Hello friends my spouse and I are moving to a relatively bikeable town but neither of us currently own bicycles (on account of not wanting to die on a rural highway). I know nothing about bicycles except for how to ride one.
Anyone have advice on what we should be looking for for bikes?
Details:
Spouse will be biking to work most days, about 15 minutes. They have some disability issues though and I think an e-bike would be really helpful for them to make the ride easier.
I will be driving a long distance if and when I get a job, but would still like a bike for around town, on weekends, running small errands etc. Grocery store is about 10 minutes biking, it would be nice to do a good amount of grocery shopping on bike. Hopefully the next place we move I’ll be able to bike to work, in which case I’ll definitely want an E-Bike because I’m the sweatiest person alive, so would ideally want something I could retrofit to an E-Bike if that’s a thing you can do?
That roadster is like my ideal bike but a bit out of the price range at the moment, I think that’s why I leaned towards the idea of the kit so I could get something and adapt it. I think I’ll end up just getting a beater bike and saving up lol.
Don’t get so much of a beater that it sucks to ride so much that you don’t ride.