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giorgioz10/02/20241 replyview on HN

And also economy of scale, there are 1 billion bikes in the world VS 65 million wheelchairs.


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eru10/02/2024

Interesting, only 1 billion bicycles? I would have expected more than that. In most of the places I lived (Europe, Asia) there seems to be more than one beater bike per person lying around somewhere (and some nice bikes, too, but much fewer).

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