SOLD - Bike Friday New World Tourist For Sale

My beautiful Black 2010 Bike Friday New World Tourist has now been reduced to a "Labor Day Blow-out" Sale price.  NOW SOLD   

A change in work location and travel schedule has prevented my essentially brand new NWT from being ridden as she deserves, so it's time to pass her along to some lucky owner who is willing to accept a few cosmetic blemishes in order to get an incredibly good deal.

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I’m 6’ tall with "average torso/leg ratio" ( 34” inseam) and the ~55cm custom frame fits me perfectly, but the bike can be tailored to fit folks a good bit taller or smaller than me.

The upgraded 1x10 SRAM index shifting setup provides a wide range of ratios, is very responsive and allowed for a chain keeper to be installed which prevents dropped chains during folding & unfolding.

Upgrades/Accessores:

- 1x10 Speed SRAM drivetrain
---- X9 MTB Style Trigger Shifter
---- Rival Rear Derailleur
---- 11x28t SRAM PG1070 Cassette

---- Rival Crankset with 56T chain-ring & protector

- Velocity Aeroheat rims

- Shimano Alfine Dynamo front hub (disc compatible)

- SRAM Disc Brake Compatible Rear Hub

- Chris King Gripnut Headset

- BF Foldable Stem

- Upgraded Avid Single Digit 7 V-Brakes 

- Scwalbe Stelvio tires
- Ergon GC2 Grips

- Disc brake and front derailleur braze-ons on frame to be “future-proof”
- BF Flite TravelCase Black + BF packing system

- BF Travel Bag (to enable ‘smuggling’ your baby into non-bike friendly offices, buses etc)

- Fenders (Pocket Llama style for increased rigidity & clearance compared to NWT fenders)

- BF Low mount packable front rack

Cost over $2500 new, asking $1450 "cash" picked up in Southern California or $1575 Paypal Shipped via UPS ground to lower 48 US.

Email: paul at pdonohoe.com or call eight O five 68O O741

Bicycling Revolution - Jeff Mapes

Had the opportunity to attend Jeff Mapes free lecture that was very well attended at our Downtown Library last Thursday night.  Jeff's message was encouraging, but not entirely sugar coated positive spin, with regards to the rate of progress being made in providing Americans with a viable option to driving their car everywhere for every purpose.  
His premise was that ideally people would be free to choose the right tool for the right transportation job, not be forced into using an automobile exclusively.  Quite often for Jeff and more and more Americans (urban dwellers especially) this freedom to choose more and more means using a bicycle for local trips instead of a car or SUV.  Jeff traveled the world to observe and report on the topic and he commented that a relatively modest investment in bicycle related infrastructure can pay huge dividends to community's quality of life by reducing traffic and polution while improving the health of citizens.
I did pick up a copy of his book and am part way into it, so far it's been a very worthwhile read.   I'll follow up with another post once I've gotten through the rest of his text.