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Some of you may remember the fact that months ago I got my bike stolen from my apartment's garage. I have not replaced it, because unfortunately I have been trapped in a cycle of indecision by The Dilemma.

You see, I could replace it with either another manual bike, or I could get an electric bike.

Advantages of a manual bike: I know I can use them, they are cheaper.

Disadvantages: ...I am surrounded by Fuck Off Hills, and there are some routes I would go by bike regularly if it were not for those hills.

Advantages of an ebike: presumably could get up those Fuck Off Hills?

Disadvantages: ...I don't actually know for sure that they could? Also, I would not keep this one in the garage (see: what happened to the last one, that didn't even have an expensive battery in it), so I need to know if I could lift the thing up the stairs to my apartment.

So, to make this decision, I need to know whether it can get up hills, and if I can Even Lift It Bro.

Of course, because this is a nested dilemma, there are two ways to do this.

My city has some of those app share electric bikes. They are expensive but less so than option 2. I couldn't take one up my apartment stairs, but I could experimentally lift it? Also, there's a bit of a 'scooters, scooters everywhere, but not a bike to drink' situation which might make finding one. tricky.My local ebike store also rents them. I could try the type of bike I'd like to buy, and even lift it up stairs! Store it in a convenient place instead of having to search for it! But of course, there is a catch. Even the special 'we are letting you rent this for a shorter time than usual because we think you might buy it' rate is... about 1/10th the cost of buying a new ebike.

Do people have any advice for escaping this dilemma?