I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple City ( http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php ) is a new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand bike/grocery getter. According to the rep at Fisher, the bikes will be in stores in March 2008. Dealers are going to get catalogs at that time, which seems kind of weird. Baskets will be optional.
Mike
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "My favorite thing is riding bicycles. I don't ride my bike because I think I'm destroying the environment by driving my car. It's just a great way to be outdoors."---Dr. Ron Paul, candidate for president 2008 http://www.ronpaul2008.com
I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple City ( http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php ) is a new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand bike/grocery getter. According to the rep at Fisher, the bikes will be in stores in March 2008. Dealers are going to get catalogs at that time, which seems kind of weird. Baskets will be optional.
In the past, The Bike Gallery in Portland has been the _only_ Trek dealer in the U.S. to get some Trek models of city bikes. Hopefully things will be different this time. Bike Gallery is a great store. I stopped there once on a business trip to Portland, to buy a Burley trailer, which they sold for more than $100 less than other bicycle shops.
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I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple City ( http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php ) is a new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand bike/grocery getter. According to the rep at Fisher, the bikes will be in stores in March 2008. Dealers are going to get catalogs at that time, which seems kind of weird. Baskets will be optional.
In the past, The Bike Gallery in Portland has been the _only_ Trek dealer in the U.S. to get some Trek models of city bikes. Hopefully things will be different this time. Bike Gallery is a great store. I stopped there once on a business trip to Portland, to buy a Burley trailer, which they sold for more than $100 less than other bicycle shops.
The Bike Gallery stores are owned by Jay Graves, one of the champions of bicycle advocacy in this country. An amazing guy who doesn't just talk, but gets things done.
How about a [censored] design that's going to handle like a pig if you put more than10# of groceries on that platform? You want a front loader will real capacity, then you have to use a smaller wheel up front to lower the load. The rest of the world figured this out long ago, shame Fisher can't take inspiration from those that have already undergone healthy evolution.
How about a [censored] design that's going to handle like a pig if you put more than10# of groceries on that platform? You want a front loader will real capacity, then you have to use a smaller wheel up front to lower the load. The rest of the world figured this out long ago, shame Fisher can't take inspiration from those that have already undergone healthy evolution.
-- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia "Localized intense suction such as tornadoes is created when temperature differences are high enough between meeting air masses, and can impart excessive energy onto a cyclist." - Randy Schlitter
How about a [censored] design that's going to handle like a pig if you put more than10# of groceries on that platform? You want a front loader will real capacity, then you have to use a smaller wheel up front to lower the load. The rest of the world figured this out long ago, shame Fisher can't take inspiration from those that have already undergone healthy evolution.
IMO, Trek/Fisher is just cashing in on the "Porteur" fad going around of late (too many dolts reading Heine's rag, "BQ"😉.
How about a [censored] design that's going to handle like a pig if you put more than10# of groceries on that platform? You want a front loader will real capacity, then you have to use a smaller wheel up front to lower the load. The rest of the world figured this out long ago, shame Fisher can't take inspiration from those that have already undergone healthy evolution.
It does seem that the Kogswell P/R handles nice heavy front loads with no problem, landotter. It's not about wheel size-----it's about trail. If Fisher has built their bike with low trail there will be no problem. Your assertion does not take into consideration the French Porteurs that had two wheels of the same size but were used by newspaper delivery people to carry heavy loads at high speeds. You're not exactly correct.
The Simple City is not a "cargo bike". It's an errand bike.
