I don't think I could ever get over the look of the small wheels.
It seems like the fanny pack of bikes: pretty useful but you gotta look dorky if you want to use it.
It's vain but I'd find it hard to believe I'm alone here.
It seems like the fanny pack of bikes: pretty useful but you gotta look dorky if you want to use it.
It's vain but I'd find it hard to believe I'm alone here.
The folding bicycle is bastardized version that shoehorns the concept of portability at the expense of nearly every other quality except "gets from point A to point B".
I'm likely wrong and they probably are a great solution for many but goodness.. I love normal bicycles too much to look at a folding bike with anything but cringe.
Personally, I have a folding bike with small-ish wheels; yeah, it looks quirky, but it works well and fits in my closet, trunk, etc. so I don't care. I'd maybe buy the kwiggle too if I could afford it
I care about how I look and present myself. That's not exactly unique, and it doesn't have to be strongly tied to me caring if people think I'm "uncool".
This is not at all like poorly fitting clothes. The bicycle is clearly used as designed.
I suppose what I don't understand is that I embrace unusual. Something that raises a discussion is partly what makes something interesting and worth doing. It seems to me you present the question around fashion as one of fitting in, and that seems a somewhat depressing view of the world when laid out so starkly.
Even though of course I care about what people think about me, I would never admit that as being the reason I would dismiss something a priori. It's that bit that puzzles me most - your openness to being subject to the whims of fashion.
> It's that bit that puzzles me most - your openness to being subject to the whims of fashion.
So it's not my choice to consider how I look (in fashion or with my choice of bike), it's that I'm open about it?
> Are you suggesting your opinion on how to present yourself is not influenced by others?
I don't know why it has to be analyzed so deeply. I consider the appearance of the things I buy. I consider both if I like the look and if I think others would like the look. Clothes, shoes, cars, in this case a bike, etc. Some things are pleasing to the eye. Other things are ugly or dorky or weird, which most of the time I'm not looking for in a look.
But it’s a little more work to ride than a bicycle
Citation needed
The only trouble I ever had was at LJU, which is a tiny airport, where security wouldn't let me bring the skateboard as carry-on. Guessing they aren't as used to seeing weird stuff happening.
But if I would live in a big city, I might get over that feeling, since it does seem practical.
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