Originally Posted by
linberl
I wish they still made the tikit....I've got my eyes open for a small frame used one and I'm very patient. It's the only 16" bike that appeals to me. There's a woman in our local Strollers & Rollers that has one and I'm hoping she will decide to let it go.
I hear you. I picked up my Tikit used three years ago after finding it on CL and drove ~800 mi. each way, from Wisconsin to Kansas, for it.
Owner was an 80 year old lady who bought it new and no longer used it. We met at her daughter's real estate office in a strip mall to complete the deal. And the funny thing was, after I paid for it and was folding it to put it in my vehicle, someone quite far down the street started shouting at me..."Hey! You with the bike!" with increasing volume as he approached. I thought to myself, nothing good will come from this interaction, so I nonchalantly put the folded bike in my car and drove off just before he got there. My guess was that he was very interested in taking it for a test ride and not coming back.