Originally Posted by
mr_bill
Actually Fortified Bicycle is in Cambridge (our fair city) MA. The reason I didn’t point out Vanmoof is the usual suspects whining that it’s somehow completely different in “Holland.” For some reason they have a hot spot in Brooklyn. But that’s somehow different too.
(BTW, the Copenhagen Wheel is also from Cambridge (our fair city) MA.)
Anyhow, some folks here really need to get out more. Even in *gasp* North America there are real people riding real bicycles who don’t pass the sneering “serious cyclist” moniker or the “serious bicycle” label.
Is there a market for five figure titanium bicycles? Oh, that’s completely different, because Seven Cycles (Watertown MA) makes “serious bicycles” for “serious cyclists.”
Bottom line - anything that *I* want is mainstream. Anything that everyone else wants is “niche.”
Anyone who wants a “serious” commuting bike wants a used Buick.
-mr. bill
I have to laugh at your Buick comment... After years of commuting on various "racer bikes," I had a custom bike built... as my "commuter truck." Front and rear racks, lighting (which changed over the years) and upright style, for visibility.
This was in the '80s... before mountain biking became hugely popular. I literally rode "everywhere" on that bike.
I mean "everywhere."
Yet, no built in lock. Go figure. I just used U-locks.