Absolutely agree -- exercise / practical use / should be pain free and stress free.cycle tramp wrote: ↑19 Jul 2022, 5:45pmYeah, absolutely... I've just returned from a 10 minute ride to the shops and back on mine..
..it was great, caught some of the views, from the hill where I lived, enjoyed the breeze and the brief spell of exercise from a day of inactivity....
.the trouble is now adays, if you build a bike which is comfortable to ride, and inexpensive and ride it wearing normal clothes.. its like you're not taking 'it', the 'thing' that is modern cycling seriously enough....
...and to be fair why should i the bicycle is a ludicrously simple, easy to understand, fabulous, wondrous thing which allows us to experience the outside world and get stuff done at the same time... sure we can make it about strava or mileages or technology if we want, but I don't think we should attempt to take any of the joy or freedom or its practical use away from those bikes who don't aspire to be any of those things.
I'd love an electric bike that looks like a Raleigh Roadster. I'd dress up in 1930's clothes just to ride it.