[JeremyNT]

> Finally climate plays a huge part as well. I live where it gets over 100f in the suummer routinely. Even a 3 mile bike ride at that point means you're drenched in sweat, which is just not acceptable in a majority of environments.

I live in the American south where it routinely hits the upper 90s with very high humidity. I really hate this sort of thinking.

It's completely possible to ride 3 miles in 100 degree heat without actually getting very sweaty. The mind-blowing revelation? Just ride a bit more slowly! The natural breeze from your motion will evaporate perspiration. If you have hills to climb and find yourself struggling to keep your cool, it means you simply need to find lower gearing, so you can climb the hill at a similarly leisurely level of exertion.

There's a notion that cycling has to be a physically exhausting endeavor, but it really need not be. If you simply put in the same energy on the bike that you would put into walking, you'll move a lot faster than you would have walking, and you'll actually be a lot less sweaty due to the breeze.

[simne]

I live in Kiev, Ukraine, city famous for it's territory on few great hills.

We have so large angles of roads in some places, so cheapest models of cars, with smallest engines, can't drive up on 4th speed of gearbox, sure it is not easy for bikers to drive there.

So, in few districts bikes are impractical. And also, are very rare cars, with small weigh/power ratio.