You Only Need a £50 Bike
2026-05-07 18:37 UTC
Replies (11)
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@Hello_there@fedia.io 2026-05-07 20:26
I don't know, but finding cheap bikes in the US is hard. Seems like all the shops and used listings only have e bikes for hundreds
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@Unusable3151@lemmy.ml 2026-05-07 23:28
I spent over a year looking for a cheap used bike that would fit my 6'4" frame, and finally spent $700 on the cheapest new road bike I could possibly get. I wanted a $50 bike.
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@bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 2026-05-07 22:31
As a senior with bad knees I will wack you with my cane if you come for my ebike. On a serious note, when I retired and started biking again, my knees just screamed. I could barely do 5 miles on a flat course. It just hurt to much, now I ride and ebike.
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@Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2026-05-07 19:22
Yes! If you aren't competing in the Olympics or equivalent, I cannot understand $5k bikes.
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@turdas@suppo.fi 2026-05-07 20:00
My commute is 6 kilometres uphill practically all the way. It's not an insanely steep gradient on average, 62 metres of total elevation gain according to Google Maps, but let me tell you not being able to coast for basically any of it sucks so bad. Normally when you go up a hill you at least get to coast down on the other side, but here the hill is about 2.2 kilometres long and I only get to coast down on the way back.  So I got an ebike and it cost a lot more than £50.
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@ZombieRasputin@fosstodon.org 2026-05-07 20:01
[@sexy\_peach](https://feddit.org/u/sexy_peach) late 80s/early 90s ATB bikes are absolutely PERFECT for daily use. Great gear range, great geometry. The only problem I have these days is tire selection dwindling for 26 inch (america) tires. Just not as many companies are producing in that size anymore.
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@hash@slrpnk.net 2026-05-08 13:12
I got a nice middrive ebike as my first. It's great for things like large grocery runs etc but I'm working towards getting in better shape and picking up a beater for trips around town.
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@alpinefolk@sunbeam.city 2026-05-08 01:49
[@sexy\_peach](https://feddit.org/u/sexy_peach) Cutting edge technology from 1982 to break free from the grip of the people who are ruining the world ✅
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@SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2026-05-08 19:16
Years ago, Sam Pilgrim countered the douchebag downhill biking culture by travelling to the hardest double diamond runs in the world, and doing them with a $150 bike from Walmart. Fucking Lance Fucking Armstrong ruined cycling.
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@tanteregenbogen@piefed.eurocomsocial.de 2026-05-08 20:21
I wish I had a bike but I cant find a cheap foldable bike
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@djdarren@piefed.social 2026-05-08 13:38
This is genuinely one of the best put together YouTube videos I've seen in a while.