The reviews are in!!
The Wazee…where to start on the awesomeness of this bike? I’ll admit, I was first attracted to it for its looks. It is one cool-looking machine. Simple, sexy, unique, not overdone. I did not need another bike, but I WANTED this bike. The belt drive, internal hub, disc brakes are all new to me. And I probably have not had a steel framed bike since that lime green banana seater of my youth. So I pulled the trigger and, after several months of commuting I can say with certainty – this bike is exquisite. Atlanta streets are notoriously ill-maintained. Peanuts for the Wazee – smooth sailing with that steel core. The off-road shortcuts? Not a problem. And oh! The silence. Aaaaah, so perfect. Alfine 11 hub? Flawless. I love it. My Wazee came via train, outfitted with some custom upgrades by Joe Bike in Portland, but the owner of my LBS took it for a spin and declared it the Lexus of commuter bikes. I am in love, and more inclined to compare it to the stunning Maserati I once stared at in the hardware store parking lot. This is MY Maserati. After a few months the one, small, lingering reservation in my head was, “Am I cool enough for this bike?” I am nearly fifty, female, and not immediately identifiable as “fit.” I wonder in my dark moments, am I a poser, riding this amazing bike? So one morning I was in a cranky mood on my ride to work. I don’t remember why. As I was riding I sense a car pulling up alongside and mentally steel myself for some manner of angry driver unpleasantness. Instead I look over to see a young, bearded hipster (and I mean that in a good way) in a beat up clunker. He leans over, rolls down his passenger window and says, “Hey, that is an AWESOME Spot bike!” Yes it IS, young man, yes it is. Get one. You won’t regret it.
The Wazee…where to start on the awesomeness of this bike? I’ll admit, I was first attracted to it for its looks. It is one cool-looking machine. Simple, sexy, unique, not overdone. I did not need another bike, but I WANTED this bike. The belt drive, internal hub, disc brakes are all new to me. And I probably have not had a steel framed bike since that lime green banana seater of my youth. So I pulled the trigger and, after several months of commuting I can say with certainty – this bike is exquisite. Atlanta streets are notoriously ill-maintained. Peanuts for the Wazee – smooth sailing with that steel core. The off-road shortcuts? Not a problem. And oh! The silence. Aaaaah, so perfect. Alfine 11 hub? Flawless. I love it. My Wazee came via train, outfitted with some custom upgrades by Joe Bike in Portland, but the owner of my LBS took it for a spin and declared it the Lexus of commuter bikes. I am in love, and more inclined to compare it to the stunning Maserati I once stared at in the hardware store parking lot. This is MY Maserati. After a few months the one, small, lingering reservation in my head was, “Am I cool enough for this bike?” I am nearly fifty, female, and not immediately identifiable as “fit.” I wonder in my dark moments, am I a poser, riding this amazing bike? So one morning I was in a cranky mood on my ride to work. I don’t remember why. As I was riding I sense a car pulling up alongside and mentally steel myself for some manner of angry driver unpleasantness. Instead I look over to see a young, bearded hipster (and I mean that in a good way) in a beat up clunker. He leans over, rolls down his passenger window and says, “Hey, that is an AWESOME Spot bike!” Yes it IS, young man, yes it is. Get one. You won’t regret it.