Oct 9, 2008
A Tisket, a Tasket, Some Bikes With Wicker Baskets
Pashley showed up with its usual assortment of lovely commuter, work, and city bikes, all displayed with lush photos of quintessential Brits having a jolly good time biking ’round. Everyone always loves the Guv’nor and, while we do too, we thought the Princess Sovereign should get her due here instead.
The Pashley folks we talked to were passionate about their bikes, though when asked if they were seeing an increase in Pashley sales on this side of the pond given the slow-but-sure ramping up of U.S. practical bike culture, they said that they weren’t actually looking to sell more Pashleys in the States as they have plenty of business in the UK. One representative actually wondered aloud why Pashely was represented at Interbike, as he said that they weren’t interested in expanding into this market. To that we say, Pashley, we’d love to have your wonderfully thought-out commuter machines tooling around our bike lanes – you’re so practical, yet beautiful. But if you’re reluctant, that’s alright – with so many bike companies now getting into the commuter game, we think we just might have our crumpets covered.
Not sure who said that to you, but that is not the case. Pashley Cycles are available in the US and response by retailers at Interbike this year was fantastic. Thanks for writing about the Princess, she is my favorite as well.
Loring