Cyclists blame "utterly ridiculous bike prices" for brands' ongoing struggles, after Giant's sales slashed again; Visma–Lease a Bike's cursed 2024 continues; Devastated Arsenal fan turns to... Lance Armstrong; Bargain hunting + more on the live blog
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Cyclists blame “utterly ridiculous bike prices” for brands’ ongoing struggles, after Giant’s sales slashed again; Visma–Lease a Bike’s cursed 2024 continues; Devastated Arsenal fan turns to… Lance Armstrong; Bargain hunting + more on the live blog

  • Dumpdog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Bicycles are one of the few things I spend money on these days, but I have been lucky to get quite a few for free. For some reason people discard a lot of bicycles at my local dump. I have found some real classics to refurbish. Some I keep and some I have redistributed to family and friends.

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Pretty much all of my transportation budget now goes to just keeping my bicycle in good working order at this point and it’s saved me a crazy amount of money (never mind the health benefits of regular activity). Also, I’ve been through a lot in my personal life and have found riding to be pretty therapeutic/good at keeping me from getting too sad.