I've been thinking about getting a beach cruiser. I saw some at a LBS that had both gears, and traditional no-gears with a coaster brake.

I'm trying to decide if having gears is beneficial or not.

Basically, I want it for just tooling around the neighborhood with my kids.

Now, I own a traditional road bike and mt bike. I usually ride the mt bike with the kids. The tire vibration on the mt bike is just a nuisance.

Maybe I'm just getting the itch to buy a new bike. The cruiser is a cheaper sell than the all carbon road bike I can't convince DH about... yet.

Thoughts?

Thx! Miranda