Originally Posted by VegasTriker

I just don't understand the obsession with buying a one-speed bike. It is so 1950s! A long time ago when I started serious biking a few of my friends had track bikes. No brakes, no freewheel, extremely light. They were avid cyclists who also owned road bikes. They would ride the track bikes around relatively flat town (which I thought was insane) but use the geared road bikes for club rides. I'd bet your daughter never learned how to use the gears on here Electra properly or she would understand how much easier it is to ride a bike with them. It is not unusual for kids to be clueless about choosing the right gear for a comfortable cadence and changing gears as needed. The Electra is also a moderately heavy bike (saw 35 pounds for a Townie) bike so getting rid of most of the drive train will lighten a bike. It's a trade off I wouldn't make.