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Exploring the urban environment through fun human-powered adventures, riding bicycles, and gawking at bicycles in and around Portland, Oregon, Cascadia
Exploring the urban environment through fun human-powered adventures, riding bicycles, and gawking at bicycles in and around Portland, Oregon, Cascadia
The flex is there for a reason, to smooth out the ride... =)
ReplyDeleteSometimes our friends are our worse critics...
ReplyDeleteAhh, the dreaded flex. For a long time I was worried about getting a P-type Brompton because of what I'd read about the 'excessive' flex in the bars, including from reputable sources such as Lovely Bicycle. In the end when I got the bike the bar was rock solid. Perhaps some people like to stand up on the bars when no-one is looking.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of when I was leading a ride for my former local campaign group with another person send from a sister campaign. She couldn't understand the distance I could cover with ease on the DL-1, thinking it highly impractical. She was on an old Peugeot race bike converted to (an extremely high) fixed gear...
Haha most of my friends can not get on my bike.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, the Civia Dupont bars have more flex than the other bars that I use, due to their design, and it took a little bit to get used to it.
ReplyDeleteBut the person that inspired this comic and I have pretty different bike philosophies!