Comments on: Sarah’s Unique and Stylish City Bike http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/sarahs-unique-and-stylish-city-bike/ Adventures in city cycling Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:27:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: d http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/sarahs-unique-and-stylish-city-bike/#comment-3221 d Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:14:46 +0000 http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/?p=2572#comment-3221 hi, i bought an aarios bicycle two years ago (the ökobike model that a previous poster mentioned) and i love it! i live in switzerland and actually went to the workshop to pick out everything from the handlebars to the seat to the color to the kind of bell i wanted. then i went back to pick it up and they set it up just right. the man who owns the company (inherited from his father) is lovely and incredibly helpful. the whole experience made me love my bike even more. i wanted to support a local (swiss) company and was very glad i did. glad to hear there's an aarios in the states! hi,

i bought an aarios bicycle two years ago (the ökobike model that a previous poster mentioned) and i love it! i live in switzerland and actually went to the workshop to pick out everything from the handlebars to the seat to the color to the kind of bell i wanted. then i went back to pick it up and they set it up just right. the man who owns the company (inherited from his father) is lovely and incredibly helpful. the whole experience made me love my bike even more. i wanted to support a local (swiss) company and was very glad i did.

glad to hear there’s an aarios in the states!

]]> By: meligrosa http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/sarahs-unique-and-stylish-city-bike/#comment-2345 meligrosa Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:44:23 +0000 http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/?p=2572#comment-2345 what cuties! both of them. love the nice and simple chain guard ;D what cuties! both of them. love the nice and simple chain guard ;D

]]> By: dottie http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/sarahs-unique-and-stylish-city-bike/#comment-2291 dottie Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:52:53 +0000 http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/?p=2572#comment-2291 I have love my Nitto albatross bars on Betty. I have love my Nitto albatross bars on Betty.

]]> By: Tinker http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/sarahs-unique-and-stylish-city-bike/#comment-2288 Tinker Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:51:51 +0000 http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/?p=2572#comment-2288 Replace the handle bars with a set of generic Northroad bars (Raleigh) or a set of Velo Orange Tourist bars by Nitto, or a set of Dove Bars from Rivendell Bicycle, all will be higher, but the VO Tourist bars are only $20, all aluminum, and match up with the Raleigh all steel bars quite well. (The Raleigh bars may be a bit wider, if your shoulders are very wide, but very few women have that sort of need for width.) The Aarios bicycle, it is claimed is the last swiss-made bike, the rest have gone eastern-made (China/Taiwan/Japan) so take care of it. Replace the handle bars with a set of generic Northroad bars (Raleigh) or a set of Velo Orange Tourist bars by Nitto, or a set of Dove Bars from Rivendell Bicycle, all will be higher, but the VO Tourist bars are only $20, all aluminum, and match up with the Raleigh all steel bars quite well. (The Raleigh bars may be a bit wider, if your shoulders are very wide, but very few women have that sort of need for width.)

The Aarios bicycle, it is claimed is the last swiss-made bike, the rest have gone eastern-made (China/Taiwan/Japan) so take care of it.

]]> By: anna http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/sarahs-unique-and-stylish-city-bike/#comment-2286 anna Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:02:43 +0000 http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/?p=2572#comment-2286 Hi, never heard about Aarios (but I'm not really familiar with swiss bike brands), but looks lovely and the blue is everywhere! On their homepage it says that they are handmade. It's only in German though: http://www.aarios.ch They have some very nice bikes in their brochure too, maybe I should go for one of those ;-). Hi, never heard about Aarios (but I’m not really familiar with swiss bike brands), but looks lovely and the blue is everywhere! On their homepage it says that they are handmade. It’s only in German though: http://www.aarios.ch
They have some very nice bikes in their brochure too, maybe I should go for one of those ;-).

]]> By: Lovely Bicycle! http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/sarahs-unique-and-stylish-city-bike/#comment-2284 Lovely Bicycle! Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:07:34 +0000 http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/?p=2572#comment-2284 As I've discovered living in Vienna, there are literally dozens of small bicycle manufacturers that produce only for the Schengen area, or even only for the Germany/Austria/Switzerland market. This seems to be one of them. Aarios does still make lugged bicycles -- have a look at the Öko-Bike models. As I’ve discovered living in Vienna, there are literally dozens of small bicycle manufacturers that produce only for the Schengen area, or even only for the Germany/Austria/Switzerland market. This seems to be one of them. Aarios does still make lugged bicycles — have a look at the Öko-Bike models.

]]> By: John http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/sarahs-unique-and-stylish-city-bike/#comment-2283 John Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:10:58 +0000 http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/?p=2572#comment-2283 Sometimes, like in this case, the bike fits the owner perfectly. Sometimes, like in this case, the bike fits the owner perfectly.

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