Longtail spotting at NAHBS
Posted 15 March 2007 | Filed under Longtails, StokemonkeyI attended the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in San Jose nearly two weeks ago. I went because I’d heard there would be a number of longtails being shown, and also a bike integrating Stokemonkey. Actually I thought there might be more than one of the latter at the time I bought my tickets, but maybe next year, when NAHBS comes to Portland. Better late than never I hope, here’s my report.
March 15th, 2007 at 22:30
Now THERE’s a motormount!
March 16th, 2007 at 13:27
No kidding!
Any date on store opening? When can I see a citybike, and how much are they going to run?
March 16th, 2007 at 13:52
vj, we will be in our space at 1516 SE 9th Avenue and conducting business in the month of may. we’ll hold off on a “grand opening” until the dust settles and our inventory becomes reasonably well-rounded.
you can see, and ride, 3 models of city bike right now, by appointment; call 503.889.0452. lovely day for a spin huh? alas, we won’t sell you these particular bikes; they’re demo/testers. we have a bunch to sell on order, due to arrive later this spring.
pricing varies by model and options, but is in the $1K-1.5K range.
March 16th, 2007 at 14:05
Thanks, Todd!
March 18th, 2007 at 13:42
I wish we had something like this here! There is only one bike shop here in Charleston, and while they are good people, they emphasize sports/recreation biking, rather than transportational cycling. They are also kind of ‘high end.’ There is nothing here between department stores and high end bike shops.
May 5th, 2007 at 17:14
i think that extracycles are great. We have two and they are really good. If you put an el;ectric motor on them they are even better. I just wish that more people would ride bikes around.
May 8th, 2007 at 09:04
One reason that there is so little transportational cycling around here is that West Virginia is not called The Mountain State for no reason. There are parts of Charleston that are difficult, if not impossible, to access by bicycle if one is not in tip-top physical condition and on a very high end machine.
May 8th, 2007 at 12:53
Bruce, that’s why Todd sells electric assist.
May 9th, 2007 at 08:39
Bruce, when Todd got the idea for Stokemonkey we lived in San Francisco, and Charleston can’t be worse (hill-wise) than SF.
May 10th, 2007 at 07:24
Martina is right about most of Charleston being about the same as SF but some of the area just outside of Charleston is worse. However, an electric assist like the Stokemonkey is perfect because it allows you to take advantage of gearing also. I love Charleston for the hills. It limits some of the sprawl.