Originally Posted by slowandsteady
If bike shops intimidate him, I dont see how this bike is going to change that. And most people don't wear spandex on a bike for a quick spin. Spandex has nothing to do with gears anyway.
Hopefully the bike shops that carry the Coasting bikes will make themselves more casual-customer friendly or at least advertise in the popular press to that effect.
The potential customer for these bikes doesn't know or care that "most people don't wear spandex ....for a quick trip". He only knows what he sees and he equates road riders with spandex and complex bikes. Fact and perception can be very different things.