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Oh, so the chain is totally enclosed? That's making it more like my shaft-drive bike, then. And you shift gears by twisting the handlegrips? Does that make it less likely that you'll throw a chain?
What is a free radical?
Thanks for the pricing info, Mimosa! My husband's family is from The Netherlands and he's been wanting to go there. (Well, the first one over with his surname (though it has changed drastically) came to New Amsterdam in the early 1600s!) If they'd kept the surname it would be Lubberdink. I'm kind of glad they didn't!
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This is such a cool bike.
Although it does make me think of the evil landlady/witch in the Wizard of Oz. :p
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Beautiful bike. Congrats!!! Does everything being enclosed make things harder to get to? What if your chain drops? Or does it not do that?
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I believe that the cover pops off easily so things are accessible. It shifts very easily, though of course, in these flatlands I don't do that a whole lot. The gears are in the hub so I reckon chaindrop is unlikely.
This is what Breezer + Free Radical looks like, Free Radical being the extension that makes it longer and the cargo carrying parts, from the store at www.xtracycle.com . I've got a Free Radical on my red hybrid (and the bike-powered blender accessory), and it's great, but it doesn't have the dynamo light (I was looking into that before the Gazelle came along) or the other specific commuting features.
http://www.xtracycle.com/images/images_big/breezer.jpg
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::slapping forehead::
I knew that. Thanks for the reminder!
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Naw, I figured that you're really Laughter in disguise (one of the ladies who works for Xtracycle), and wanted to make sure it got anothe rpicture up there :)
People have asked "well, is it going to replace one of your bikes?"
What?!?!?!
Do you throw out shoes because you find another pair? Only if htey're worn out, and my bicycles are not worn out. This is just a bicycle for different outfits. In fact, one of the ladies this morning said, "I thought you were going to wear the Gazelle today!" and I don't think she did it on purpose!
Sigh, I'm going to have to take it by the LBS for some painfully obvious questions like - it's not written on the side of the tire, how much air goes in?
