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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Personally, I think e-bike conversion kits are not worth it. The price isn't super competitive with just buying a cheap e-bike, installation can be a real bear, and it might necessitate upgrading other components on the bike (like the brakes: ebikes + caliper brakes is a recipe for a bad time).

If your spouse is going to be commuting daily, has disability issues, and hasn't previously commuted by bike, I would definitely get an e-bike. I usually recommend two brands: Tern and Ride1Up. (I'm assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that you're in North America, if not, disregard.)

Tern is the pricier option, but they have really good components. I personally think the HSD is the one I'd go with.

Ride1Up has, I think, the best budget e-bikes in the US. Their Roadster is a great "stealth" option, if you don't want something that looks like an e-bike (and is not super heavy). The Portola folds up and is super-adjustable for different rider sizes.

One thing I will mention, is that a lot of e-bikes with built-in rear cargo racks usually have passenger packages, which, depending on you and your spouse's weights might be a great option for getting around town together. My spouse and I usually take the single e-bike for in-town trips, with her riding on the back.

My stable of bikes between the two of us is two regular bikes and one e-bike with a passenger kit. For my regular bikes I picked them up off facebook marketplace/craigslist. I'm reasonably certain that neither was stolen. I think the most important thing to look for in a bike is fit, seating position, and hand position. An upright seating position is easier on my back, but is less efficient than the typical bent over position. In urban cycling it also keeps your head higher for scanning the road. The nice thing about bikes is that, generally, you can alter them a lot once you get them, so as long as the frame is the right size, you can usually tinker with it to get it set up how you want.

Buy lights and a good u-lock. Have fun!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

It's lazy gesturing at the outgroup being the cause of all domestic problems.

Europeans are carriers of the woke mind virus that is destroying America etc. etc.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (9 children)

The courts said they couldn't just restrict Harvard's admission of international students, so they're restricting admission of all international students.

Most elite universities in the US rely on higher fees paid by foreign students to balance their enormous budgets, and elite universities in general are trump adversaries, ergo this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

All those dang dark money progressive groups cooking the polls to say people would like free healthcare.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Someone remind me which country has killed the most journalists in the last year? I forgor 💀

[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 month ago

“Those who come with wheat, millet, corn or milk, they are not helping us. Those who really want to help us can give us ploughs, tractors, fertilizers, insecticides, watering cans, drills and dams. That is how we would define food aid.”

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

JDPON Don strikes again.

"The exportation of neoliberalism ends now."

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fell like shit just want him back.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

The mime fights are hard as fuck. I skipped them. No baguette for me.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

The English voice cast was one of their marketing points, but the third time I heard Daredevil say "merde" I switched the voice track to French.

The combat is pretty dull at first because your options are limited, but once you make it out of Lumiere and get your second party member, it gets much more complex and layered. Then they add in the equivalent of the materia system and it gets incredibly fun to try to make broken builds.

The movement does suck, as it does in most turn-based RPGs, but the devs lampshaded it later with impossible (optional) platforming challenges.

Anyway the story is great, but you really have to get out of Lumiere first.

But hey if you don't want to, you ain't gotta.

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