[–] 2 points 2 hours ago*

All the etiquette in the world isn’t going to make bike parking areas appear.

Amsterdam has been bike friendly for decades, there aren’t any bike racks near any of the stores I regularly ride to. And when there are racks they tend to be behind the building or off to a side where long term parking would be a risk for theft.

I usually end up stashing my bike near the entrance and then hiding it behind grills or mowers outside at hardware stores. Or flower racks (or pumpkin piles this time of year) at the grocery store.

We need bike racks in visible convenient places. And more of them.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago

    Unfortunately the Russian plan has already convinced a majority of republicans of their talking points. So now a decent proportion of the “bots” are human parrots who now largely believe their own bullshit. Or at least believe they need to troll to win for their side. Taking out the bots is nice, but a decade too late.

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  • [–] 3 points 17 hours ago

    Yeah the right sidewalls are super important for heavier cars (like most EVs).

    I had to buy larger wheels for my vintage van because they stopped selling decent tires with reinforced sidewalls in 14”. The death of the mini truck and reasonable sized vans means we all need bigger wheels or suffer with shitty noisy cheapo tires.

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