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  • Drusas
    13•7 months ago

    This, combined with sky high bike theft rates, are why I haven’t had a bike in a few years now. Sure would love to get a nice e-bike and/or recumbent trike, but they’re thousands of dollars that I would essentially be throwing away. (I live in a city. Anything not nailed down gets stolen. And even some things that are nailed down.)

    • _haha_oh_wow_OPEnglish
      7•7 months ago

      Get a nice used road bike or something, they don’t have to be expensive.

      • Drusas
        1•7 months ago

        I need something to help me along such as an e-bike or at least being recumbent due to a medical condition which makes my legs (and other muscles) weak. I used to bike around as my primary mode of transportation, but sadly can’t do so anymore.

    • @Valmond
      3•7 months ago

      I bought an almost 30 yo mountain bike, a stump jumper from around 96-98 for 100€, renovated it for close to 400€ (spurgled a bit there), now I have a world championship super fun bike in perfect condition that probably will outlive me :-)

      • @Frostbeard
        2•7 months ago

        Specialized from that era are great. Still have my Rock Hopper from 2002. Replaced the front shock absorber with a fixed fork (no idea what the English word is) and some ball bearings here and there. Love it

      • Nik282000
        5•7 months ago

        Have you had a care stolen recently? They probably DO treat them the same.

        • @[email protected]
          2•7 months ago

          My city invests a ton of money into cracking down on car theft and increasing punishments. They are not investing into bike lockers or even racks. It’s usually a “too bad” even for thefts of high value bikes unlike cars.

    • @hperrin
      1•7 months ago

      Check out https://bikesdirect.com/

      Their website is absolutely atrocious, but I’ve had a steel Motobecane from them for years, and it’s showing no sign of stopping any time soon. Their bikes are cheap, and have good parts.