Originally Posted by
irclean
I know this is an older thread, but I believe the San Francisco line has been discontinued for 2010. Pity - I think those frames are a work of art. One could argue that the Swobo is a better bike, but the Specialized is much prettier.
Maybe, but the bike itself didn't make any sense. It had fast handling, a handlebar position like a mountain bike, and 650 wheels (for the fast handling part). It was trying to be a fast, twitchy, trick bike.
At the same time, it was a heavy commuter bike with it's disc brakes and an internal hub (they're all relatively heavy).
So it didn't really appeal to anyone - as a trick bike it's way to heavy, as a commuter it's to twitchy and uncomfortable to ride (I rode one for a while - it put way to much of my weight on the handlebars). It was billed as a bike that would snake in and out of traffic, but that's not particularly realistic (at least, the part where the additional responsiveness compared to a traditional bike coming in handy isn't realistic).