I used to be strictly materialist and atheist. Now I’m pretty spiritual. Don’t necessarily follow a religion and don’t support bigotry but yeah, I’m fairly spiritual now. This is a recent development and I never thought I’d be here like 5 years ago.

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The Bicycle. My God I how hated to ride a bike. So freaking uncomfortable to sit on, hurts my lady parts and sweaty and you have to pedal so hard to make it move, I always would rather walk. Just walk like we are made to do.

    I rode am electric bike at a ‘rodeo’ the city sponsored to promote their e-bike raffle and oh wow what fun, so comfortable the seat, so easy to pedal and it moves right along. I did not win a voucher but spent the money on one and I love it, it’s my daily commuter vehicle, and I let people ride it and so many have the same transformation.

    • njordomir@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      That’s great! I used to think electric bikes were cheating. Then I also bought one. I still remember going for the test ride. The bike I picked had a torque sensor so it would adjust the electric assist based on how hard you pushed (some bike don’t match force, they just turn the motor on and off when the pedals rotate). I was riding along on the road near the bike shop and the assist was so smooth I thought I was under my own power until I looked down and saw I was riding at 27mph! Last summer I rode 24 miles to the city center once or twice a week. I don’t think I would have done that on a traditional bike. My fitness has benefitted significantly even with the bike doing some of the work.

    • blackbrook@mander.xyz
      1·
      2 days ago

      A bicycle with gears should not be hard to pedal. You should be able to downshift to a point where it is not hard to pedal.