RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116515863634209592
This essay is fantastic, and helps to give me hope in these dark times.
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ZombieRasputin
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mastodon 4.7.3Radiologic Technologist. FOSS enthusiast and advocate. Solarpunk and anarchist.
Influences: Kim Stanley Robinson, Murray Bookchin, Cory Doctorow, Becky Chambers
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@sexy_peach@feddit.org 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.
I've commuted by bike 3 days a week for the month of March. According to my commute tracker (for our car trip reduction program for my county), I've saved 70 dollars in gas.
My round trip to work is 12 miles...
I cannot handle this shit
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@atro@fosstodon.org the results of the election last week were showing that the public generally supported what Democrats were doing. They had a winning issue (healthcare premiums) and could frame it as a moral issue! You had Trump squirming and telling the Senate GOP to scrap the filibuster, which nobody wanted to do.
Now the shutdown was for nothing.
Never underestimate the ability for Democrats to shoot off their own dicks when they are in a winning position. Goddamnit.
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@TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world I think proper fit would solve both those problems. Bike coops are great for that. Modern road/hybrid bikes tend to have aggressive gearing that tries to emulate race bikes, and I think that makes things much harder for people trying to use their bikes practically.