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Friday, May 10, 2013

Citing the Multitude of Family-Centric Features of City Bikes

By Rob Sutter


When you're shopping around for a bicycle, chances are that you're going to test it out to see how it well it runs. You want to make sure that the brakes are sturdy and that the vehicle itself is steady enough to operate. However, what if I were to tell you that features of city bikes were going to alter so that they would be more family friendly? In the case of one story, it seems like one particular cycle has taken that idea and ran with it, in a matter of speaking.

An article that was written on TreeHugger went into detail about how one particular model would possess different features of city bikes. The Kinn Cascade Flyer would have family friendly features in order to make it appealing to a number of demographics. While this model will be scaled down so that just about everyone can make use of it, the ride will possess an aesthetic which more devoted crowds will be into. This idea is one that certainly has the support of companies such as Linus Bike behind it.

There is a natural sense when it comes to the shape of the bicycle in question. The article went into detail about this, saying that this model would be extended by six inches so that more people could actually be placed upon it. For example, if a father decided to go out for a ride, he could take his child to travel along with him. The weight capacity for this bike seems to be quite large, which only heightens the idea of safety which it possesses.

There are other aspects of the bike which deserve to be looked into. For one, the back panels of the bike act as skirt guards, so a child's smaller feet will not become caught in them. In addition, the foot rests are some of the strongest you could imagine and these will help children of all sizes climb off of the bike in a safe manner as well. While these may seem like miniscule changes on the surface, I am of the opinion that such alterations can prove to have the greatest results.

One can only hope that more of these features are implemented into models in the future because I think that the audience for city bikes can grow. It's clear that many of them are made for the dedicated cyclists you see on the road constantly. However, does this mean that other audiences have to be left out of the equation? I think that if these kinds of alterations came about, then the crowd for them would expand and the consumer base would be all the better.




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