• Soggy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    My city is just too hilly. Cycling around is one thing, and they just put in new bike lanes (they’re not good ones, but still), but doing that with a grocery run or 60lbs of cat food and litter? No thank you.

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      2 months ago

      Weight speeds you up downhill more than it slows you down uphill. The trick is to not coast - keep pedaling downhill, use the momentum to get up the next hill.

    • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Wife and I bought e-assist bikes, it makes it so you don’t really have to work much even when youre carrying groceries