Spare change of clothes and a quick mop is easy The more you exercise the less you will sweat as your body adapts over time The healthier you are and the more you exercise the less you’ll smell when you do sweat.
There are lots of clothes that wick sweat away and keep smells away
Its healthier for you overall
I think this is the biggest thing. Everyone’s complaining about weather like you cant just dress for it.
The biggest thing is that the biggest hills you’ll get in the netherlands are when youre going over a bridge over the canals. Otherwise the whole place is below sea level.
Still though, we can definitely make it easier and better for bikes around the world.
So sweat? Its healthier for you
I mean no, you can bike even when the weather is shit. It gets hot in the Netherlands. It rains a fuck ton in the netherlands and there’s a running joke that in Amsterdam It doesnt matter which direction you’re biking the wind is in your face.
People live in places where walking or standing make you sweat. Deal with it.
I would say the biggest difference is that the Netherlands is basically fully flat. Biking up hills in Seattle or Boston would be a bitch. But funnily enough weve solved that too by having mini lifts/escalators for bikes. It could be taken care of pretty easily.
Im not saying its the only solution
I 100% agree that functional public transport would be ideal everywhere But I would say its also good to have rhe option to bike. And for places that are really hilly or mountainous, do what other places have done and add bike escalators or tracks so people can still bike but not be dead at the end of it. Down hill is always fun anyway