PAIGE! ๐Ÿ
I think car owners are only just getting an idea of what it has felt like to own a decent bike forever.
Imagine if a car left locked on an urban street for a couple of nights was almost guaranteed to be stolen.
Imagine that most people you knew just didnโ€™t buy new cars because they were too likely to be stolen.
Imagine that you had to park in in a garage, and could only visit friends with a garage to park it in.
Imagine you intentionally painted silly colours so people wouldnโ€™t take it.
May 22, 2024 at 8:59pmWeb
Show threadPAIGE! ๐ŸMay 22, 2024
I wish I could go get a new cargo bike, but the delema is: If I actually use it all the time itโ€™ll get stolen, if I have to drag it into every building I visit then I wonโ€™t use it.
So itโ€™s just not rational to ride what I actually want to ride.
Show threadune abeilleMay 23, 2024
@paige This is my fear as well. My current bike is a very old standard and it's getting hard to find tires for, so I'd like to get myself a nice new bike. Potentially a belt-drive one. But I know the moment I do, it'll get stolen. I would've gotten a Bixi subscription this year except they refused my credit card with no explanation. :/
Show threadAnton HillMay 25, 2024
@paige Good luck with your bike search. Dumoulin on Jean Talon has lots of short-longtails but they do look fancy and wouldn't survive long on the street.
Show threadMichael แš‹แš”แš‰แš†แš“แšแš‚May 27, 2024

@paige I had the loan of a wonderful Tern GSD for a month.

I was terrified locking it in the street and actually ended up using it very little.

Show threadTactician_markMay 22, 2024
@paige Imagine paying half the cost of the car just for a fancy car lock, because without it it's as good as stolen
Show threadLee ๐ŸŒMay 27, 2024
@paige
It's best to just grab a bike out of a river and ride that. ๐Ÿ˜‰
I never owned a new bike, precisely because of the constant worry of it getting stolen.
Show threadPAIGE! ๐ŸMay 27, 2024
@MrLee haha.
I gotta sell that guy! Put it towards the cargo cult.