7 Responses to “Hello, it’s nice to meet you”

• donald stewart says:
  

  Boy that’s the shortest one I’ve seen, two lines and no responses. It must be summer.

  Posted on July 1st, 2009 at 11:00 am
• bongobike says:
  

  Everybody’s out riding–except me, of course… :(

  Posted on July 1st, 2009 at 11:19 am
• Cullen says:
  

  I hope you’re wearing rubber band on those pants you’re cycling in!

  Chainsuck Sucks (pun intended)…

  Cullen Carter – Bicyclist turned tricyclist
  Appleton, WI

  Posted on July 1st, 2009 at 1:30 pm
• Alan says:
  

  @Cullen

  Ha! Not needed… full chain case.

  

  Posted on July 1st, 2009 at 1:35 pm
• Cullen says:
  

  Wow, very impressive!

  Posted on July 1st, 2009 at 2:18 pm
• Bruce says:
  

  I bought one of these (Uptown 8) for myself and the U-frame model for my wife in the spring of 2008. In large part I was encouraged by your website (followed you over from your recumbent blog – my other main bike is a Stratus XP). I commuted by bike for 12 years of school and 8 years of university but gave it up when I needed to do the shirt and tie thing for work.

  After 14 years of driving a car a mere 4 km to work because I couldn’t deal with the hassles of cycling in dress clothes (or having to change from cycling clothes to dress clothes) and the hassles of helmet hair over such a short cycling commute I finally came to see the light and decided to get an upright bike with a generator for the lights, a fully enclosed chaincase for the pantlegs and (*draws a sharp breath*) go helmet free (on quiet residential streets). What a liberating experience. I’m more energized at work, I don’t need coffee (although I still love one cup in the morning), I love my commute and I don’t have to deal with lycra, clipless pedals, or helmets (I still use all of these on my other bikes). It’s great. I even made it through a Northern Alberta winter on the bike.

  This bike is very complete as is. All I added was a mirror, upgraded the pedals for better grip in rain/snow (Grip Kings from Rivendell) and in the winter swapped the tires for some studded Schwalbes. I’ve never added so little to a bike before! I’m looking forward to reading about your experiences with this bike. Oh, and thanks for the great website!

  Posted on July 11th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
• EcoVelo » Blog Archive » Breezer Envy says:
  

  [...] long ride today. Wow, what an easy, well thought out, and pleasant bicycle! Like he mentioned in a previous post, the Uptown is a remarkably smooth, quiet, and solid ride, with no quirks or eccentricities. It [...]

  Posted on July 26th, 2009 at 4:40 pm