I got a real bike this weekend!
Townie 7 speed, electrabike.com
This bike is super fun! It’s like riding high up in a SUV compared to a sedan, just like the Electra marketing says! (“We rotated the traditional road bike position… so the upper body is straight up and relaxed…”) DDDaimond was at the shop too and reassured me that the Townie isn’t too weird-looking & that it’s good for riding around town.
(By the way, if you get this bike [which is a nice bike], don’t get the matching accessories! So expensive… it makes more sense to get the fancier model that comes with all the accessories already.)
LisNAP sent me some fun biking links:
- Ride the City: “We’ll help you find a safe bike route. Enter your starting and ending address (or drag the cyclist and stop sign icons to the map). We’ll take it from there.” Super cool! It also has nearby bike shops marked.
- Nashbar: Online bike shop w/good deals on all possible bike things.
- Bike Snob NYC: Welcome to the club, sort of. I hope I don’t run into him.
These are the bike shops that were the nicest. I still think bringing a friend is the best though, because the shops can get busy:
- Recycle-a-Bicycle (Dumbo): All used bikes, fixed & tuned up as an after-school program. There’s also a location in Manhattan.
- Brooklyn Bike & Board (Prospect Heights): Mostly single speed bikes, new & used. I think they will build a bike for you if you ask…
- Ride Brooklyn (Prospect Heights-ish): New bikes, really nice staff, kind of busy on the weekends.
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