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- bikecommuting@lemmy.world
E: Let’s all talk about what bikes should or shoudn’t cost
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I have an electric bike that costs 2,500$. An Elux. I’ve had it a couple of years and put over 3k on the odometer. It can cruise without peddling at 25mph. On economy mode and light peddling it’s can get 40-50 miles on a single charge.
I also have a wide comfy seat with a back rest and a sound system. I have a small storage bag on the back and a small basket upfront. Tire repair and small pump. I love it :)
1k ?? In france i would pay about 300€, what is so expensive ?
My 350 euros bike is just normal stuff. Can ride it off road but it’s not designed for it. It’s a city bike. Just take the key out and it won’t be stolen. If it’s stolen then oh well.
But using a riese and müller Multicharger2 gt rohloff for commute, because I’m using funny Belgian social contribution and personal tax income to pay for it.
I get paid to have that bike. So, why not. They want me to not be unemployed and not use a car for commute. (Belgium)
why am I still faster than u
I dunno, mostly strength, endurance, lung capacity, heart strength, blood pressure, weight, general outlook on life…
I love general outlook on life. Mine always peaks at about the fourth mile on a bike, and hits the lowest valley at the fourtieth mile in a car (though in a car worse means faster.)
You pay 1k euros for a 1k bike. I use my tax money to ride a 10k bike to work.
We’re not the same
Both camps are right!
Cheap bikes just don’t ride nowhere as nicely nor do they last as expensive bikes do.
BUT! The worst thing about owning an expensive bike is owning an expensive bike.
It’s a thief magnet and source of envy of other riders.
You really need to find a sweet spot between a quality bike and being able to leave it locked in the city without having pangs of anxiety of it being stolen.
Bike recycling is probably the answer. Cheaper, worse looking, but you can often find high quality parts and frames and repair it yourself
I knew I’d be a summer casual rider so bought a 2nd hand road bike for €300 18yrs back.
Still have it, can’t justify getting a new one as it just… works
I somehow managed to end up buying two used bikes from 1988 and 1990, and after upgrading them with microshift components, I’ve spent only about $400 total.
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I think a bike should cost $100
Mine cost like $200
Fixed speed, it’s ok i guess
What is the advantage of fixed speed over variable?
I think of it more like vinyl. It doesn’t actually sound better, but it’s fun.
Bike moves in concert with you— legs go forward, bike goes forward. Legs go back, bike goes back. Simplifies everything, it feels more like an extension of yourself.
It’s perfect if you hate yourself.
Not much at all, in general they are harder to ride. Especially in hilly places.
There are less gears so that aspect is maybe easier to fix. Slightly lighter due to less gears, but it is only slightly. Maybe other things?It’s a bit like iPhones of old, crossfit, and veganism. You won’t ask about them but the people who use them will tell you about it anyways.
Theyre a lot of fun to ride if you’re not going ip and down alot. The pedals are fixed to the gear so it keeps ‘pushing’ your feet around if you try to stop pedaling without enough resistance, which takes some getting used to, but in general it feels like you have alot more control of the movement of the bike, especially at lower speeds, and since each pedal is always a constant amount of movement forward, it can lead to a very fine feeling of movement and control. Any of those bike dancing videos are done with fixies, as are bike polo games usually. And yeah, theyre significantly easier to maintain and fix.
That bike football sport is very entertaining. They must use fixies. I could watch that all day.
How do you know someone isn’t vegan?
Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.
You don’t ever have to wonder if someone
is veganrides a fixie…
I ride a 300 € bike as a hobby in summer. It’s from 2014. Given the highly advanced bike stealing culture present locally, any more expensive bike would need to be smeared with gull excretions for protection against theft. :P
I have a fixed gear from state that cost a bit over $500 3 years ago.
It’s my beer and dinner fetching machine. I ride it everyday (the longway) to my local store for ingredients for dinner
3 years and 3000 miles later
I have had to replace 2 chains, 3 rear hubs (my own mistakes… check your lockring or blow up a hub), saddle, grips, cog, lockring, Pedals (went from flats to cages and am now on SPD), replaced original brakes with Shimano brakes and have gone through A LOT of tires.
I think I am in it at like $1500… Tools I don’t want to calculate but building and truing wheels is a very relaxing thing to do
Here’s a picture of it loaded up. I think that I was getting ready for a party
Its pretty anti-fixie
Damn that’s a lot of repairs. Maybe my standards are just low, the old bike I had (3x7 gears) I rode for probably somewhere around half the distance you did, and never changed anything (apart from tires and brake pads), and the bike itself was my old dad’s bike that’s more than 25 years old by now. The 7th gear did start skipping pretty hard by the end tho.
Some of the things I replaced for fun
Some things I broke as I am learning to fix bikes (Hubs mainly… when a cog comes off unexpectedly it usually takes the threads with it)
Others just did wear out that fast… last chain only gave me around 1,000 mi but I rode in a lot of rain / mud and used an awful chain lube. (It was well over 1% out of spec and all winter I had a knocking in my pedal that I just couldn’t figure out)
My commute bike was around 5k about four years ago, hitting 20k km this year. Bike was payed for work, not sure if I would’ve gotten one for that price otherwise
Funny story, a few years ago, I did an 85-mile ride organized by a local club. I rode my commuter, a.k.a. my only bike. It was a city bike (IGH, dynamo hub, etc.) with a list price of about $1,200. To me, it was a pretty expensive ride, but wow, did I catch a lot of attention for doing a long ride on such an inexpensive bicycle. Maybe it was also the regular clothes? The other riders had $3-4,000 bikes, padded shorts, Lycra jerseys, the whole kit.
It wasn’t even that taxing of a ride, on a rail-to-trail with basically no grade, done in about 7 hours!
My bike was like 50 bucks. It’s shitty but it gets me there. And no one tries to steal it.
It’s definitely not as fast as a fancy road bike though lol.
Mine was $20 from a thrift store, plus maybe $40 in parts. Also a pos, but it’s a pos that will get me there
either of those cost more than my motorcycle.
why the fuck are you guys paying so much on pedal bikes.
Because expensive bicycles are high performance sports gear. You should compare their prices to race ready MX and road motorbikes. $10k bicycle is cheap as fuck, especially when you consider that GP race day tyre set will cost you like $1k alone. For each fucking race day! And then petrol, oil, etc…
