When I moved to Vancouver almost 12 years ago, a friend gave me her old GT mountain bike, once a “trick” bike before it had another life transporting a courier in Toronto. (I’m told its “radical geometry” made it super “rad.”)
So while the bike has some street cred, it’s also well over 20 years old and starting to hurt a little. Plus, there comes a time in a woman’s life when she needs to move on from trick bikes and radical geometry to something, well, prettier.
Enter the lovely Brooklyn Cruiser, with its classic Dutch bike form and pretty colours like tangerine and Columbia blue. (It’s so charming that Calgary’s Hotel Arts has purchased a few for its guests.)
It’ll be perfect for a seawall cruise and the commute to work, though I may take a pass on the optional wooden cargo box. There’s only too much precious one can do when transitioning from practical to pretty.
Brooklyn Cruiser, from $399, available at Whoa! Nellie in Vancouver, whoanelliebikes.com, BikeBike in Calgary, bikebike.ca.
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