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  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    This travesty costs anywhere between 2500€ and 5000€ depending on the vendor.

    Oh ffs. My wife's RadRunner cost $1800 and that thing peddles itself. Also, incidentally, much more in line with the Dutch Grandma-Bike style.

    If you don’t have a PhD in bikes, I think both “don’t buy the cheapest possible thing at walmart” and “don’t buy a 2500€ and up” bicycle would both seem pretty common sense.

    In retrospect, sure. But marketing can do a lot of heavy lifting and people routinely have more money than sense. Just showing a picture of a mountain bike with the handle bars and seat in a miserable position doesn't scream "awful" to me.

    You don’t need to be a car guy to know that if you just want a getting around vehicle both the clapped out Trabant and the lamborghini are probably bad choices

    At the same time, without the price tag attached there's nothing remarkable enough about a picture of a Ford Taurus that would scream its a terrible car.

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Oh ffs. My wife’s RadRunner cost $1800 and that thing peddles itself.

      Yeah it's also an E-Bike

      At the same time, without the price tag attached there’s nothing remarkable enough about a picture of a Ford Taurus that would scream its a terrible car.

      I figured the Porsche branding implied the price tag