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What's your dream bike like? (feddit.uk)

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Can be one that already exists or a completely custom one.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Beat up dahan folder I got off craigslist for a hundred and change.

Coupled with the free bus system around where I live it makes a normal bicycle obsolete, there is no practical reason to take my non-folding far superior bicycle out if I am using it purely for transportation.

Reasons My Dahan is my dream bicycle

I am tired just got of work, bus rolls up and I can finally get on and zone out, but the bicycle bus rack is full. It actually isn't that big of an inconvenience I can wait another 15 minutes for the next bus (what happens if by an unlikely chance that bicycle rack is full too though?) but when you are deep in that "just got out of work" energy 15 minutes can feel like an eternity. My dahan, I just shrug, fold it up and take it onto the bus as cargo.
If someone steals my Dahan, oh no! Damn you jerk! I am crushed. It already looks stolen, it isn't worth anything really though it works perfectly fine.
The small wheels actually make sidewalk navigation easier and lowspeed dodging of pedestrians a breeze.
Literally anybody with a car can give me a ride, no matter the situation. This coupled with the ease of using a bus system with the Dahan fires normal bicycles in my opinion as transportation devices. If I go downtown to the bar to meet up with friends, I can take the bus or bike into town and then get a ride back with anybody who is going in the direction I live, the Dahan folds and sits in the rear seat of any car no problem.

In no respects is my Dahan an engineering marvel, the handlebar is always a bit wobbly because of the folding mechanism, the smaller wheels give much less stability though the bicycle rides confident and smooth, the chain will come off sometimes and I have to wrestle it back on, nothing on the bicycle besides the seriously solid cargo rack (kudos to Dahan on that, it is a very practical stock accessory to throw on) is anything to write home about, but that is the beauty of the bicycle and what makes it my dream bicycle.

My dream is that one day this type of bicycle (electric powered or not) becomes so popular that the used market price drops to the point that stealing them isn't even worth it because they are everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I have a similar feeling for my barely-an-ebike (250w geared folder, ~45lbs, bought on-sale). I sometimes wonder how a non-e bike would compare, it seems like it might be easier so long as I'm half-in-shape (though I don't have a lot of incentive to ride, so I don't exactly stay half-in-shape, so I'd probably need a nice stationary bike too).

Wish I could try out a minivelo, probably not much chance of that in USA particularly not for a cheap price. Maybe a folder that's better-designed than mine (D4S), Brompton is almost a dream (aside from even tinier wheels than 20") except way too expensive. Similarly, a lighter-weight frame like magnesium or titanium would be nice but probably also no.

EDIT: I forgot to say, if I didn't go with a derailleur a retro-direct drive would be neat. Maybe even cool to make a minivelo with that myself, not that I have really anything required to do so (converting it, maybe). Better if it were somewhat easy to swap gears out (like per-season sort of thing).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

For me where I live while I would love an ebike, the bus system is free and is pretty frequent so I will just take the bus up the brutal hills and mostly bicycle along flat routes even though the surrounding area isn't flat. I am lazy when I bicycle even though I still obviously get exersize from it lol. Yes though, at least in my narrow usecase scenario an electric bicycle might actually take more work to use, or it might be closer than you would think at least. I am not really lifting the bicycle up too much vertical and maintaining a leisurely pace on flat ground takes almost no effort so..

I would still love an electric version though, some day!