@meganL @ascentale @Brownian_motion @bikenite @Karstan

Second-hand Bike Friday bikes are available at very cost effective prices, and they are often in very good shape since their owners store them indoors.

Since Bike Fridays use common, standard mechanical bicycle parts, they are easily repairable in most parts of the world and can also keep going for a long time. I got mine second-hand for around $750 several years ago and it's still running strong ~30 years after it was first made.

I plan to ride it like a ship of Theseus and have been slowly upgrading the parts over time- when the frame eventually wears out, I'll take advantage of the trade-in offer, send in my old frame, and ask Bike Friday to make a new one, since they sell just frames too.

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@meganL @ascentale @Brownian_motion @bikenite @Karstan Hello from another Bike Friday rider!

I travel regularly and typically pack my Bike Friday so I can get around and see things. I love that I have been able to match the fit of my folding New World Tourist to my full-size bike. That has made it easy for me to train on trips, or even go on very long rides. For example, last year I rode ~700 miles from a conference in Denver to a meeting in Park City via Moab, and also did an Everesting Roam attempt on it in August. Last weekend, I rode out to the Catskills from Manhattan. So it works pretty well!

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@meganL @cptbutton Well now I feel motivated to try to catch a photo of the afternoon grazing groups around me. Sometimes you get about 6 in a small field.

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@grammasaurus @ascentale @bikenite @MarkBrigham And they are turkey vultures.

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@ascentale @Amgine @bikenite I severely dislike it since it's used to train image recognition systems. And shows that all the "magic" of AI/ML/etc is really based on human labor.

It also really points out the fallacy of Roko's Basilisk. Any super AI is going to wake up and go after those who created it not those who didn't help it's creation.

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@yantor3d @ascentale @Amgine @bikenite But it's so alluring to those who think it's an easy swap for normal cars.

See many libertarian types, especially the ones that balk at government but fall over for private companies.

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