Originally Posted by
chasm54
You're the ridiculous one, as usual. Clearly a heavy bike is harder to carry upstairs. If that's the sum of your objections, congratulations on your perspicacity. The rest of your observations on this thread are pretty worthless, really. As always, your advice to everybody is to buy the bike that you would like, as opposed to the bike that they might like.
I can assure you that few folks here have even heard of the "Dutchie". While I am quite certain that the Dutchie company is a legitimate bicycle company and that it makes this retro Dutch city bike, I can't for the life of me, comprehend its reasoning behind using hi tensile steel, as opposed to chromoly steel.
Now, what could have been an extrordinary retro cycling delight, has now become an obtuse albatross of a failed cycling import, solely due to its weight.
Back to the drawing boards with you, Dutchie!
If this bike has success in the United States, then I'm the ridiculous one! If this bike fails in the United States, then you're the ridiculous one! Deal?
PS.
They should have kept all the original stadsfiet designs, including the dynamo hub, the chain guard, the skirt guard, and the kickstand, too! Just make the bike of either 4130 or 631 chromoly, put a high black gloss on the finish, and make certain that most of the components and accessories are lined in chrome and/or silver.