Quote Originally Posted by colorisnt View Post
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/busin...s_workers.html

I think this is silly. I think they should have let people PICK a bike or gave them a bonus to go BUY a bike. The likelihood of that thing fitting me - a 5' tall woman is like zilch. Plus, how would you commute on that? Where would you put a rack?
Actually, you could add a rack using a monostay adaper attached to the seatpost (it comes with dropout eyelets). It's clearly a very low-cost bike (stamped one-piece crank) but I'm sure Ikea could buy them in quantity at a price you couldn't get if you bought on your own. In other words, giving an employee the equivalent cash wouldn't get the employee a equivalent bike. It is wasteful, as a large fraction of employees either won't fit it or won't like it. But maybe there will be some new converts to cycling because of the gift.