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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I'm trying to move to the city center of Sao Paulo and finding space to keep our e-bikes safe at night has been the biggest difficulty of the process. The majority of buildings don't have parking space, that's great imo, but they also don't have space for bikes. The elevators are miniscule and the bikes can't enter. And private parking buildings cost a fortune. Something like that with a reasonable price (or free with time restrictions even better) would be great

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

As a Dutch person, my recommendation:

get a folding bike. They're pretty cheap and useful primarily for biking a few km.

Alternatively, get an omafiets, make it look rusty and shoddy. Nobody wants to steal a bike that doesn't look valuable. You can also twist how it steers, takes training to bike on it, but thieves will always fall.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

bike parking spaces in buildings are an open-buffet for bike thieves :/

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Being able to chain them and a security camera is good enough for me. A broken chain and video evidence is enough to claim the insurance in it.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

We used to had folding bikes before, but my wife hate them because she always get her hands dirty while folding/unfolding and ruining her clothes. That's on the table, but is going to need to be a magnificent apartment with the best view ever and under our budget to convince her.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

As the owner of a pair of (very) cheap (very) old Dahons, I understand what you mean.

I feel like the design details matter a lot and -- though I hate to say it -- it could be actually worth getting a Brompton, despite how overpriced they seem.