About the Electra Gigi 3 -“this is the cutest bike i have ever seen! i love it so much and it is just not like a regular classical bike even though…” – Ms. Extravagantly Beautiful from Orlando, Florida!
About the Electra Townie Women's 7D- “Is a beautiful, good quality and cute bicycle. I love it.” – Yoko from Baltimore City, MD
About the Electra Townie 21- “This bike has allowed us to ride again in our 70's on trails that we wouldn't normally tackle (we didn't have to change the tires in a few hours of riding…” – Johnnie Deluxe from Covington, VA
About the Electra Daisy 3- “I feel like I waited all my life for this bike!!! I CANNOT get enough of it...I get stopped all the time and asked aobut…” – lover of the blue bike from Yuma,AZ
About the Electra Pink Heart Pajama Party“This bike is great i love to ride it and i get SO many compleminent. It's just really great.” – Tessy from Alamo, CA
About the Electra Amsterdam Classic 3- “I've never ridden a better bike, and never had as much fun as I do on this one. I get comments on it from strangers, literally…” – Lampe from Austin, TX
About the Electra Townie Women's 21 “I love my bike!!!!! It doesnt cause me back pain like my old bike and allows me to go faster than anyone else without pedaling as hard…” – Ally from Long island,Ny
So as you can see Everyone is loving Electra Bikes, and we carry them here at our store, so come check us out!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
See what some people are saying about Electra brand bikes we carry!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Here's a Story on the Mongoose Canaan Elite, new this year from Mongoose!
Mongoose Canaan Elite
By Michael Frank of Bicycling Magazine.Last fall we ran into Mongoose marketing honch Chris Holmes at Interbike's OutDoor Demo, and he was hyperexcited about the new Mongoose Canaan Elite. Now we've ridden it, and it deserves the props.
Because it weighs a little more than 26 pounds, you might think the Canaan Elite is beefy for an XC racer--until you start to hammer and realize the suspension is so dialed and the spec is so dead-on that the Canaan Elite is perfectly race-ready out of the cardboard. The slightly relaxed (69.5-degree) head angle isn't as aggro as that of some pure race bikes, but that's all to the good, because the Canaan Elite is meant to be the ideal 24-hour machine--a mellower head angle doesn't steer as nervously as a steeper one, and consequently is more forgiving of fatigue-induced brain fade. It also makes the bike more fun as an all-around trail rig.
After months of testing we can certainly vouch for the Mongoose's stable, but not slow, steering. This bike also rocks technical terrain, with the 4-inch-travel Freedrive suspension (a modified version of GT's i-Drive) and FOX shock subtly adjusting to tiny bumps or major trail moguls, and FOX's F100RL fork providing stable, smooth steering. You'll pick up a little fore-aft rocking in this suspension if you tend to stand on uphills, but throw the RP3 into ProPedal mode and that effect instantly vanishes. About the only change we'd make to this bike is to switch to a lighter, tubeless-ready rim, but that's why Mongoose makes the $3,000 Canaan Team, which comes with No Tubes ZTR Olympic Disc wheels, among other upgrades.
HITS: As versatile as a multitool, and a great value
MISS: Lighter wheels are a good first upgrade
MANUFACTURER PRICE: $2,000
WEIGHT: 26.2 lb. (M)
SIZES: S, M (tested), L
FRAME: Mongoose butted aluminum Freedrive; FOX DHX 5.0 shock w/ 3.9 in. travel
FORK: FOX F100RL
COMPONENT HIGHLIGHTS: (as tested) Shimano XT drivetrain, derailleurs, triggers; FSA Afterburner crank; Avid Juicy Five disc brakes w/ 160mm rotors; Easton EA50 bar and stem; Kore I-Beam post and I-Beam Race saddle; WTB LaserDisc Lite wheelset; Kenda Karma 2.0-in. tires
Find it here at Harbor Country Bike.
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