A car is a real mode of transportation. A bicycle is a toy with wheels. Cars are faster, safer, more practical, and actually useful for anything beyond pretending you’re training for the Tour de France.

A car carries groceries, passengers, luggage, and anything else you need. A bike carries a sweaty rider and maybe a backpack. A car protects you from rain, heat, and cold. A bike leaves you soaked, frozen, or sunburned. A car travels hundreds of miles in a few hours. A bike takes all day to cover the same distance, if you even make it.

Bikes aren’t efficient. They’re slow, unsafe, and ultimately a nuisance to real traffic. The only reason they’re tolerated is because some people are too stubborn or too broke to get a car.

Cars are transportation. Bicycles are exercise equipment. Confusing the two doesn’t make you enlightened—it just makes you wrong.