Originally Posted by
practical
It's not my style of a bike so take that into account. I think if you think you'll enjoy biking and want to do more of it, you'll want a little bit different bike. I think the handlebars will be uncomfortable for more than 5 miles. It looks like a heavy bike to me so hauling it around and up stairs looks like a problem. Check out craislist. Good luck.
Who said anything about stairs? There is a large elevator in this apt building. And no, it's not heavy. Not compared to cruisers and such anyway.
The handlebars do look funky but AGAIN I won't be riding at high speeds for very long diistances. It's a city runabout of short distances. The way the lights go, I'll probably be stopping at every (long) block. But this will be a huge time and energy saver. What used to take 20 minutes to walk between will take 5-8 minutes depending.
I will keep the Le Tour for times I might want to actually ride longer distances when it's dry out. But in stop and go traffic? Why bother having a bike designed for long distance higher speeds?
I'm starting to think a few respondents haven't really read the thread based on their replies. They looked at the link in the first post then jumped to reply. Especially when one person stated "take that $180.." despite the first post pointing out the real price I put it on layaway for.