To purchase myself a Pashley?

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But wjich one?

A Princess?

A Penny?

A Britannia?

A Tubey Something?

I Must Have One but can't decode!

Ooh just spotted WetAugust's post. Yes, very difficult to do corners because of the not leaning in. Dh had a go and couldn't actually ride it. I could with 3yo ds on the back and 4 months pg

I am going have to do a sponsored ride or something to get the bloody thing home.

Loved my Pashley when I lived in the city... Now in hilly suburbia and it is utterly useless.

I don't want to part with it but i can't use it at all around here. It's not safe on the roads as you go at about 2 mph due to the weight.

I have a pashley parabike. It's like the tube rider one but an army green. Its amazing to ride. I test rode about 15 bikes before I bought it and it was the nicest ride. Bit heavy to carry if you ever had to but smooth when cycling and not noticeably heavy on hills compared to most others.

When I was looking the materially lighter bikes were massively more money than this. I tried bobbins and they felt really rickety in comparison.

I have a basket which fitted fine so would be good on the tube rider too. Child seat fine as well. I tried the princess and whilst it was very smooth it just didn't glide like this one! Definitely test ride and get good locks (need to look all parts such as saddle etc).

This is the parabike. Can't wait to push this baby out and get back cycling!

I prefer the Electras. Couldn't really ride one around here though

Look how cute these are!

www.electrabike.com/bikes/amsterdam/fashion-3i?g=ladies

nursey they are beautiful!

They are utterly style over substance and intended for people with more money than sense. Far too heavy and difficult to manoeuvre. Certain to put any sane person off cycling for life.

YABU

Toy bikes

yabu

heavy heavy monsters and the cath kidston of biking

the only thing I like is the whitewall tyres and some of the colours.

I agree dawes duchess is actually really nice, dawes Cambridge too - very pashley-like but more manouvreable

Re bobbin, I think it depends on which you are looking at. I can't stand the birdie for example, but I really like the bobbin kingfisher, it seems much better made

Tokyobike may be worth a look

for less basket/flowery fields style I also like some of the create bikes
whyte tend to do practical bikes, eg the whyte Victoria is so lightweight
the hoy bikes in evans are quite nice and user friendly

However if you are intent on spending pashley money and are not overly short, I really recommend Pelago - some beautiful ones and ride like a dream

Thanks skinnyflatwhite!

Have those of you who say 'too heavy' ridden one because that's just not my experience. o wouldn't want to carry it around, but it's not for carrying its for riding.

I truly feel I glide around effortlessly on mine and I am unfit and live half way up a hill

They're very well made, disc brakes, hub gears etc so will last forever. Mine is used probably 3 or 4 times a week and is about 4 years old so I do feel that I know these bikes quite well

I've often got DS in a front mounted seat and dd on a tag along, they're very good for transporting kids. The sitting up position is perfect for a front mounted baby seat, which I vastly prefer for a million reasons to a rear one

they look beautiful but I imagine if they are still as heavy and clunky as old skool bikes used to be then it will be a spectacularly attractive waste of money.

I cycled a round trip of about 25 miles on a (borrowed) heavy framed bike with shit gears while all my friends sailed past me barely breaking a sweat on their lovely modern lightweight things with squishy saddles and it was HELL. My backside and my leg muscles took about a week to recover.

I have a heavy old Dutch bike, similar to a Pashley. A bike that is heavy to lift isn't necessarily harder to ride, they feel really stable and easy to me (though it is very flat here). Most Dutch people ride heavier bikes with high handlebars that look quite similar to a Pashley and these are bikes that are heavily used every day, not fashion items.

I saw something similar in our bike shop yesterday, but they are very light. Dobby bikes or something... I will google!

Stop 'imagining' how heavy they might feel, seriously, they do not feel particularly heavy for riding. No, if you're 'into' cycling and doing races they might compared to your carbon framed whatsit but for 'pootling' as the op has said she wants to do they are perfect, high quality, British made loveliness and if that's a bit Kath kidston then so be it, actually probably none of that applies to KK

And you can get a wine holder for it too (£175 !!

Nope... not Dobby!

If you lve somewhere as flat as Holland then maybe a heavy Dutch style bike will be ok. I have ridden a pashley and was unimpressed.

Heavy bikes can be ok. I've got a recumbent trike which is probably nearly double the weight of my road bike. But its got 27 gears and is fairly effortless to ride.

this morning I am being practical.

The Penny?

or

The Parabike?

Oh. A wine holder you say? Well ok then. That settles it.

A few people have mentioned trikes such as the Pashley Picador. Whilst they can be great fun, don't assume they are easy to ride. It's almost impossible to avoid potholes, and a camber feels very unsafe. Try before you buy!

How tall are you op? And do you need to put a child seat on the back? If shorter and want a child seat in back then penny might be easier to mount and dismount. I am in love with my parabike more visually but I'd say be careful about inner leg measurement with a men's frame bike if you want to put a kid on the back as you can't tilt it and swing your leg over to get on. They both ride beautifully.

Do you have any bike shops local to you that have them in stock? Go for a test-ride and pick the one that feels best for you! The Penny's a bit less sit up and beg than the Princess, for example, so it's worth trying them out in person.

i'm 5 ft 7. no need for a baby seat. I would rather like a basket on the front though.