Originally Posted by
bikinpolitico
My co-author at AustinBikeBlog just ordered the Azor Secret Service and we'll be doing a review as soon as we get it. He agonized about the Azor versus Velorbis and went Azor based on this gut feeling that the Azor was a true utility bike and the Velorbis was a bike built to look like a utility bike (more on that here:
http://austinbikeblog.org/?p=332)
From what I can tell, the Azors are solid, no frills bikes that will do what they are designed to do. The Retrovelos look like they'll do the job with more style (thus the higher price tag.) What's more important to you?
Thanks for the link. Interesting read. I've seen that person "king" writing comments about the Azor being inferior on other sites too when people have gone and purchased them.
I thought the Retrovelo might be slightly faster because it is often described as being a light steel frame. The secret service model of the Azor might have less weight, but the LBS I was considering doesn't sell them.
In fact, a quick search using google UK comes up with no hits, so maybe it's a renaming of a bike which goes by a different name (perhaps the Azor Toronto?)
By the way, Uke, the Retrovelo looks beautiful in that pic