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@ascentale@sfba.social @pete@masto.hypertelia.com A 7. Actually we did. When we bought our e-bikes, 2022, we gave our regular bikes to two Ukrainian refugees who lived in the city, as they said they liked to bike. We were challenged by language barrier, but they seemed super pleased when we delivered them to them. One was a Diamond Back bike my husband had bought in England, mine was an English Claud Butler Pagan. We gave them helmets as well and they seemed really happy and rode around the parking lot when we delivered them. We never heard another thing from them. Their social media never shows a bike at all. In our experience, when you give things to people, I'm not sure they really hold much value for them. I don't mean financially, but emotionally, maybe? Who knows. It's not just bikes. Perhaps, when someone has put some effort or time (and hard earned cash) into acquiring something that they really want, there's a different feeling, a different level of appreciation involved for the thing or the experience? This might sound a bit negative, but it's just our experience and yours may differ completely. These were strangers to us, so perhaps they have been riding happily around Halifax since then. (They just haven't shared any images of themselves doing so.) @StevenKennard@zeroes.ca