<story><title>In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars (2009)</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/earth/12suburb.html?_r=2&amp;em</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>whatusername</author><text>Some of us live in cities where it rains pretty frequently.  Today would be lovely on a bike.  Yesterday in the rain - not so much.</text></item><item><author>harscoat</author><text>21st Century, that anybody can argue against (in this thread or elsewhere) that going by bike to work is way better, healthier, more humanly fulfilling, than by car leaves me speechless. Vote for mayors pro bike roads or ask for showers at work, there is always a solution.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>unwind</author><text>In Sweden (average 164 days/year with rain), there&apos;s a saying typically used by parents when their kids complain about the weather.&lt;p&gt;It goes, translated very verbatim: &quot;there is no bad weather, only bad clothes&quot;. It&apos;s far snappier in Swedish where it rhymes, but I guess the point comes across, still.&lt;p&gt;Update: after reading a few more comments, I guess this doesn&apos;t address the other end of the spectrum, that it can be too warm/humid to go by bike. Score one for cultural bias.</text></comment>
<story><title>In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars (2009)</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/earth/12suburb.html?_r=2&amp;em</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>whatusername</author><text>Some of us live in cities where it rains pretty frequently.  Today would be lovely on a bike.  Yesterday in the rain - not so much.</text></item><item><author>harscoat</author><text>21st Century, that anybody can argue against (in this thread or elsewhere) that going by bike to work is way better, healthier, more humanly fulfilling, than by car leaves me speechless. Vote for mayors pro bike roads or ask for showers at work, there is always a solution.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gritzko</author><text>Netherlands is a really rainy country. Still, bikes are extremely popular, like the average is 2 bikes per person.
The typical commute scheme is (1) bike to the station, then (2) train (trains are good, really good), then (3) another bike to work.</text></comment>