Old 02-29-24, 11:47 AM
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njkayaker
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Originally Posted by Smaug1
If you don't want to try to help, then why bother posting? Oh, just to put someone down and make yourself feel wise? Or you wanted to have the first response and get a lot of Likes from other snarky members?

Pointing out problems in how you are asking for help is trying to help.

Originally Posted by Smaug1
You're the second person to say this, but then spend time typing up a snarky response. Why bother, if you think it doesn't make sense?
Have you never seen the value in an outside viewpoint?

You could have taken this as a hint that there might possibly be an issue with how you are asking for help. Maybe, it really doesn't make sense and that's something you should fix. Instead, you are blaming other people for your mess.

Edit: it's three people who think your question doesn't make sense.

Originally Posted by Smaug1
Feel free to ignore it then. If someone asked my advice on their next bike purchase, my first question would be: "What do you already have?"
Bikes that you aren't using or are planning to get rid of don't really help other people.

How does an old Schwinn varsity that you are thinking of getting rid of have any bearing whether you should get a gravel bike or a folding eBike?

Originally Posted by Smaug1
It would be either:
  • bring only one folding eBike,
  • no bikes at all
  • one folding eBike in the CR-V and one regular bike on the strap-on rack out back.
It seems that you should be OK riding on a regular bike. That is, an extra eBike seems unnecessary here. (You'd really only need a 2nd eBike your were riding with your daughter and wife at the same time (bringing 3 bikes).

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