Comments on: Biria “Easy Boarding Top 3″ — Guest Review http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/ Bike Your Drive! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Kate http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28894 Kate Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:01:04 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28894 We went to a bike shop and bought a device (I think it's made by Yakima) that locks onto the bicycle, essentially giving it a "top tube" to put on the supports of our car's bike rack. Being probably overcautious, I use a lot of carefully placed bungees so that the weight of the bike is better distributed, especially because with the thick tubing one of the locking ends has to go just below the handlebar stem. Sorry I've forgotten the proper terms. But the bungee cords do fix this issue and the bike is very secure. This was the only bicycle I could find in my area that fit my needs and I was delighted to find it. As much as I wish it had more clearance on the bottom, it just isn't that bad. But for me the saddle was bad. After about six miles it was your basic agony, though YMMV. I bought a gel saddle after that but that was a whole other kind of misery after several miles. So my Christmas present this year is a Brooks saddle I put on the bike a couple of months ago. I am now comfortable. This bicycle is one of the best things I've done for myself in a long time. I We went to a bike shop and bought a device (I think it’s made by Yakima) that locks onto the bicycle, essentially giving it a “top tube” to put on the supports of our car’s bike rack. Being probably overcautious, I use a lot of carefully placed bungees so that the weight of the bike is better distributed, especially because with the thick tubing one of the locking ends has to go just below the handlebar stem. Sorry I’ve forgotten the proper terms. But the bungee cords do fix this issue and the bike is very secure.

This was the only bicycle I could find in my area that fit my needs and I was delighted to find it. As much as I wish it had more clearance on the bottom, it just isn’t that bad. But for me the saddle was bad. After about six miles it was your basic agony, though YMMV. I bought a gel saddle after that but that was a whole other kind of misery after several miles. So my Christmas present this year is a Brooks saddle I put on the bike a couple of months ago. I am now comfortable. This bicycle is one of the best things I’ve done for myself in a long time.

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]]> By: Ghost Rider http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28704 Ghost Rider Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:44:41 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28704 Veronica: 1) It's still heavy, but perhaps a bit less so than a steel-framed model. This is no "weight-weenie" machine, that's for sure. 2) I'm not sure about bike racks, because neither my wife or I believe in putting a bike on a car so we can ride our bikes somewhere...as mentioned in an earlier comment, any bike rack that uses wheel trays rather than frame-tube cradles should work. 3) Central Tampa, not St. Pete...the Seminole Heights neighborhood, to be exact; a lot like Old Northeast, but with more transvestite hookers. ;) 4) Biria is/was one of the brands carried by University Bicycle Center on Fletcher Avenue in Tampa. If that doesn't work for you, check out the FL dealers page here: http://www.biria.com/dealers/list.jsp?state=FL Veronica:

1) It’s still heavy, but perhaps a bit less so than a steel-framed model. This is no “weight-weenie” machine, that’s for sure.

2) I’m not sure about bike racks, because neither my wife or I believe in putting a bike on a car so we can ride our bikes somewhere…as mentioned in an earlier comment, any bike rack that uses wheel trays rather than frame-tube cradles should work.

3) Central Tampa, not St. Pete…the Seminole Heights neighborhood, to be exact; a lot like Old Northeast, but with more transvestite hookers. ;)

4) Biria is/was one of the brands carried by University Bicycle Center on Fletcher Avenue in Tampa. If that doesn’t work for you, check out the FL dealers page here: http://www.biria.com/dealers/list.jsp?state=FL

]]> By: Veronica http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28703 Veronica Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:07:14 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28703 Sorry but last question....where did your husband buy it so I don't have to order it online? I will be back for Christmas and would love to have one waiting for me. Merry Christmas to ME! Sorry but last question….where did your husband buy it so I don’t have to order it online? I will be back for Christmas and would love to have one waiting for me. Merry Christmas to ME!

