Second Bike?

[Starfish]

I am also thinking about getting an Amsterdam from Electra for cruising around town.

Let us know if you do. I LOVE the look of them, from the ads. We have a lot of hills here and I am not very strong (need all of my triple), so I have a hard time imagining I could use one for running around to the latte shop, but I would like to hear how it goes for you if you get one.

[Trekhawk]

Let us know if you do. I LOVE the look of them, from the ads. We have a lot of hills here and I am not very strong (need all of my triple), so I have a hard time imagining I could use one for running around to the latte shop, but I would like to hear how it goes for you if you get one.

I sure will. I have the same thoughts about hills and this bike. I want to look at the Breezer Uptown that is in Bicycling 2007 Buyer's guide as well. Lucky for me it seems that a bike shop near SadieKate sells both so I will probably make a trip down there and try to compare the two with SK's help.

[xeney]

Mike's Bikes in Sacramento (a chain store so I try to support the locals, but so far I've really liked the service at Mike's Bikes) had the Amsterdams as of a few weeks ago. I picked one up and it was nowhere near as heavy as I'd expected it to be. I mean, it's not light, but considering how fully outfitted it was, it wasn't particularly heavy, either.

But I heard one on the street the other day, and man, was that thing NOISY. It creaked and groaned in a very alarming way. It sounded like my husband's pre-war Schwinn, but it couldn't possibly have been more than a few months old!