I'm kind-of going back and forth between the Viva and the Linus. They're totally different animals that have different strengths and set-backs. One has the comfy upright posture I love, and one has sexy addictive speed.
I get on the Linus and I sigh, I'm home. I'm so comfortable! But I can only go so fast. The top speed is achieved quickly, and now I've tasted speed. But I enjoy looking around, being upright, laid-back and having so much cargo space.
The "boy bar"on the Dutchie is lower. Getting off the Viva wasn't so smooth for me on the first two days. I trained myself to do that dismount where you hike your leg backward over the saddle if that makes sense.
Viva gets me to work so quickly, and it's fun to ride like a hell cat in traffic. It's so light up and down the stairs. A completely different demographic stops me to discuss this bike - Adult, athletic males. They see the internal rear hub and they know that's the hot shit.
Little girls point and scream out at my pink tires on the Linus. Adult, athletic males rarely ask me about my pink tire bike. The pay me no mind and that's just fine. I'm not sure I like these dudes talking to me. A construction worker was interviewing me about the Viva and made me miss a green light!
I'm living a double life.
I get on the Linus and I sigh, I'm home. I'm so comfortable! But I can only go so fast. The top speed is achieved quickly, and now I've tasted speed. But I enjoy looking around, being upright, laid-back and having so much cargo space.
The "boy bar"on the Dutchie is lower. Getting off the Viva wasn't so smooth for me on the first two days. I trained myself to do that dismount where you hike your leg backward over the saddle if that makes sense.
Viva gets me to work so quickly, and it's fun to ride like a hell cat in traffic. It's so light up and down the stairs. A completely different demographic stops me to discuss this bike - Adult, athletic males. They see the internal rear hub and they know that's the hot shit.
Little girls point and scream out at my pink tires on the Linus. Adult, athletic males rarely ask me about my pink tire bike. The pay me no mind and that's just fine. I'm not sure I like these dudes talking to me. A construction worker was interviewing me about the Viva and made me miss a green light!
I'm living a double life.
Maybe you want to put pink tires on that Viva: style + speed.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't fix the upright posture I love. I kind-of wish I had a dutch bike with gears.
DeleteThere's always the Linus with gears that hopefully wouldn't fall apart as fast as the single speed, or a Viva with cruiser/upright handle bars so you can sit up more.
DeleteSurprised you feel such a difference between the two bikes, and also that men ask about the Viva. Very interesting!
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