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a wanker bike should make your stomach churn when you go to insure it, you may not have paid RRP for the cnc ornaments adorning it, but you know you would have to if you wanted to replace it.
the laka form holds up a mirror to the fact your grocery shopper would actually be the price of a small electric hatch back or e cargo bike; ultimately, far less practical, convenient or replicable than those options.
if you look at your bike and think "ah yes, definitely neurotic but i could rebuild this if i had to and was provided with the money i spent on it", chances are it's going in another thread, and imo, that should be a relief, for being featured here should be a badge of shame for a functioning, healthy human who contributes to society or has meaningful life commitments.
in this vein, the party here provides a safe space for those who do not have such things, that what gets them from their minimalist mid century modern bed, putting their feet on their stripped back original floorboards (or dreams of it) to their work pc or office, is the thought of what sort of imported trinket can they put on their bike this month, in the hope of releasing a small amount of good brain chemicals . maybe knowing they should find healthier systems than the Instagram algorithm to do this, but accepting of this is what makes their brain tick most effectively for them to function.