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Simple: public transportation sucks and will probably take twice the time to get to your destination. Motorbike: you have no idea how madly people drive down here, and how many motorbikers day each day. Also, it rains (heavily) almost daily from November to April - definitely not fun on a bike

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This. Also:

- City is simply too damn big to ride a bike to places;

- Zero lanes for cyclists;

- It is unbelievably scaring to ride motorcycles/bicycles in São Paulo. This kind of traffic get the worst of everyone out;

- The way I see it, there is already somehow a tragic 'rivalry' between car and motorcycle riders. There is no kindness at all. Motorcycles keep rushing in between the car lanes and - as if it wasn't stressful enough - pushing their annoying horns like crazy. Cars eventually try to change lanes recklessly. Things can get ugly.

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