with all this talk out there about the wonderful european bike style, I thought we'd chime in with a report from down here in key west. key west is a small island with a long tradition of using bikes to get around. you won't find many fancy road bikes or tricked out mountain bikes. what you'll find is conch cruzers. they just might be the closest thing on this side of the pond to a dutch bike. here's some hints to help identify them.
- less than forty bucks: probably an old rental bike
- baskets: front,plastic flowers and beer cozy. back, fishing rod holder
- high rise handle bars. key west is like never never land. and how better to get that stingray feeling than a nice set of ape hangers.
- big fat seat. sit up right and look around. you need a big cheeky seat to hold all that weight.
- flashlight that takes c batteries bolted on the handle bars. or they'll get ya!
- kick stand: with a tennis ball on the end so in works in sand.
- chain guard: doubtful, who wears long pants, ever.
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