Need help ID’ing a bike. My girlfriend had hers stolen years ago and I’m looking to surprise her with a replacement, any and all help is appreciated!
by Sirlaughalot5
Need help ID’ing a bike. My girlfriend had hers stolen years ago and I’m looking to surprise her with a replacement, any and all help is appreciated!
by Sirlaughalot5
3 Comments
I’m no expert, but it looks like a Raleigh Uptown. What info are you looking for?
I’m guessing your trying to figure out the type of bike.
It is a comfort hybrid bicycle. Steel construction, step-through frame design, 26in wheels, the rear tire is a semi-slick with knobs on the outside, cantilever brakes (these have been superseded by linear pull brakes or on the better bikes disc brakes), looks like it has an very old fashion friction knob/trigger, probably has 21 gears 3 in the front and 7 in the back.
An equivalent bike would be.
http://www.schwinnbikes.com/usa/bikes/bike-path/sierra-step-thru#/specs
close seconds would be
Trek Verve stagger
https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/hybrid-bikes/recreation-bikes/verve/verve-3-womens/p/25111/?colorCode=black
Fuji Crosstown stepthrough
http://www.fujibikes.com/usa/bikes/cruiser-comfort/comfort/crosstown/crosstown-1-3-ls
but these have 700c hybrid wheels instead of 26.
I think you should get her a bike that looks like her old bike unless she didn’t even like her old bike and purposely left it behind a Plaid to move on from it and she doesn’t even like riding bikes she likes riding public transport and has earbuds in but nothing playing so she can listen to people talking and bus sounds and look out the window and now you are trying to drag her back to The anxiety of bike commuting that she was trying to escape.