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Easy solution: buy a used bike. :-) Incidentally, as I get older and travel more, I find myself increasingly interested in the classic, low-slung, steel comm
by georgieporgie 15y ago
Easy solution: buy a used bike. :-)
Incidentally, as I get older and travel more, I find myself increasingly interested in the classic, low-slung, steel commuter bike. The sort you see Japanese cops, businessmen, and moms riding. Dirt simple, standardized, and indefinite in lifespan.
- jseliger 15y agoTo be fair, this is a example of the "standing-in-a-theater" problem from economics: if you buy a used bike, you're doing something "better" for the environment, because the good is already made; if everyone does it, then there are very few used bikes. Plus, there's a decent chance that you're just subsidizing someone's new bike (incidentally, this is how I pay for new Macs: I sell the old one on Craigslist for a third to half of its original price after 3 – 4 years and use the proceeds to buy a new one. Works pretty well).
- georgieporgie 15y agoI only partially agree. There are a tremendous number of unwanted, used bikes in the world. They're stashed away in garages and barns, they're piled up in thrift stores and junk yards, and they're crushed and recycled en-masse. If there were very few (unwanted) used bikes due to redistribution, that would be a wonderful thing, for multiple reasons.
- mentat 15y agoNeed a freecycle like website for this. I have at least 1 that I would be interested in parting with.