Although I live in Washington State and haven t ri...

Although I live in Washington State and haven t ridden a bicycle in 30 years, I bought a new Turi bicycle without so much as a test ride from a company in New York. Crazy. Right?

Well, at least I researched it a bit. Crazy or not, I ordered it, had it delivered all the way across the country, and assembled it myself using their videos. I love the bike!

* Love the casual comfort.
* Love the very quiet and very clean belt drive.
* Love the seamless shifting. A lot. Like, really a lot.
* Love the disc brakes.
* Love the fenders.
* Love the kick-stand.
* Love the lower unisex crossbar to get my leg over. Not as young as I once was apparently. ;)
* Love the easy assembly.
* Love the low maintenance, in theory.
* Love that Dave talked me into a Turi instead of the more expensive model that I was originally interested in, based on our email discussion.

I m 56 years old, 6 3 , weigh 230 pounds (the main reason I bought a bike), and have a 34 inseam. I was a bit worried that the Turi (size large) would feel a bit small, but that s not the case at all. I feel totally comfortable riding it, in almost every conceivable way. It s perfect for me.

Also:

* Love the optional bicycle rear rack (installed after this picture was taken).
* Love the optional rechargeable light set. Plenty bright for my needs.
* Like the optional phone holder, but don t love it. I have an iPhone 11 Pro. It uses the entire screen and the holder sometimes gets in the way. If that s my only complaint about my bicycle buying experience though, I d call that a huge win. Yes. Huge win.

No buyer s remorse here. I ve been riding it about 10 miles per day since I assembled it. One very satisfied customer! If you ve been thinking about buying a new bicycle, during a pandemic because you ve got cabin fever for example, you could definitely do much worse than buying one of these. And who knows? Maybe you ll even love it too. :)