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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Press Release Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 15:07:43 -0600 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <vnm2ev$9ff7$1@dont-email.me> References: <vnjpnh$3oj9f$1@dont-email.me> <vnlvpv$8uv2$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:07:45 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0c41a683b16aa5b960a33687a9aef3ce"; logging-data="310759"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+zfzB/DYldtWve6rV173Ke" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:cG92EDil5/AuCsQ0/f8qp/sVO5I= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <vnlvpv$8uv2$1@dont-email.me> Bytes: 2012 On 2/1/2025 2:22 PM, Mark J cleary wrote: > On 1/31/2025 6:26 PM, AMuzi wrote: >> https://nplusbikes.com/collections/electric-bikes/ >> products/city-edition >> > Pretty soon there will be no such thing as a real bike where > you supply the power. I want to pedal with my legs, shift > with my hands. and brake with my hands and I supply pretty > much all the power. > > Bikes are no going out of style due to low cost but these > these are taking but much more of the market. You can have > mine for free if they gave me one. > In my (personal, but informed) opinion, that will not be a problem. There are plenty enough carburetted manual shift autos, Knucklehead era Harleys, fountain pens, Underwood typewriters and so on to meet demand. Where demand falls short, those things get cheaper or sold for scrap; where demand rises, prices adjust. So I have no fear of any 'shortage' of classic bicycles. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971