I stopped by one of the chic stores today (Adeline Adeline in Tribeca). Really, they were very nice and I'm not knocking the place at all. I wouldn't be surprised if they make some customers more comfortable than the traditional bike stores featuring monosyllabic male employees. I hoped to come away with an amusing anecdote, but was disappointed.
The whole neighborhood is Extremely Chic, with $800 handbags and such, so they fit in.
They were babysitting a customer's dog while she took a test-ride, which speaks well of them IMO (beautiful greyhound who sniffed me all over because I smell like bulldog).
The bikes I saw were Linus and Pashley. Most were on the heavy side -- no way I'd get one up the subway stairs.
The place was really, really, really chic, though. I need chain lube but didn't even ask. Theirs is probably organic and imported from the Andes.
I will be curious to see if they survive.
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