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Originally Posted by jmecklenborg
Um okay. There is a huge hype machine behind bikeshare systems that advocates for them no matter what, all the time. If you've been riding a real bike this whole time -- decades before biking became fashionable -- you're an idiot. Only the people who just started biking really know about biking.
The fact is that bikeshare bikes suck to ride. The ride quality is ridiculous and if you live in a city with hills you'll break a sweat on a mild hill and the brakes are underpowered for downhills. The bikes build up way more momentum going downhill than any ordinary aluminum bike.
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Agreed - move your ass to Chicago ;-) .
Great for the short haul, DIVVy is 30min before check-in required, I couldn't imagine using one for a long haul, or even a relaxing ride through the forest preserve.