Originally Posted by
UniChris
The part of the bike industry that brings you electronic shifting is utterly irrelevant to the part that could be supplying basic transport but instead puts BOS's in big box stores.
Ride whatever you like for enjoyment without guilt; that's utterly irrelevant to this issue.
What gets sold to people with severe financial limitations is the issue under discussion.
Wait a second.
Not just severe financial limitations.
According to you they also have no time to
shop for a serviceable used bicycle, have no ability to wrench their own bikes, should not have to maintain their own bikes for that matter, should not have to travel more than a mile or so to make their purchase, and of course should have their $250 bikes lovingly assembled by their neighbors who of course have nothing better to do.
