OzCableguy Wrote:
Is there such a thing as a step-through frame that's not err..
feminine?
With a baby seat on the back a traditional frame is a real bitch to
mount if
you're not Jean Claude Van Damme. Plus it'd be good to have a bike that
the
Mrs could use as a grocery grabber rather than driving the two blocks
away
just to get milk/bread etc. I wouldn't mind using it too for such
trips, but
I'm way too masculine to be seen dead on a girl's bike. ;-)
She's err... "bicycle challenged" so it has to be dead easy to ride or
she
won't ever go near it, so I'm thinking coaster brakes and maybe a
3-speed
hub to be as familiar as possible with the bikes she has ridden in the
past.
Anyone selling 3 speed hubs in Oz? I can only find them already fitted
to
bikes or the Nexus 7 speeds and they're a bit out of the price range of
this
project.
The "Africabike" frame would be perfect if they made them for "rich"
westerners - http://www.konabiketown.com/

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For a short range shopping bike do you really need gears?

I was thinking singlespeed cheapo girly frame MTB with rack & basket.
Paint it a non-girly colour so you can use it too.


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