help identifying bike

[Sarahskf]

Hi there,

I found this website and thought maybe someone on here could help with my silly predicament.

I ride a "Kmart special" bicycle ... it's old and decrepid and I need a new one. I went into a bicycle store on a recent vacation and fell in love with a bike. It was so fantastic looking: pale yellow body with small brown flowers on the frame, from far away you couldn't tell they were flowers, and a brown leather seat and matching handlebars. The price on the tag was $34. I told the salesperson I was going to think about it and went home. He told me it was a "hybrid" -- not quite a mountain bike. I have since called the store to ask what kind of bike it was but the person who helped me left and no one can answer my question. I would like to find this bike online and buy it -- but I have no idea what brand, model, etc. Anyone have any ideas how to go about identifying it? I love, love, love this bike now and would like to buy one. What about a website with lots of pictures where I might find it?

Thanks so much for your help.

Sarah

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Sarah,
Can't you ask the manager what brands of bikes they carry and at least be able to track it down that way?
But my main puzzlement is the $34 price tag- are you sure this was an adult bike? Was it used? Seems awfully low priced to me. Hopefully it wouldn't fall apart right away if you did get one! :rolleyes:

[Running Mommy]

$34.00?? Was that a typo?? Even a used bike would prolly be more than that... I dunno? I'm puzzled??:confused:
From the sound of it though it sounds like a beach cruiser to me? Did it have wide handle bars?

[VW Beetle]

Trek Calypso, perhaps? Retails for about $300.

http://www2.trekbikes.com/images/bikes/large/calypso_wmyellow.jpg

[emily_in_nc]

I wonder if the tag said $34.00 and was a typo for $340.00??? No bike from a bike shop costs $34! And you wouldn't want it if it did -- that's cheaper than a Kmart special!

[uforgot]

$420

[Sarahskf]

Sorry! The price tag was $349. That was an unfortunate typo! Thanks so very much for the helpful responses.

[KSH]

Sorry! The price tag was $349. That was an unfortunate typo! Thanks so very much for the helpful responses.

HA! HA!

Yea, when I read, "$34", I thought, "Why does she CARE what type of bike it is... and why did she even THINK about it... a bike that cheap should have been bought right then and there!" :p

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yeah we were all trying to be polite and refrain from saying "Thirty four dollars!?!- that must be a heck of a piece of JUNK!" :D
I think we did well! :D

[Eden]

Could be the K2 T-Nine Breeze too

http://www.k2bikes.com/products/bikedetails.asp?ID=92&year=2006

It's blue with a subtle pattern of blue flowers, but maybe last year it was a different color? It would be around that price too.

[Geonz]

Ask the bike shop which brands they carry, and you can narrow it down some.

[xeney]

I thought it might be a K2 T-Nine model, too, because I saw their Trailhead model at REI a few weeks ago and it has a really cool subtle flower pattern, as well. I am not much for flowers on bikes, but I was ready to trade in my Rockhopper on the spot. That one is green, but I thought maybe they had a hybrid in the yellow.

It's really the brown saddle and handlebar grips that are throwing me.