Gary Fisher Simple City update

[Gooserider]

I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple
City (
http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php ) is a
new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand
bike/grocery getter. According to the rep at Fisher, the bikes will be in
stores in March 2008. Dealers are going to get catalogs at that time, which
seems kind of weird. Baskets will be optional.

Mike

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[SMS 斯蒂文• 夏]

Gooserider wrote:
> I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple
> City (
> http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php ) is a
> new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand
> bike/grocery getter. According to the rep at Fisher, the bikes will be in
> stores in March 2008. Dealers are going to get catalogs at that time, which
> seems kind of weird. Baskets will be optional.

In the past, The Bike Gallery in Portland has been the _only_ Trek
dealer in the U.S. to get some Trek models of city bikes. Hopefully
things will be different this time. Bike Gallery is a great store. I
stopped there once on a business trip to Portland, to buy a Burley
trailer, which they sold for more than $100 less than other bicycle shops.

[landotter]

On Dec 6, 8:50 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple
> City (http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php) is a
> new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand
> bike/grocery getter.

How about a crap design that's going to handle like a pig if you put
more than10# of groceries on that platform? You want a front loader
will real capacity, then you have to use a smaller wheel up front to
lower the load. The rest of the world figured this out long ago, shame
Fisher can't take inspiration from those that have already undergone
healthy evolution.

[Mike Jacoubowsky]

"SMS ???. ?" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:4758d12b$0$84179$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> Gooserider wrote:
>> I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple
>> City (
>> http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php ) is
>> a new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand
>> bike/grocery getter. According to the rep at Fisher, the bikes will be in
>> stores in March 2008. Dealers are going to get catalogs at that time,
>> which seems kind of weird. Baskets will be optional.
>
> In the past, The Bike Gallery in Portland has been the _only_ Trek dealer
> in the U.S. to get some Trek models of city bikes. Hopefully things will
> be different this time. Bike Gallery is a great store. I stopped there
> once on a business trip to Portland, to buy a Burley trailer, which they
> sold for more than $100 less than other bicycle shops.

The Bike Gallery stores are owned by Jay Graves, one of the champions of
bicycle advocacy in this country. An amazing guy who doesn't just talk, but
gets things done.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

[Tom Sherman]

landotter wrote:
> On Dec 6, 8:50 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>> I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple
>> City (http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php) is a
>> new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand
>> bike/grocery getter.
>
> How about a crap design that's going to handle like a pig if you put
> more than10# of groceries on that platform? You want a front loader
> will real capacity, then you have to use a smaller wheel up front to
> lower the load. The rest of the world figured this out long ago, shame
> Fisher can't take inspiration from those that have already undergone
> healthy evolution.

I want one of these: <http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/delibike.html>.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"Localized intense suction such as tornadoes is created when temperature
differences are high enough between meeting air masses, and can impart
excessive energy onto a cyclist." - Randy Schlitter

[Ozark Bicycle]

On Dec 7, 7:36 am, landotter <landot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 6, 8:50 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>
> > I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple
> > City (http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php) is a
> > new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand
> > bike/grocery getter.
>
> How about a crap design that's going to handle like a pig if you put
> more than10# of groceries on that platform? You want a front loader
> will real capacity, then you have to use a smaller wheel up front to
> lower the load. The rest of the world figured this out long ago, shame
> Fisher can't take inspiration from those that have already undergone
> healthy evolution.



IMO, Trek/Fisher is just cashing in on the "Porteur" fad going around
of late (too many dolts reading Heine's rag, "BQ").

[Gooserider]

"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fjd0u5$l2v$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> landotter wrote:
>> On Dec 6, 8:50 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>>> I emailed Gary Fisher bikes for an update on the Simple City. The Simple
>>> City
>>> (http://www.bikegallery.com/trek-world-08-gary-fisher-simple-city.php)
>>> is a
>>> new bike for 2008. Fenders, big basket, chainguard---a nice errand
>>> bike/grocery getter.
>>
>> How about a crap design that's going to handle like a pig if you put
>> more than10# of groceries on that platform? You want a front loader
>> will real capacity, then you have to use a smaller wheel up front to
>> lower the load. The rest of the world figured this out long ago, shame
>> Fisher can't take inspiration from those that have already undergone
>> healthy evolution.
>
> I want one of these: <http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/delibike.html>.
>

It does seem that the Kogswell P/R handles nice heavy front loads with no
problem, landotter. It's not about wheel size-----it's about trail. If
Fisher has built their bike with low trail there will be no problem. Your
assertion does not take into consideration the French Porteurs that had two
wheels of the same size but were used by newspaper delivery people to carry
heavy loads at high speeds. You're not exactly correct.

The Simple City is not a "cargo bike". It's an errand bike.