By Robert Ariail

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
      15·
      6 days ago

      You’re looking at those higher end one, where the price has always been expensive. If you just want an average bike and doesn’t care about weight and all those snobby stuff and don’t mind adjusting it to fit you, get a generic chinese-made bike. It’s cheap, it’s repairable, it use non-proprietary part, and it’s upgradable.

      • BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world
        14·
        6 days ago

        If you are in Europe just get a Dutch bicycle. Cheap (you can find them in any canal in Amsterdam, just hop in and grab one!), repairable, and will last for years post-canal treatment.

    • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      9·
      6 days ago

      Last I checked you can buy them for as cheap as €50.

      Or if you want something that doesn’t break quickly, still only €300-700 total. In ten years I’ve only spent like €100 on repairs.

    • VibeSurgeon@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      If you know where to look, you can get a very respectable bike for not a lot of money.

      Especially considering that car prices have more than kept pace with bike prices

    • Techno-rat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      26·
      6 days ago

      You take the bike down to the train station and bring it with you on the train. Caveat: Your country needs to have train lines that are actually usable.

      • night_petal@piefed.socialEnglish
        26·
        6 days ago

        My country doesn’t, and I am seriously getting sick of hearing that the forms of transportation we are systematically forced into being called inferior when we have no other realistic choice. Everything and anything is at a bare minimum 15 miles away from me in the Appalachian foothils. Even the very best cyclist would tire easily on these hills in just a few miles. I mean nothing to you personally, but I am beyond sick of the extremely privileged “fuck cars” mentality. I am going full rant here, but I don’t have another fuck to give. If you are able to walk or bike to a location to do whatever you want you are much more privileged than the average American. And the entire ethos around “lol fuck you just walk or bike” is precisely why we got into a fascist state.

        • deafPiratesCommunity@lemmy.world
          13·
          6 days ago

          I’ve been under the impression that “fuckcars” has always been more about “fuck this system that we have developed that makes cars a necessity” and not about " fuck you for driving a car." It has always seemed more like anger at the system than at individuals to me.

          • Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            6·
            6 days ago

            That’s the spirit of the community but, as in all things on the Internet, it naturally has attracted extremists which have impacted the vibe.

          • sudo@lemmy.today
            3·
            6 days ago

            Reading literally any single comment in a fuckcars community would prove this to be false

        • Techno-rat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          10·
          6 days ago

          Theres probably a bunch more reasons than just transportion culture wars that the us is turning fascist, i would imagine, but yeah that was what i was getting at. Very aware that many places in America only are build for cars.

          Which is a damn shame. You shouldnt have yo be forced like that. But u know, money and power, big Industry lobbyism and decades of fearmongering about market regulations and public services, thatl get you a situation like that.

          Wasnt trying to be snarky or anything fyi, clarifying because im quite over thinking too much about tone, downside being people sormtime misunderstand my vibes. ✌️

        • jj4211@lemmy.world
          6·
          6 days ago

          in the Appalachian foothils.

          Think part of the ‘fuck cars’ problem is the messaging lacks nuance. For example, the problems nearly do not exist in your scenario. Their problems are mainly around big city centers, and perhaps transit between those big cities. Appalachian foothills hardly have enough traffic or land usage to trigger the usual complaints.

          Conversely, mass transit is a particularly terrible idea for Appalachia. Rural contexts in general make mass transit a challenge, but those slopes mean you pretty much have to have roads way too curvy for any bus, let alone getting rail going.

          In short, a hellscape of traffic lights and crosswalks with no where to build because you have to split it with cars, I get the ‘fuck cars’ sentiment, but rural and esspecially mountainous areas, well cars are about the only reasonable answer.

          • ericwdhs@discuss.online
            4·
            6 days ago

            Short rant: Your first sentence touches on a microcosm of a much larger problem. Nuance and context are disappearing everywhere. As far as threats to society go, it’s in my number one spot, and we really need more people actively dismantling it like this, so thanks.

      • JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        8·
        6 days ago

        I once had a 22 Mile round trip bicycle commute and there were absolutely no buses or trains or any type of public transport available from point A to point b. I finally had to quit that job in the thick of winter when snow made bicycling impossible, but before I quit, I got there walking/ running for a couple months.

          • JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            2·
            5 days ago

            Thank you, well at least it got me into excellent physical shape & I got a boyfriend out of it, though he turned out to be kinda toxic but he was a bit of companionship & security for 6 years until I finally escaped & ascended to my own best life.

            • Techno-rat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              2·
              4 days ago

              If that just ain’t life condensed into 3 sentences huh, i feel ya. Glad you made a lemonade (or whatever you say) outta that ✊

        • Impractical_Island@lemmy.world
          4·
          6 days ago

          You win! You get a cookie! Just send me your banking information, SSN, date of birth, mother’s maiden name, blood n stool sample, a scrapbook of your foot prints, as well as a sample of your writing, and you will find a cookie in the trash over the next week. I’ve done this literally a trillion times, and half the time it works like 37% of the time, so it’s real, dude. Statistics like that are God, obviously.

            • Impractical_Island@lemmy.world
              2·
              6 days ago

              The intent of your second sentence requires no comma.

              Adding the pause after now slightly changes the connotation of the implied meaning.

              Now I’m going to become an artist.

              Now, I’m going to become an artist, if XYZ.

              That pause implies you’re going to follow it up with a conditional clause or similar.

              But the path to the top of the mountain is made through regular, consistent effort rather than bursts of motivation and inspiration, but those definitely can help bring you to your destination. Best of luck! Consistency makes the lottery of gaining exposure a sure thing over the long run. The more seeds planted, inside and in medium, the more fruit can be harvested.

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      5 days ago

      Just cheat a bit and add a line connecting the seat post to the back wheel’s hub, like this guy did.

      But, don’t worry, drawing a bike is hard. I’ve seen bike lane markers drawn with a stencil that made absolutely no sense. Some city worker actually painted this on the ground and thought it was ok:

      Terrible bike stencil

      • Joelk111@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 days ago

        I’m pretty sure that’s New Jersey, where your e-bike has to be registered and insured, if I’m not mistaken.

      • dudesss@lemmy.ca
        1·
        6 days ago

        Our speed limits are lower in Canada. Up to America’s limit, we’d need a license.

          • 123@programming.dev
            2·
            6 days ago

            Unless you live near doug ford apparently. Bike lane makes his commute from the suburbs longer? Gotta go, even when there is a video of him saying how nice and safe he felt on this bike lanes or something along those lines.

            He and his brother seem like the most self centered jerks from here where we have plenty of similar ones to compare. Also he “needs” a private plane to travel. Dumbassess leading the charge on every country it seems.

          • dudesss@lemmy.ca
            1·
            6 days ago

            We also do concerning other components like battery quality (so your bike doesn’t catch on fire)

  • epicthundercat@lemmy.world
    7·
    6 days ago

    If Americans had access to Chinese EVs and had more affordable EV options it would be better. Their range is great now days. They can get up to 350 range depending on the car now. Comparible to gas cars. I think local governments should install charging stations as well to recieve some of the profits and to keep it affordable / voted on instead of it all being privatized again as we KNOW ALL COMPANIES EVENTUALLY JACK UP COST no matter what the product. America never learns.

      • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
        6·
        6 days ago

        Yeah downtown Lemmy users think everyone should be on a bike. It’s not realistic.

        The EV argument against Chinese vehicles is hilarious. Everything is already made in china. And the cars might spy on me? And the Americans won’t? I trust the Americans less than the Chinese at this point, I rather be spied by china

        • epicthundercat@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 days ago

          They have them in Europe and Canada just approved Chinese EVs. America is being left behind and it’s gross. Open market my American ass. The lies.

        • Joelk111@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 days ago

          I think everyone should be on a bike, but I don’t blame people if they aren’t, as the infrastructure for it does not exist in a lot of places. As part of thinking that everyone should be on a bike, I also think that the infrastructure for that should be built. It’s a hell of a lot cheaper to build and maintain that car roads.

    • ddplf@szmer.info
      2·
      6 days ago

      What the fuck is this millenial AI persona invasion on lemmy, get the fuck out, stupid robot