Wanted to replace the GoBike with another Birdy, but the pickin's are slim in the US so thought I would try one of those Japanese auction site surrogates. For some reason Japanese bike shops will not sell to the US, much less return email inquiries.

A 2012 BD-1 hung around for awhile, so dove in. Wasn't too crazy about the color, but it already had the wheeled rack and Color+ suspension upgrade and looked to be in very good shape. Being sold by a dealer, figured there was a fighting chance it would arrive as described. The bike arrived well packed to prevent damage from it's long journey. Besides the other upgrades, it had a new set of Marathon Racers on it. The color turned out to be a candy blue with the graphics imbedded in the paint. Almost worth the purchase price alone, beautiful job and very clean.