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How do you keep bicycles from taking over your life?

quiet-hazel-91
How do you keep bicycles from taking over your life?

The community around bicycles has changed a lot in the last few years.

Curious how others approach bicycles.

misty-hazel-56

Good question, following.

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sunlit-beech-991 more

Good question, following.

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hollow-reed-12

Good question, following.

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pale-finch-97

The cheap option was fine for years.

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wry-clover-39

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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pale-moth-40

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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wild-birch-46

Good question, following.

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mossy-clover-72

Good question, following.

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dusky-willow-81

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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dusky-yarrow-97

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

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quiet-willow-5111 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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sunlit-alder-251 more

quiet-willow-51 wrote:

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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silver-thistle-43

sunlit-alder-25 wrote:

quiet-willow-51 wrote:

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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sunlit-thistle-431 more

quiet-willow-51 wrote:

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

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pale-finch-97

sunlit-thistle-43 wrote:

quiet-willow-51 wrote:

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

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gentle-wren-35

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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dusky-pine-58

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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mossy-clover-724 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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misty-rowan-763 more

mossy-clover-72 wrote:

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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hollow-wren-212 more

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

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wild-reed-88

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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tidal-yarrow-73

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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wild-thistle-62 more

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

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pale-sparrow-10

The official docs are better than they look.

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quiet-beech-5

wild-thistle-6 wrote:

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

The cheap option was fine for years.

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