Progress report.

I probably have somewhere over a hundred miles on this bike now though I'm not keeping track. It's enjoyable to ride! The gearing hasn't stopped me as long as I'm feeling ok, but I still barely use the top and spend probably most of my time in the bottom, telling me it's too high for me. The rear wheel has gone out of true. No broken spokes, I checked. The coaster brake keeps it from being much of a problem. I'm not sure how long to let it ride. I gave up on the Thule front seat (see my whinging in the Rec & Family subforum) and got a used Co-Pilot back seat (like this one but an older color scheme and pretty scuffed up). It's going to work much better for the family, in part because we can install one model of rack on many of our bikes and swap the seat between them, and also because it is just a really solid and well thought out product. This frame size needs extensions on the rack straps in order to mount the rack level. Another thing to make me wish they'd had a larger size stepthrough frame. I've started putting stickers/decals on the frame for fun.

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