Yes, I know I can walk around it, hence the mildly infuriating. Still a d*ck move

  • drain bamage@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I am an american but i think it works like this:

    • streets are bike friendly
    • more reasonable to just bike everywhere so everyone does
    • city may provide free bikes to use
    • more demand for bikes, more competition, less expensive bikes
    • less bike theft in general as a result
    • these aren’t $4k+ bespoke bikes
    • something something socialized healthcare something something better labor laws something something higher taxes but a better quality of life. Why steal? Be happy.

    We don’t have these things here. Except for expensive bikes, that’s all we have. That’s why I got these boltcutters…

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      1 year ago

      Except for expensive bikes, that’s all we have. That’s why I got these boltcutters…

      Well of course, how else do people get expensive bikes?

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      1 year ago

      Haha no, bikes get stolen all the time and the cheap ones are easiest to sell. These bikes are in fact locked

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        1 year ago

        We call them junkie bikes because you buy them from your local junkie for 10/20€ and don’t ask where it’s from.