Unfortunately, we can’t talk about Step 2 without the FBI showing up…

They won’t.

They’ll send you to a concentration camp in El Salvador.

Given that I’m a natural born US citizen and I’ve never even been to any other country, I have no idea where they’ll deport me to … but won’t it be fun finding out?

US needs socialism. I advocate for it.

For how shitty those monks were at drawing every other animal, they’ve actually done quite a good job drawing that butterfly…

So, yeah. 1st amendment means absolute nothing these days, eh?

it’s not attacking you.

I’m not OP. I don’t know what that chicken was doing to him. But if it’s enough to drive him away from his fishing spot, I say that’s enough to warrant hitting back.

Rim brakes are just as good.

Um … no.

Having used both, I can tell you there’s a huge difference in stopping power and hand effort needed to stop.

There are also a few side benefits such as wheels no longer needing to be perfectly straight in order to prevent brakes from dragging, making it easier to remove and reinstall wheels, and being able to ford through deeper water without getting your braking surface wet.

I guess maybe if you’re just puttering around the greenway at walking speeds, then the difference won’t be important to you, but there definitely is a big difference. And even if you’re not using the bike for anything high performance, it’s still good to be able to stop faster, in case some kid runs out in front of you or something. Rim brakes are okay, if that’s all you’ve got. But for the relatively princely sum of $150, I’d expect an upgrade to discs. Hell, my current off-road bike has discs, and I bought that brand new for $200. You should definitely be able to find a used bike with discs for $150. For some old crap with rim brakes, I wouldn’t go over $50.

I’d be looking for disc brakes and a geometry that fit me well.

in something that can get warm enough to possibly melt the glue.

The yellow/green color scheme almost always indicates a grounding wire. (And the ground symbol molded into the plastic behind it seems to confirm that.) Unless something has already gone terribly wrong, there shouldn’t be much power at all flowing through this wire, so it shouldn’t get hot.

I wonder if popular ebikes may come in a fitting, rugged variant, that can survive being offroad like MTBs.

There are actual electric MTBs out there if you look for them, though the real MTB ones tend to be quite pricey.

Thankfully, it doesn’t really sound like you need a fully legit MTB. Plenty of ebikes out there on Amazon or whatever that have fat tires and suspension and should be able to handle some light off-road riding.

Defending yourself against a feral animal that’s attacking you is not abuse.

You actually can get bikes for free pretty often, especially if you’ve got the ability to turn a wrench.

And while modern tires probably do incorporate some fossil ‘fuels’ (technically not fossil fuel if you’re not burning it, by the way), they don’t have to. Old school tires are made from vulcanized rubber, which can be made by reacting natural rubber from a rubber tree with sulfuric acid and heat. No fossil ‘fuels’ involved.

This might mean that your bike is the wrong size for you, or you have the seat adjusted too high or too low. Or even that your crank arms are too short or too long for you. You should definitely play around with changing the geometry of your bike and/or try bikes with different geometry. You might find that knee pain goes away once you dial it in correctly.

Then again, maybe not. Well, if all else fails, you could always get an ebike instead; that should help with knee issues if nothing else does. Though they’re becoming illegal/legally problematic in some jurisdictions now.

I’m cis, but I’m not that cis. I definitely wouldn’t be offended to be called a chick.

There’s no serious risk of damaging your joints from lifting, actually it’s the opposite. Resistance training will reduce the likelihood of injury throughout all stages of life.

Well, as long as you’re doing it responsibly and working your way up.

(I did 200lb on the chest press machine a couple days ago, and my left wrist has informed me that this was a very bad idea. Luckily, it seems to be recovering, though.)

Did somebody say package?

:3

Studies have actually been done on this.

Cyclists do have higher risk of injury from traffic, but the health benefits from the exercise they get more than makes up for it. Cyclists have significantly lower all-around mortality and injury/sickness rates than car drivers.

A car runs on money and makes you fat.

A bike runs on fat and saves you money.

And lots of countries have different names in different languages. Not just different-sounding, but entirely different sometimes.

Americans call it ‘Japan’, but Russians call it (a version of) ‘Nippon’.

Why the new names? Loona and Krystal are already perfectly acceptable pony names.