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Ikea’s City Bike Hits U.S. Stores Next Month For $399
geek.com ^ | January 19, 2017 | Lee Mathews

Posted on 01/29/2017 4:13:08 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

There’s a big new addition coming to Ikea stores next month. It’s not a piece of furniture, and it’s definitely not edible. It’s a city bike called Sladda.

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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: cycling; ikea; urban
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To: Berlin_Freeper
"Speed" is sometimes used to describe the number of gears available at the rear wheel only, ignoring the number of front gears, but I'm not seeing anything indicating that this bike has more than two available gear ratios in total.

Two speeds is just not enough for anything but riding on flat terrain. Even my childhood Raleigh bike had a Sturmey-Archer three speed shifter.

61 posted on 01/29/2017 5:32:23 PM PST by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Black Lives Matter isn’t gonna like it #bikessowhite


62 posted on 01/29/2017 5:33:27 PM PST by Mister Baredog (AP Headline: Global Warming found on Mars, it's Trumps fault!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Not sure why Ikea decided to build a city bike. There are already tons of bike manufacturers offering bikes of every possible type and price point.


63 posted on 01/29/2017 5:36:21 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Drew68

I want to know more about the 2 speed automatic transmission.

Essentially you peddle with the same load and there are ininite gears that automatically go up and down depending upon what load the bike is carrying and the terrain. High Low are the two “speeds” you control; are you on the highway or in a hilly area?
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These were insanely expensive at one point in time (> $1,000) just for the transmission. For this in a $400 bike is incredibly impressive.


64 posted on 01/29/2017 5:39:46 PM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Viking2002

Big problem: the front disc brake. It looks sporty, but if the spokes are not VERY strong and well tuned, in a hard stop the hub stops and the tire continues to rotate a bit, bending the rim to the point where it must be replaced. There is nothing wrong with rim brakes.

The bike has fenders to stop splashes.

I don’t know how well made it is, but I will see.


65 posted on 01/29/2017 5:43:01 PM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence)
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To: Drew68
All the cool kids have one...
66 posted on 01/29/2017 5:45:34 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: aft_lizard

Check out Performance Bikes. They have great products, a staff that fits you to the bike, and some GREAT sales.

performancebike dot com


67 posted on 01/29/2017 5:46:18 PM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

68 posted on 01/29/2017 5:50:13 PM PST by xp38
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To: Flick Lives

Not sure why Ikea decided to build a city bike. There are already tons of bike manufacturers offering bikes of every possible type and price point.

To make money. There are millions of bike buyers in Europe and beyond.


69 posted on 01/29/2017 5:50:30 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: catnipman

LOOOL! So true!


70 posted on 01/29/2017 5:52:14 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: Hodar
...there are ininite gears that automatically go up and down depending upon what load the bike is carrying and the terrain.

That's a continuously variable transmission. I did not see in the bikes' product description or reviews that it has such a feature. It has two speeds. If you go faster than a given velocity, it automatically shifts up. Slower than a certain velocity, it shifts down.

I hope I am wrong, because two speeds is not enough.

71 posted on 01/29/2017 5:53:17 PM PST by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

As a guy who spends many hours on my bicycle every week I am very unimpressed by that bike.


72 posted on 01/29/2017 6:02:06 PM PST by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: Paladin2
Looks Gay.

Yeah, looks like pajama boy's bike.

73 posted on 01/29/2017 6:02:57 PM PST by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: Bullish

JF’nK and Hussein would find it FAB.


74 posted on 01/29/2017 6:05:53 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: aft_lizard

I still like my $100 Miyata from the early 70’s...


75 posted on 01/29/2017 6:08:37 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Two speeds in San Francisco?


76 posted on 01/29/2017 6:18:18 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Mariner

Steel wheels are a good thing for a city.


77 posted on 01/29/2017 6:21:14 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

How does that replace my 1990 Dual solid, dual leaf spring axle, 4x4 Suburban in 2 ft or more of snow?


78 posted on 01/29/2017 6:26:16 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: newfreep
$400 for this?

Nope. That's $444 with the front and rear racks.

79 posted on 01/29/2017 6:28:37 PM PST by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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To: Paladin2
It's designed to replace all-terrain vehicles in heavy snow like it replaces oil-tankers in heavy seas.
80 posted on 01/29/2017 8:19:52 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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