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[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Except you can't kill people nor highlight your need to compensate for something with a bike

[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

$6000 custom bike, helmet, and full body suit on your commute

[–] spechter@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

8.000€ racing bike

Allow me to introduce myself

[–] kugel7c@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Sub 10k bike not a dentist i recon ?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 1 day ago

strap a giant dildo on the front with a metal spike inside to hold it up. two birds one stone.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

1 t

FYI, it means "týden", or week in Czech, not a ton. If any major countries except English-speaking ones adopted imperial units, the world would be like this. We would have "pc" meaning "palec" (inch) or 25.4 mm in Czech texts or parsec (3.09 × 10¹⁹ mm) in English texts.

[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Metric stays winning, signed "Very very tired american"

[–] dreamy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 178 points 3 days ago (37 children)
[–] Sintinium@lemmy.zip 39 points 2 days ago

The woke left want to take away your traditional transportation! Trains are our heritage and what made our country so great! Trains burn big beautiful clean coal, some say the cleanest.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 40 points 3 days ago

Very interesting perspective.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

yep. learning their diction and rhetorics works wonders!
Now Let's get these traditional means of transportation going!

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Rephrasing ideas to avoid buzzwords will get you far in Yankee discourse.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Actually, bikes really are far left and a tool for liberty. They were especially significant in the US movements for feminism and women's suffrage, as bicycles allowed women to scootle around on their own, where before they were restricted by access to horses and male escort. (Yes, I used the verb to scootle.)

Also bicycles encouraged women's fashion to allow for pants, which were utilitarian for bicycling sooner than they were for equestrian riding.

(Bicycles also encouraged the paving of roads before automobiles dominated them.)

Many opponents to women's suffrage (to women's rights and women's autonomy) also opposed bicycles. Including the Roman Catholic Church. The Holy See asserted that bicycles, especially tandem bikes, were an instrument of the devil.

So bikes are Satan-approved!

Some recent useful videos (on YouTube):
Rebecca Watson's take after SoT Sean Duffy decided bike lanes are woke
The Bicycle Episode of Climate Town with help from Not Just Bikes

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

Riding the instrument of the devil! Fuck yeah!

[–] AlexTheBirb@europe.pub 8 points 2 days ago

Also this video by J. Draper about cycling and feminism

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[–] rayyy@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Have been seen seeing a LOT of e-scooter and e-bikes around lately. The e-bikes are classified as power assisted bicycles so no license or insurance is required in most states.

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 75 points 3 days ago (18 children)

Another major bonus is the fact that it only takes about a weekend of study to learn how to maintain and repair 99% of bike parts. Also, far cheaper parts. And also free bonus exercise.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

free bonus exercise

Which allows you to enjoy even more freedom fries!

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[–] laserm@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Another major bonus is that learning how to bike doesn't bleed the wallet, while my talentless ass trying to learn to drive a car does.

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[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

They can't even stop you from biking for booze touring. Revoke your licence? Lol OK.

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[–] Tiral@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

I'm anti bike because you don't know how to fucking drive a bike.

[–] tutter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Greg hates car culture!

(and so do i)

[–] aeiou@piefed.social 30 points 3 days ago (18 children)

Car[...]Requires regular inspection

Not in most areas, unfortunately

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[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 19 points 2 days ago

Fundamentally not a serious country

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[–] myyass@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Okay a funny, where I went to high school, a kid got pulled over for biking too fast. He was going like 20+, had nice road bike and strong legs, in a school zone. He didn't get a ticket but it was funny.

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Welcome to downtown Coolsville. Population? Him

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Time to start selling tactical bicycles

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[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (16 children)

Most places i feel you can get away with riding drunk. Not swervey drunk, but more intoxicated than you should drive in a car. I don't feel cops really care too much for drunk cyclists.

I mention this, because some people drive drunk in a 2 ton vehicle capable for killing or maiming others. Those same drivers on a bicycle would be better (though there's still a chance for injury and death, more of that risk is to the rider than others)

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[–] Lithops@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And biking is good for your health

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