• teft@startrek.website
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    11 months ago

    I hate electric bikes as they pass me on a hill as I sweat my butt off going up it, but I love this headline. More people on electric and more people on bikes please.

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      11 months ago

      If you’re sweating that much, why not just downshift? It’s slower, but it’s also easier!

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        11 months ago

        I go uphill to go downhill. Enduro is my jam. The hills I go up are in the lowest gear already, they’re just steep.

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            11 months ago

            As a youngin, I used to bike to school often. For some reason I made it a point of pride to never downshift from the highest gears front and back. Took some getting used to when you had to push it when going around tight corners very slowly. Ended up with melon cracking thighs

        • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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          11 months ago

          The first comment makes more sense now lol, if you’re doing a big climb like that and someone zips past on an ebike, I’d be kinda peeved off too 😂