What I got from Clever is they bias away from MTB and Road posture. That article you linked even calls it "Hurts so good".
At this point, I don't "hurt so good" until I start hitting mile 50. Maybe it's youth, maybe it is physical discipline from riding harder miles, but... I'm not burning gas, so I can afford to run my engine a little harder.
Also I was a little worried that I just had a bias against Electra (They're really ugly bikes), but once I rode a couple of them I felt better about my bias. The townie+xtra just felt...cheap. It handled unsteady and jittery. I got around the corner from the shop and just wanted to get off and walk it back.
Plus, both the Electra+Xtras I rode had leather all over them. Grips and Saddle.
It's nice that Trek puts that stuff out there, but man... if I can get a better ride feel from a $100 Pacific, why would I advise anyone to pay for a $750 Electra?
I'd like to try a dutch style bike. The closest fit I've had to dutch is piloting a Bakfiets, which ... admittedly, feels pretty nice. That comes at a stiff premium though. I certainly wouldn't want to pilot one up from OC very often.
I think at this point, my own bias is going to keep me in the Road/MTB spectrum of geometry for a good while.
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What I got from Clever is they bias away from MTB and Road posture. That article you linked even calls it "Hurts so good".
At this point, I don't "hurt so good" until I start hitting mile 50. Maybe it's youth, maybe it is physical discipline from riding harder miles, but... I'm not burning gas, so I can afford to run my engine a little harder.
Also I was a little worried that I just had a bias against Electra (They're really ugly bikes), but once I rode a couple of them I felt better about my bias. The townie+xtra just felt...cheap. It handled unsteady and jittery. I got around the corner from the shop and just wanted to get off and walk it back.
Plus, both the Electra+Xtras I rode had leather all over them. Grips and Saddle.
It's nice that Trek puts that stuff out there, but man... if I can get a better ride feel from a $100 Pacific, why would I advise anyone to pay for a $750 Electra?
I'd like to try a dutch style bike. The closest fit I've had to dutch is piloting a Bakfiets, which ... admittedly, feels pretty nice. That comes at a stiff premium though. I certainly wouldn't want to pilot one up from OC very often.
I think at this point, my own bias is going to keep me in the Road/MTB spectrum of geometry for a good while.