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Not disability friendly.
Limited Range.
Makes you all sweaty before arriving at your destination.
Hills.
Infrastructure not set up to store them anywhere.
Easily and frequently stolen.
Not in fact super cheap, for a decent one.
Requires new infrastructure because everything is built around cars and is literally not safe to use around cars.
They're exceptionally disability friendly and many age specifically adapted for people with disabilities. E-tricycles are used a lot for this purpose. You see them a lot in some countries.
E-bikes address the sweatiness and hills issue. But even without electric assistance, people in Germany and Austria have managed.
It doesn't always require new infrastructure to be built. Ideally infrastructure for cars is repurposed for walking and cycling. This is something that needs to be done anyway because lots of people don't drive, causing transport poverty.
My bike was $270 second hand and is awesome.
The range issue is fair. Consequence of designing exclusively for cars. Then again, no need to cycle every journey. Just the short journeys already helps a lot. Where I live most car journeys are under 5 miles.
For range, there is public transit, and it's a good option overall for when bike rides are not feasible!
Sadly it's more theoretical than an actual option in many places.
Where I live (UK, not London) short distances can be done by bike or public transport. Although public transport isn't great. For medium distance, public transport is often non-existent. For long distance, public transport works well and you might be able to take your bike on the train too.
I'd rather cycle through the rain than pay an extortionate amount for a bus ticket.
Roads would be great infrastructure for bikes if we just banned cars from them. :)