Lawwill cruiser

[klaw71]

My knowledge on cruisers is v poor...whats so special on this one chaps?[/quote

Interesting article from 1980 Bicycle Motorcross Action Magazine http://www.oldmountainbikes.com/catalog ... index.html

 

[GrahamJohnWallace]

is it wrong to fancy this So much more than the Cleland?

No! Not wrong in the slightest!!

No! preferring the Pro Cruiser is not at all immoral.
Though it may be a treasonable offence and as such incur the death penalty?

Sorry GJW!
those laid-back, dusty West Coast connotations are just so appealing!

That's OK ferrus. Don't tell anybody, but I used to own a 1984 F.W Evans Ritchey copy before I got into Clelands

The Pro Cruiser can be considered to be a kind of "missing link" between the Clunkers, BMX and the fledgling mountain bikes. I was the first mountain style bike to be mass produced though it was the look of the Tom Ritchey's mountain bikes that caught Specialized attention, and so were copied to become the Stumpjumpers etc. Tom Ritchey was originally a builder of road bikes and so adopted a more forward riding position. Many early Clunkers used to be fitted with high, Cleland style bars. But Ritchey's bikes looked more sporty. Though streamlining is on mountain bikes is not so important because of the much lower average speeds involved.

http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/page.cfm?pageid=13

 

[Groundoggy]

$1200 postage to the uk???????

They can have it shipped to me and I will send it on for a cool $1000.

 

[sylus]

so

All the chitter chatter...is anyone going to have a pop at it?

 

[firedfromthecircus]

so

All the chitter chatter...is anyone going to have a pop at it?

Nah, I preferred the Cleland.

 

[DM]

The Cleland was way more usable;


Not to mention that the shipping seems intended to deter non-US bidding...
Could afford the bike, but won't pay that shipping (shipping alone is about 13X what I paid for my first cruiser )