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Just read that 60% of bike commuters quit within a year, and I can't decide if that's a gear problem or a guts problem
I saw a stat from a commuter survey over in Portland that said about 6 out of 10 people who start biking to work stop within 12 months, and one side says it's because cheap bikes and bad lights make it miserable while the other side swears it's just people not committing when it rains. My own run is 4 miles each way and the first month nearly broke me, but a $40 rain jacket and a rear rack fixed almost everything. So which is it, does the quitting come from bad setup or from folks giving up too easy?
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wesley_hart1mo ago
Watched my buddy drop $1200 on a fancy commuter setup last spring, fancy lights, panniers, the works. Quit in October when the mornings got dark and cold. Meanwhile this other guy at work rides a beat up Trek from the 90s with a milk crate zip tied to the back, rain or shine, three years running. The difference wasn't gear, it was that my buddy wanted to be a bike commuter and the other guy just wanted to get to work. You can buy your way out of a bad setup but you can't buy your way out of not really wanting it.
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