literally never bought one before; i'd like to know what kind of accessories i might need or what a good price is for a bike i'm only going to use to go grocery shopping, etc. Looking at this one from this site someone here once recommended

  • 7bicycles [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Also, make sure it has a quality bell. You're often going fast enough that you're gonna startle pedestrians when you approach from behind, and "on your left" is always a mess, even at traditional bike speeds imo. If you give people 5 seconds or so of warning as you approach, it's not as much of an issue.

    If the law requires you to have one slap one on there but tbh the typical bicycle bell is like near the least good option for what it's supposed to do before you get into it actually just being useless. High pitch, single note stuff is hard to hear and locate, getting worse with age. If you have to get a bell get like a three-tone one.

    Slap a clown horn on there, I'm serious. People pay attention to the clown horn, it's two-tone, it travels well and also it's funny.