Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike

Thanks for the reply. Seeing one almost every day doesn't really sound like very many for someone who is bicycling savvy and rides around Manhattan as much as your self. Do you think you might see thousands of every other type of bicycle in use everyday?

With a sales baseline of probably about zero in the U.S. until the last few years, selling a relative few here and there might be be described as gaining popularity. I believe they are more popular in bicycling related media and blogs as the latest trendy high priced bicycling shaped object, than in actual use in the U.S.