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Bending To My Will

I’ve been nagging my wife for a couple years now to get a new bicycle — one more suited to utility bicycling around Springfield’s urban core. But, until yesterday, she maintained that her old Giant mountain bike was perfectly good.

That is until her dress got snagged in the rear brake.

We were meeting for lunch yesterday downtown. She arrived with a greasy tear on the hem of her dress and a more willing attitude about getting something new.

Today, we picked up her new Kona Africabike from Queen City Cycles.

She hopped on and rode to her NAACP meeting.

She arrived home with her dress in perfect shape :-)

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Comments 9

  1. Steve A wrote:

    Is that the saddle that came with the Kona?

    Posted 17 Apr 2010 at 5:39 pm
  2. Michael Garrison wrote:

    The bike will function as an urban commuter not in the outback. Put some street tires on it.

    Posted 18 Apr 2010 at 7:48 am
  3. Andy Cline wrote:

    Steve… That’s her old saddle, which she likes better than the original equipment.

    Michael… Those tires are a bit knobby.

    Posted 18 Apr 2010 at 8:11 am
  4. Keri wrote:

    I second Michael’s comment. Knobbies don’t do well on pavement and can wash out under you on a corner. If you want something dual-purpose, our police department uses Continental Town & Country Street Tires. I put them on my mountain bike, they’re working well for me.

    Posted 18 Apr 2010 at 10:12 am
  5. Andy Cline wrote:

    Keri… The knob pattern is much denser toward the middle of the tire creating something like a slick. The knobs you can see in the picture are much farther to the outside of the tire. On the way to and from church this morning, I noticed that the bike rolls very smoothly and quietly.

    Yes, too much knobbiness can be a problem. I’m thinking these are fine.

    Posted 18 Apr 2010 at 1:48 pm
  6. Alexander wrote:

    That’s unpleasant about the dress… but new bike looks cool.

    Posted 18 Apr 2010 at 5:39 pm
  7. Bruce A wrote:

    NICE! 3 speed internal hub?

    Posted 22 Apr 2010 at 7:00 pm
  8. Amsterdamize wrote:

    that’s why skirt guards are standard issue on this side of the pond ;)

    Happy ridin’
    Marc

    Posted 03 May 2010 at 4:51 pm
  9. Andy Cline wrote:

    Bruce… Yes, 3-speed hub.

    Marc… We looked for a model with a skirt guard, but the integrated rack on this one acts like one.

    Posted 03 May 2010 at 8:26 pm