True its a stretch. But compare an hour on a bike, vs an hour in traffic. It might be a wash.
As for the effort, the average person can do a whole lot more than they think. I ride with 20,000 Iowans in a weeklong 400+ mile ride every summer - aged 6 to 60 - 40 to 100 miles per day, pretty average people.
The only thing that makes the average person unable to do this is, they think they can't.
"As for the effort, the average person can do a whole lot more than they think."
Sure, the average person can do a lot more than they think but most average people won't do that lot-more unless something fairly extreme compels them and that doesn't especially likely in any future moving forward.
"But compare an hour on a bike, vs an hour in traffic. It might be a wash."
One get fit enough to ride two hours/day on a bike everyday, sure. But I don't think one can get fit enough to not be tired after the experience. I recall years ago talking to a professional bike messenger friend - I asked her if she got used to it after a while. Her answer was that she got used to the experience but that she just always felt tired.
Most people wouldn't want that because it would mean life after work wouldn't exist.
As for the effort, the average person can do a whole lot more than they think. I ride with 20,000 Iowans in a weeklong 400+ mile ride every summer - aged 6 to 60 - 40 to 100 miles per day, pretty average people.
The only thing that makes the average person unable to do this is, they think they can't.