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I walked the bike for a couple minutes and ran into a bicycle repair shop. Taking this as a sign from God I stepped inside.
TL;DR Basic repairs will cost at least 100 dollars. >Leave the bike there and go home.
>Get home and realize that I'm going to need to get at least a suspension seat post to make this POS even barely rideable.>realize it's not worth it.I called the repair shop and the guy convinced me that the thing still has some resale value. Tomorrow morning I'm going back to the repair shop and picking up the bike, then I'm going to take it to the one shop in my city that deals in refurbished Dutch bikes. Who knows, maybe I'll even be able to sell it for more than I bought it. If they won't buy it then I'll give it to them for free.
In general this experience has taught me first that I would rather be bent over like a schoolgirl and rammed in the pooper by a bear while my pp is being crushed by the bicycle seat underneath me, rather than have my brains rattled out of me in a "comfortable" upright position, and second; that 3 GEARS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR CITY RIDING. You guys were right; Dutch bikes FUCKING SUCK ASS.
My next stupid question is: should I get a mountain bike with suspension out the ass for a city commuter type bike? I want to be able to ride over potholes like they aren't even there. I want to be able to lock my bike up in my shed and come back the next morning to see it still gyrating from the previous days ride. I want the handlebars to be maximally wide and stable so that I can swerve to avoid Chinese women SUV drivers and crackhead sleeping in the bike lane. I want the tires to be so wide that my gluteal muscles will become gigantic just from riding to pick up milk once a week.
