitarian Cycling


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So, you want to start biking as a primary form of transportation, but are nervous about the challenges you will encounter? Never fear, Melody Hoffmann and Ian R Buck are here with the solutions they have found over many years of utilitarian cycling.

Episode summary
00:00:00 | Intro
00:01:19 | Thoughts from the Community
  • Seen in the Bike Lane | Facebook
  • What do you wish everyone knew about bike commuting? : bikecommuting
  • What do you wish everyone knew about bike commuting? : bikecommuting
  • What do you wish everyone knew about bike touring? : bicycletouring
  • 00:06:30 | Introducing Melody
    00:09:23 | “I don’t feel safe riding”
    00:23:09 | “Bikes are expensive”
    00:32:23 | “What if my bike breaks while I’m riding?”
    00:38:17 | “Bikes are easy to steal”
    00:41:11 | “I can’t carry much stuff with my bike”
    00:48:35 | “I don’t want to be sweaty and gross when I arrive somewhere”
    00:56:52 | The Weather
    00:57:37 | “It’s too hot and humid to bike”
    00:59:15 | “It’s too cold to bike”
    01:02:28 | “It’s too snowy and icy to bike”
    01:03:52 | “It’s too rainy to bike”
    01:07:48 | “My destination is too far to bike”
    01:13:06 | Bike touring
    • Routes & Maps- Bicycling – MnDOT
    • Wisconsin Department of Transportation County bicycle maps
    • 01:28:11 | Unsolved challenges
      01:33:55 | Outro
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      • Attributions
        • Kevin MacLeod [Official] – Inspired – incompetech.com – YouTube
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