Originally Posted by
CompleteStreets
There are a ton of people out there that consider getting into biking, whether for transportation or recreation or both. Very quickly, they learn that having a positive experience with bikes requires hours upon hours of research to actually find a bike and accessories that you'll be happy with OR having a friend who is an expert on bikes and is happy to answer questions.
Care to offer even the slightest bit of real-world evidence to back up this ridiculous claim?
Originally Posted by
CompleteStreets
Bike fit - must be spot on for road bikes, or the rider has a bad experience
Yeah, this actually involves going to a bike store ... which you sort of had to do anyway, to buy a bike.
By the way, did you notice that a lot of the bike is adjustable?
Originally Posted by
CompleteStreets
Bike theft - lots of research required to understand the need for a good u-lock, as well as locking skewers or other methods of locking the wheels and seat.
Yeah, a Lot of research ... involving buying a lock and a chain or cable, for most people. The actual research involved is ... looking at whatever the shop is selling and deciding how much you want to spend.
Originally Posted by
CompleteStreets
A lack of consistency among bikes - seat posts, grip shifters, wheels, tires, brakes, basically every part of bikes have numerous options.
Please, post before, not after, doing drugs. Yes, there are numerous options ... but most people who have done no research walk into a bike store, tell the salesperson what kind of riding they want to do, and are shown some bikes—complete bikes—with NO option to change all these parts.
Originally Posted by
CompleteStreets
Bike lights - again, tons of research required to be happy.
Again, .... no truth involved. Most people who go to a bike store without having done any research buy whatever the store sells and are completely happy.
Originally Posted by
CompleteStreets
Pant legs - research or you'll end up with a bad experience with that front sprocket ripping through your pants.
How about rubber boots, to wade through the BS you are piling up. Tell me, how many sources did you consult to figure out about pants legs?
Originally Posted by
CompleteStreets
Am I the only one who recognizes that all of these things combined deter a huge chunk of the population from choosing to bike?
No, but you are the only one so far detached from reality to think you could post this stuff here and not get called on it.
Seriously dude, this is all a bunch of screaming BS.
Maybe you hadn’t noticed the frequent bike sales booms through the past few decades? Maybe you hadn’t noticed the increase in bike sales as people in the U.S. discovered what Europeans had long known—cars are expensive and not always necessary, while bikes can be cheap and handy.
Maybe you hadn’t noticed the bicycling infrastructure which was not even science fiction three decades ago and which is now common-—things like bike lanes?
Basically, you were enjoying a few bong hits one night and cooked up some hare-brained scheme to market the Everybke, which could swim, sail, fly, was equally at home on steep singletrack and smooth pavement ... and then dreamed up this inane post to justify it.
See ... don’t post after hitting the bong and things are better for everyone.