Meet Marley!

[Jo-n-NY]

It continues to amaze that these bikes ride like a regular full size bike. Best of luck with Marley and I will look forward to hearing about your trip if you plan on posting.

PS. I agree with Denise. Comfort will be most important. It is worth a call to Bike Friday.

~ JoAnn

[Ered_Lithui]

I'll be sure to pass on your greetings and instructions.
If the handlebars still feel weird in a few days, I'll take your advice and call Bike Friday. Will keep you updated!

[emily_in_nc]

Congratulations - Marley is darling! Love the green!

I considered the Touring H-bars on my Pocket Crusoe but after much thought and discussions with others, went with drop bars since that's what I am used to. I'm very happy with my bars. I would have liked to try the H-bars, but not enough to order them and then risk having to have them changed if I wasn't happy.

I don't know if they'll do it for free, but I do know that another Friday-riding friend recently had Bike Friday order and split a wider drop bar for her bike; she'd had a bike fit done after getting her Friday and determined that she needed to move from a 38cm bar to a 40cm. Bike Friday sent the split bars to her, and her LBS installed them for her. However, she went from one drop bar to another so it was a relatively simple change and didn't involve a different type of brake.

Bike Friday has a very good guarantee - you can send the entire bike back in the first 30 days if you aren't happy - so they might just change the bars out for free; it's a lot less expensive for them to do that than to risk having to take the entire bike back. In my case, they made my bike with too long a top tube, so back it went for redoing at no charge at all to me, even for shipping. They're a great company, so if the bars continue to bother you, don't hestitate to give your salesperson a call and ask!

Enjoy!

Emily

[spazzdog]

It is truly a lovely shade of green. Congrats on your new baby!!

spazz