Originally Posted by Doug5150

...Yea, but it's only got one frame size, so it doesn't fit a lot (most?) people very well....

This is a very common problem with the cheaper cruiser-style bikes. A lack of proper frame size ranges. And there's no way to fix it yourself; just putting tall handlebars and a long seatpost on doesn't work right.


I said casual riders looking for a comfortable bicycle--not TdF racer-wannabees. The customers looking for crank-forward bikes do not want a conventional drop-bar road bike.

Non-riders buy bikes with external gears and that usually ends up being their #2 complaint--after the usual #1 complaint of uncomfortable saddles.
(-And if you don't think clunky gears are a common complaint, then explain why pretty much all bikes that have external gears all use indexed shifters now...)