I'm really liking those Brooklyn Bicycle Company bikes. Good price point; reasonable design; fenders/chainstay protectors included; they're not feathers, but a young healthy woman should be able to carry a 28 pound bike up a couple of flights of stairs.
I was going to recommend them to my niece in New York City, but then I saw the bad news. They come only in Medium and Large. Medium sounds too big for a woman who is 5'3". On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Aaron Young <1ce...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another bike to possibly consider are the city bikes from Brooklyn Bicycle > Co. I hadn't heard about this earlier, but apparently Grant P. is on > their board of directors and possibly had a hand in the design of their > bikes. > > http://www.brooklynbicycleco.com/blog/grant-peterson-frame-geometry-urban/ > > They have some interesting-for-the-money city bikes that might just be > that "point'n'go" bike that some people need. And the Driggs has a double > top tube! > > Looking closer at the images, it's apparent the components aren't that > fancy, but even the lowest priced bike has room for fenders and two eyelets > per drop out. Maybe worth considering for a budget bike. > > Aaron "Always looking for a bargain" Young > The Dalles, OR > > > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's absolutely true that just about anybody can step on a Cheviut and >> roll away smiling, but I think the point of a Riv not being appropriate for >> some customer types is that a lot of people would be just as well served by >> a Public C7 <http://publicbikes.com/p/PUBLIC-C7-2014?position=tile4>, or >> a Linus Scout 7 <http://www.linusbike.com/products/scout-7>. A Cheviut >> or a Hillborne is decidedly better and gives substantially more room to >> grow, and will last substantially longer. But some people can't stomach >> the idea of locking a $2500 bike outside all day. If the price tag of your >> bike is a barrier to you actually using it, that's a bad deal. These >> hypothetical new cyclists also don't have the skillset to make a cool >> cheapie out of a used bike, either. I am not saying that Riv should offer >> a $600 complete bike, but I am saying that I think it's really cool that >> affordable practical budget bikes exist for the strictly occasional >> cyclist. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Anne Paulson It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
