Resources

hi,
where can i buy that electra townie 7d womens’ orange pearl bike?
thanx,
debbie

Dottie,
Can’t seem to locate your e-mail address. The full line of Velorbis has landed in our shop and we would love for you to swing by and check it out. My 7.5 month pregnant wife has been frolicking with the Mobii trike and the Leiker is uber cool.

Just read the thread on the winter commuting producer stuff…crazy.

Best,
Brent

Hi Dottie,

Great site and thank you for the Azor video! Like Brent, I too was looking for an email address, as I have two questions for you. (One bike related, one not.)

I was just visiting Chicago (my home) back in Aug but did not get time to test ride an Azor. I did test ride a Batavus Favoriet, but gosh I feel like I’m missing out not seeing what the Azor is all about! I’m hoping to make a purchase in 2010.

Please email me if you’re up for my two questions.

Thanks for providing a nice resource on these bikes!

We set a bicycle hire scheme up at first for our film Beauty and the Bike, and now we are going to extend it from 13 to 100 bikes in Darlington, U.K.
www.velodarlo.org/
The idea is to give women the possibility to test city bikes for little money and to let them show around town, that cycling can be more comfy than fiddling with helmets and tucking your trousers into your socks. The women can stick to just hiring them or also buy our bikes if they like them, and then we can buy more bikes. Bike shops in the U.K. tend to list mountain bikes and racing bikes but hardly any city bikes or Dutch bikes. We hope that that will change by showing them that the market for these bikes exists.

As for Resources, I stumbled (but didn’t fall) upon your videos on YouTube. I even watched the one about how to start and stop on a bike because you both were so easygoing and fun.

Well yesterday, I came upon another cyclist, and she and I were both waiting to cross the street. Some car was a bit rude, and I said “Todah Rabah” (which meant in this case “Thanks a lot!” and the woman understood it! That was unusual and I appreciated it.

We got a break in traffic and I said Let’s Go, and she started to cross but stopped, fumbled around with the bike and wound up back at the curb. After another break in traffic she crossed. I guided her to the bike trail and was hoping to get an easy (10-11mph) pace going. I didn’t understand why she hung back. She did seem quite a bit older than me. So I stopped and waited.

It turns out that she started riding last Saturday, just a few days before. Both her knees were scraped and red. And I used one of my bottles to refill her bottle and rinse off her knees.

We had several start and breaks, and she seemed to have trouble getting onto the bike. That surprised me.

Remembering the video, I instructed her to have the pedal up a bit, stand on it and lift herself onto the saddle that way. She was very pleased with the technique, and even got started up a hill that way. She, Judy, will be using that method for the foreseeable future and gives me credit for it, even after I told her that I got it from Dottie and Trisha.

Well, you have helped Judy enjoy her bike and a lot more. A lot more? Judy hasn’t had a car for a very long time and plans to get around by bike. Since I guided her to a Light Rail station (bikes allowed on trains during off peak) I would say that she is well on her way. Thanks for helping me help her, Trisha & Dottie