Bikes! I love bikes! >often faster than urban traffic/public transit >easy to maintain >fun to work on >athletic, forces you to log off >modifications out the wazoo >dirt cheap >looks cool so long as you don't wear dumb spandex E-Bikes have become ubiquitous where I live. I am torn about them because on the one hand I think its cool that older people spend more time outside and even if they don't really exercise that much they get some fresh air but young people have started riding them too and I kind of despise them for not taking the cheaper and healthier route of just using regular bicycles. I myself ride an old 1996 GIANT Chicago right now. It was in pretty good condition when I bought it used from a giant fat guy. Initially I only bought a new set of tires and a rear rack but since then I have touched up the brakes, rewired the gearing and brake cables and built a front rack with my dad (building shit with your dad is great bonding exercise). I'll post a pic below. But now I want to know about you, anon. Do you ride bikes? If yes, what do you ride and if no, why not?
I have not touched a bike for a decade. I'd rather spend +1 hour walking than riding a bicycle, I don't know why. These things might be too fast for me.
Yeah bikes are really cool. I'm looking to spend maybe two grand on a road bike right now, anyone got any suggestions? I'm thinking something with Shimano 105.
>>672 Its pretty good for my purposes, meaning that it handles gravel and forestry roads just fine and if you encounter a rougher part of a trail you just have to slow down a bit and weave your way trough whatever obstacles might be too uncomfortable to ride over without a suspension fork. 90s mountainbike frame geometry favored very aggressive head down/ass up posture which is closer to modern gravel bikes than to modern mountainbikes. As you can see on the pic I tried to counteract that aggressive posture a bit with a riser bar because I wanted a more relaxed position for my day to day rides. I'll probably replace the stem too at some point.
I'm not Dutch but I have one of these. It's so comfortable and practical for commuting to work. It weighs a ton but that makes for good exercise.
Nothing beats exploring a town by bike. Whenever I meet people raised in the back seat of the car it seems like they lack the ability to mentally map out a new town, but because I've been walking and biking my whole life I think it's pretty easy for me to do so.