The cobblestone roads shook up all the drinks I was carrying home on my bike ๐Ÿ˜ 

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[โ€“] 44 points 1 year ago (11 children)

As someone who's lived on a cobblestone street before, it's nice to look at, but a lot less functional than asphalt or concrete. Especially trying to walk home from the bar with a few drinks in you.

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  • [โ€“] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I don't live in Europe, but I've heard horror stories about how slippery those streets get in the rain

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They do, they get very slick in some conditions. In winter/freezing conditions it's an outright hazard. But there really aren't that many such streets left, and the few that are are slowly being changed to asphalt too.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago

    You are right. They are. But they're less common than driveways in the US and I don't know why you guys make yours so smooth that if there's freezing weather you can't even walk up it if there's the tiniest incline.

    Not that this is any sort of competition, just thought about it

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  • [โ€“] 13 points 1 year ago

    I was very fortunate to go on a vacation last month in Belgium where we rode bikes to several different towns.

    It was awesome, but the cobblestone streets in some of those old cities are ROUGH. Just bone shaking. The chain on the bike I was riding bounced off once when I needed to shift.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago

    It also makes blisters on your feet hurt A LOT (probably not a problem for most people, but I have a condition that makes me blister a lot more :( it's ruined so many trips that I would have otherwise enjoyed)

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