Comments on: Dead-on-arrival Lithium Cell

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:42:32 +0000

For one thing, we don’t have a car

Well, that certainly keeps you from driving too much... [grin]

By: Frans

Frans — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:05:25 +0000

For one thing, we don't have a car. ;) Belgium may be behind the Netherlands in cycling-friendliness, but they're working hard on catching up with more cycling infrastructure and more cycling-friendly infrastructure (or Flanders is; not so sure about Wallonia or car-loving Brussels). In fact the Antwerp Velo project is apparently just about the most successful in the world, but then I'd posit the ubiquitousness of bicycles in the Netherlands wouldn't exactly aid the success of something similar. But yeah, that was just a long-winded way of saying it's probably much easier than anywhere in the US.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:44:18 +0000

2000-4000 kilometers per year

That's how it gets done: we ride nearly every day, not just on special occasions, and leave the van in the garage as much as we can. I think that's easier for you, even with the cobblestones. Although I did take another trip with a propane tank a few weeks ago. That's always a special occasion, even if it's along one of my usual routes... Ride on!

By: Frans

Frans — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:22:34 +0000

Heh, my (used) bike came with one of those bicycle computer thingies when I bought it in ’04, but I just tossed it in a box somewhere because I was pretty sure it’d get stolen instantly. I suppose it would’ve been interesting to see just how many kilometers I’d gone a few years later. My guess would be at about 2000-4000 kilometers per year. That’s based on a very crude 10 (km) * 5 (days) * 52 (weeks). It doesn’t take less movement during vacations into account, but neither does it take into account cycling in weekends, at night, to the grocery store, and just generically cycling throughout the vacation for all kinds of purposes, so I figure it should just about even out that way.