Comments on: Urban Outfitters to Distribute Bikes http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/ Bicycles in the urban environment. A magazine about urban cycling. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Daily Research » Shared Items - August 9, 2009 http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-10067 Daily Research » Shared Items - August 9, 2009 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:17:15 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-10067 [...] Urban Outfitters to Distribute Bikes [...] [...] Urban Outfitters to Distribute Bikes [...]

]]> By: chillwill http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-9914 chillwill Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:29:43 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-9914 matt, why are you surprised about fixies in key west?! they are pretty much the same thing as a conch cruiser, minus the rust....simple, one speed, little to maintain. but yeah, wow, lately there are a lot around and about....better than more cars out and about! i hear ya about fixters, but so far most everyone i have met here riding fixed gear have been super friendly and just enjoy riding, no attitudes, just enjoying pedaling. are you the dude i met in jaunary with the russian bike? matt,

why are you surprised about fixies in key west?! they are pretty much the same thing as a conch cruiser, minus the rust….simple, one speed, little to maintain. but yeah, wow, lately there are a lot around and about….better than more cars out and about!

i hear ya about fixters, but so far most everyone i have met here riding fixed gear have been super friendly and just enjoy riding, no attitudes, just enjoying pedaling. are you the dude i met in jaunary with the russian bike?

]]> By: paul http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-9749 paul Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:05:19 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-9749 If only American Apparal decided to do something like this. They do the whole Made in U.S.A. thing so you would be getting a sweet frame. Probably cost more than 400bucks. But any bike should; we are just accustomed to low prices reap[ed from exploitation of foreign labor. If only American Apparal decided to do something like this. They do the whole Made in U.S.A. thing so you would be getting a sweet frame. Probably cost more than 400bucks. But any bike should; we are just accustomed to low prices reap[ed from exploitation of foreign labor.

]]> By: 8vPete http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-9744 8vPete Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:41:53 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-9744 I'd rather not support ultra-conservatism by purchasing a bike. Read up on Richard Hayne, the president of Urban Outfitters. I'll wish it didn't exist. I’d rather not support ultra-conservatism by purchasing a bike. Read up on Richard Hayne, the president of Urban Outfitters.

I’ll wish it didn’t exist.

]]> By: BiggerDummy http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-9742 BiggerDummy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:58:50 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-9742 I guess they qualify as gateway bikes, but the owners are in for a RUDE shock when they bring their mail order/d-store bike into their local bike shop. I was at my LBS on Friday and watched several people drag in this level of bike, only to walk out discouraged when it was going to cost them $50-$100 to fix what ailed them (stripped out crank arm with lost crank bolt, trashed rear hub, etc). They didn't want to pay the repair bill when they just bought the bike for not much more for a few months ago. So it's back on the bus, Gus! I guess they qualify as gateway bikes, but the owners are in for a RUDE shock when they bring their mail order/d-store bike into their local bike shop. I was at my LBS on Friday and watched several people drag in this level of bike, only to walk out discouraged when it was going to cost them $50-$100 to fix what ailed them (stripped out crank arm with lost crank bolt, trashed rear hub, etc). They didn’t want to pay the repair bill when they just bought the bike for not much more for a few months ago. So it’s back on the bus, Gus!

]]> By: Elliott @ Austin on Two Wheels http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-9736 Elliott @ Austin on Two Wheels Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:13:46 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-9736 I find it funny that people dump over $6000/year on average into a car without thinking, yet bitch when bikes cost more than a few hundred bucks. I could buy a new custom ti/carbon bike every year for the cost the average American spends on an automobile. Of course, most American think the car is a necessity and the bicycle is a toy so of course we get disposable products like these. I find it funny that people dump over $6000/year on average into a car without thinking, yet bitch when bikes cost more than a few hundred bucks. I could buy a new custom ti/carbon bike every year for the cost the average American spends on an automobile. Of course, most American think the car is a necessity and the bicycle is a toy so of course we get disposable products like these.

]]> By: brian43ny http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-9734 brian43ny Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:18:36 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-9734 $399 for a bike with fashion colors. Seems like an okay deal. I spent an extra $100 and got 24 gears. $399 for a bike with fashion colors. Seems like an okay deal. I spent an extra $100 and got 24 gears.

]]> By: futurecop http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-9732 futurecop Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:37:25 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-9732 those bikes will totally be space-docking each other! those bikes will totally be space-docking each other!

]]> By: futurecop http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-9731 futurecop Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:35:17 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-9731 god there are going to be a lot more ugly bikes on the road (not that that's a bad thing.) god there are going to be a lot more ugly bikes on the road (not that that’s a bad thing.)

]]> By: Tonylittle http://urbanvelo.org/urban-outfitters-to-distribute-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-9728 Tonylittle Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:42:09 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=9786#comment-9728 More Nikes on the road/ Less Cars. Doesn't matter who or what the bike looks like. By the way didn't Puck from the Real World start this trend?(sarcasm) Or was people who ride bikes in veledromes? (more sarcasm) More Nikes on the road/ Less Cars. Doesn’t matter who or what the bike looks like. By the way didn’t Puck from the Real World start this trend?(sarcasm) Or was people who ride bikes in veledromes? (more sarcasm)

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