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Buy This: Sturdy Bikes with Good Design at Adeline Adeline NYC

December 20, 2011 at 10:03 AM | by | Comments (0)


A bike from Scottish brand Paper Bicycles

It's crunch time for holiday presents. This close to the weekend, you're either shelling out for 2-day/overnight shipping or just heading into a store to pick up gifts in person. Still stuck for ideas? Just think about what you wanted as a kid, but updated. Luckily our answer to that is "a bike a bike!" and buying bicycles for your friends or family is luckily something easily done last-minute.

As huge proponents of both bike sharing and cycling wherever possible, we admit that our biggest, big-ticket gift suggestion this year (for anyone, really) is a proper sturdy bike with some style. Fortunately one New York City store specializes in such two-wheelers: Adeline Adeline.

Adeline Adeline is a sweet little shop in Tribeca that knows their sh*t. After all, they've got the Bakfiets Bikes! And a special Kate Spade edition! Plus they have the bike lights, bells, locks and racks we coveted on the bikes in Amsterdam; cycling accessories we thought (at the time) that the US hadn't gotten hip to yet. It just turns out we hadn't been to Adeline Adeline.

Of course there's an entire gift guide, but if you've already got a bike and want to aim for the Dutchie look, we specifically recommend these items: Loop light, frame lock and front carrier. Every bike we've ever ridden in Amsterdam had these three things (though the loop light styles vary).

Looking for a travel-ready folding bike? Well, there's always the triangular Strida, but we've heard great things about Tern Bicycles, which fold down smaller than a Dahon and cost less.


Our bike picks (Abici Grantourismo Uomo, The Gazelle Toer Basic) and a retro phone bell and leather cuff strap)

[Photos: Adeline Adeline screenshots]

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