Don't know where you live, but in many of the places I have lived it would not be stress-free owning a bike considering how often they get stolen and how little the police care.
fwiw, a stolen bike is about 500usd to replace (i have my dad's 1970s Schwinn as a backup for when i am doing maintenance or loaned out my daily rider) vs a stolen car... i know a half-dozen people who've had their kia or hyundai cars stolen in the last 2 years, usually the car is completely totalled, one of those people had their same car stolen 3 separate times before it was finally totalled, and in some cases a friend (doordasher) lost their job and then housing due to not having transportation.
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Don't know where you live, but in many of the places I have lived it would not be stress-free owning a bike considering how often they get stolen and how little the police care.
Minneapolis, MN!
fwiw, a stolen bike is about 500usd to replace (i have my dad's 1970s Schwinn as a backup for when i am doing maintenance or loaned out my daily rider) vs a stolen car... i know a half-dozen people who've had their kia or hyundai cars stolen in the last 2 years, usually the car is completely totalled, one of those people had their same car stolen 3 separate times before it was finally totalled, and in some cases a friend (doordasher) lost their job and then housing due to not having transportation.