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[โ€“] UnfortunateBlaster69@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here in Germany you can get a second hand bike for free. In the UK I used to be able to get one for about 50ยฃ...My current one is quite fancy, and I got it for 180โ‚ฌ, so I don't think it's impossible to find it cheap and good.

[โ€“] Tymothy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's great! I wish it were like that here in the U.S. Bike culture is trampled by car culture here.

[โ€“] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The usual warning is not to buy a new one in the supermarket for those prices, as what you get might be worse than not having a bike