]]> By: Veronica http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28702 Veronica Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:05:10 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28702 And as a side note...it looks like you are in St. Pete which is the only place I do all of my riding so this is why I want something with 3 speeds, a comfy seat, easy to ride (I am just over 5 feet), and easy to transport as I am always bringing it down from Atlanta to Old Northeast where my mother-in-law lives :) And as a side note…it looks like you are in St. Pete which is the only place I do all of my riding so this is why I want something with 3 speeds, a comfy seat, easy to ride (I am just over 5 feet), and easy to transport as I am always bringing it down from Atlanta to Old Northeast where my mother-in-law lives :)

]]> By: Veronica http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28701 Veronica Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:01:37 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28701 With the new aluminum frame, is that lighter than the bikes that you are complaining about with size? I am a casual rider and currently have an Elektra which I love but I LOVE the look and concept of this bike. Even more I love that it comes fully loaded. I have a 4 bike rack for the back of my truck and a 2 bike rack on the top where you take the front wheel off. Would those work for this bike? With the new aluminum frame, is that lighter than the bikes that you are complaining about with size? I am a casual rider and currently have an Elektra which I love but I LOVE the look and concept of this bike. Even more I love that it comes fully loaded. I have a 4 bike rack for the back of my truck and a 2 bike rack on the top where you take the front wheel off. Would those work for this bike?

]]> By: Zorba http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28011 Zorba Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:54:35 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-28011 I bought one of the very first Biria EZ board 3 bikes imported - made of steel instead of aluminum (2005). I do agree with the poster who complained of "low end components" - the SRAM hub mine has is fine, but the front brake is sub-par, and I've had to replace both the wheels with "something (much) better". With that said, I love it! I love the comfort, the low step through frame, and the cool styling. I'm a skirt wearing male, so skirt friendliness was essential, although I do wish it had a rear skirt guard. I bought one of the very first Biria EZ board 3 bikes imported – made of steel instead of aluminum (2005). I do agree with the poster who complained of “low end components” – the SRAM hub mine has is fine, but the front brake is sub-par, and I’ve had to replace both the wheels with “something (much) better”.

With that said, I love it! I love the comfort, the low step through frame, and the cool styling. I’m a skirt wearing male, so skirt friendliness was essential, although I do wish it had a rear skirt guard.

]]> By: Oahu Dealson http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-20659 Oahu Dealson Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:26:53 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-20659 Nice post. I decided to assist and submitted to social bookmark. I hope the traffic to your site go up. <a href="http://traveldealstooahu.com/oahu-hotel-package-travel-deals-to-oahu/" rel="nofollow">Oahu hotel packages</a> Nice post. I decided to assist and submitted to social bookmark. I hope the traffic to your site go up. Oahu hotel packages

]]> By: moveinon http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-19771 moveinon Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:27:31 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-19771 I am glad you like the bike, that is what really counts. But this bike is pretty expensive for a bike that weighs a ton, has low end components all over, and won't fit on most of the less expensive, good bike racks. It seams like you are really paying a big price for only the Euro look. I am glad you like the bike, that is what really counts. But this bike is pretty expensive for a bike that weighs a ton, has low end components all over, and won’t fit on most of the less expensive, good bike racks. It seams like you are really paying a big price for only the Euro look.

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-19717 Ghost Rider Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:01:20 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-19717 Sally, I'd be curious to know exactly which part stripped and why that made the whole bike unusable...sounds like hamfisted assembly at some point (possibly even at the bike shop where you bought it), because parts don't just "strip" on their own. Sally, I’d be curious to know exactly which part stripped and why that made the whole bike unusable…sounds like hamfisted assembly at some point (possibly even at the bike shop where you bought it), because parts don’t just “strip” on their own.

]]> By: sally owen http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-19716 sally owen Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:54:46 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/27/biria-easy-boarding-top-3-guest-review/#comment-19716 I bought a biria 7 speed bike 3 years ago for over $500. I was just told by the bike shop where I bought it that one of the parts was stripped and the bike could no longer be fixed. If you buy this kind of bike, make sure you get a tune up every year. I would not recommend buying any Biria given the fact that they do not last longer than 3 years and are quite expensive. All the previous bikes I have owned lasted 15 years and were much cheaper! I bought a biria 7 speed bike 3 years ago for over $500. I was just told by the bike shop where I bought it that one of the parts was stripped and the bike could no longer be fixed. If you buy this kind of bike, make sure you get a tune up every year. I would not recommend buying any Biria given the fact that they do not last longer than 3 years and are quite expensive. All the previous bikes I have owned lasted 15 years and were much cheaper!

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