In aus.bicycle on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:45:30 -0800 (PST)
tim wrote:

Read this bit again:
"priced to suit their target usage, as basic local transport"

$600 for a coaster-braked single-speed steel-framed bike? Yeeeow!

It is a bit rough.

Any rival would have to compete with k-mart bikes, which are what
people use for that job now.

Zebee