Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:
On 12/9/2010 9:41 PM, Chalo Colina wrote:
Duane Hébert wrote:

Doc O'Leary wrote:

You can't run a business supplying comfort bikes if the demand just
isn't there. If the industry had half a clue they'd be taking more
long-term steps to shift the balance over by fitting cycling in with
the
existing culture. Instead, they're doing short-term targeting of the
existing high-end recreational market.

What do you actually mean by comfort bikes? Bents? Touring? Something
else?

The bicycle industry defines "comfort bikes" as MTB-derived bikes with
steeply sloping top tubes, rudimentary suspension forks and seatposts,
and high adjustable stems with riser bars. Oddly, most of these bikes
also have steep seat angles, making for a uniquely impotent rider
position.

http://www.chicagobikeblog.com/2007/...ort-bikes.html

Most of the people who buy typical comfort bikes don't ride them very
much, from what I can tell. The Electra Townie is an exception, in my
neck of the woods anyway, with noticeable representation among daily
transportational riders.

The Electra Townie is a crank-forward design, and not a traditional
upright geometry bicycle:
http://coolmaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/electra-townie-bike.jpg.



Here's my comfort bike:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/AMKEST.JPG
YMMV.

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