The Electra Townie is apparently the best selling bike in America. I figured it would've been some gravel bike or hybrid but nope, it's actually just a cruiser/commuting bike with a really weird seating position (even for cruiser standards). Anyone ever ridden one? I just got one used for about $150 as a daily urban rider but the weird tube angle is starting to give me second thoughts but I haven't had a chance to ride it yet. What do you velophiles think of these things?
I see Mexicans riding frankenstein clunker single speed versions of these all over town
>>2060788cruisers are peakthey are the hidden end game bike that you don't realize it's the perfect form until after 10 or 20 years of riding and after trying every other discipline
>>2060815I feel like you're right but you shouldn't be right. I almost feel shame for wanting to take my cruiser out over some of my more traditional road bikes for basic commuting but I realize that's just because of tryhard doomers and I'm sick of pretending that I need to ride in an uncomfortable position to be a real cyclist™ although I could probably just put some wider handlebars on my other bikes to get close to the same effect
>>2060821A big part of cruising is letting go of all that and justcrooze®
Probably the ppl who buy these are 60+ years old and live in Florida
>>2060853You're thinking of the Cruiser itself, which uses a nearly identical frame and drivetrain but lacks mudguards for some reason and is marketed differently
>>2060788Cool looking frameSTFU and ride the bike, you have to adjust saddles for every bike stop sperging Please for the love of God everyone stop sperging over every aspect of your lives
>>2060815ok boomer
>>2060878But I can't I'm not normie enough >sperging intensifies
>>2060878>Please for the love of God everyone stop sperging over every aspect of your livesBut what if all my cool cycling friends laugh at me? :(
>>2060788>Electra>not electric
>>2060895They were founded before e-bikes were even a thing, not that it matters much anymore since they're now just a subsidiary of Trek
>>2060896>Trek>made for city commuting and racetracks, not long overland treks
>>2060903they are literally a mtb focused brand who had one of the best selling longest sold XC bikes.
So I just rode the thing a total of 30 miles today, and here are my observationsIt's slow, but it's not that slow, you just need to push it to 7th gear and haul ass and you can get her to 20mph sustained if its a flat smooth roadThe biggest limiting factor really is the seat position, however, I think a big part of this is that you're using muscles that you're not used to using, you still get full leg extension on these things so you can maximize the leverage you have available to you as far as muscles go but you're not going to get as much help with gravity, it's basically all muscle moving this thingHills are fine, throw her into a low gear and keep a steady pace and you'll be fineSeat is surprisingly comfy, normally I start getting sore ass after about 15 miles but my ass took this seat like a champI think people like these the same way people like Bromptons, they're not fast, but they're different and solidly built for basic commuter shit
>>2060924>they are literally a mtb focused brandyeah, now. but not when they named themselves Trek back in 1976
>>2060788>best sellingFor bikes that just means in the biggest box stores without changing the model across all stores. I can tell you here (poorville) the most popular bike is the cheapest at wallyworld at any given time (was a granite peak every year, till that blue huffy). So unless it's pacific cycle not popping out 10 barely different variety packs, best selling is misleading. So what percentage? 3%?
>>2063783People like Bromptons because they're "expensive" by "just commuter" standards. If you're heavily influenced by peer pressure you don't want something that is efficient at turning muscle energy into motion, because that's "tryhard lycra fag shit" and "this is just for commuting". But you also don't want to look like some poor loser who isn't riding a bicycle for some poorfag reason like "can't afford a car like an adult".So it needs to be demonstrably expensive, and your options for slow and expensive are fairly limited. The two best choices are Brompton and Rivendell. Both have fairly obnoxious cults around them so the question is which cult appeals to you more. Usually it comes down to are you a faux-chillaxed California type, or are you one of those anglophile creeps who eats ketchup beans for breakfast and listens to Elgar unironically.At any rate back to your point, this thing is under $800 so it's not really going to be of much use to the Brompton crowd. "It's an Electra, it cost $800", can you imagine a Bromptonaut saying that? They'd die of embarrassment riding something so pleb.
>>2063783This post reeks of autism
