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Old 03-20-06 | 11:31 PM
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humblecyclist
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Vince - this link is to my Sear's ToteCycle.

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/f/milam.htm

I have it set up as a fixed gear grocery hauler bike. You really can't tell anything about the ride from the photo - but one design feature that does standout versus the Twenty is the longer chain stays (forget that they are curved) which yields a much longer wheel base. I think the longer wheelbase reduces the "skittish" or "squirrly" ride that others sometimes report when they ride a Twenty (note: we Twenty owners just call it "quick steering"). It also has a longer effective top tube as compared to the Twenty and I can comfortable stretch out a bit more.

The Sear's ToteCycle is a strange beast - terrible build quality compared to Twenty - but it's ride quality is smooth and predicitable and I can ride it "no handed" quite easily. I bought the bike for cheap and had fairly "low" expectations of it - and was blown away by the ride and the simple but solid joint (the bike dis-assembles into TWO pieces rather than folding).

I see these ToteCycles occasionally go for low $$ on eBay (<$50).

I'll have to take more photos of it and post them.

Thanks,
...Bill Milam
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