This month has been a chilly, snow-filled one for most of the US, and Nashville was no exception. I've been surprised by bad weather a few times, and spent one week without a car altogether. The result? Occasionally making transportation reminiscent of one of those river-crossing riddles as rides are accepted, vehicles of all varieties are left at the office or elsewhere and walking and public transport play a bigger role than usual in getting around.
For example, last week Le Peug spent a couple of days at my fri...
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I read on Twitter that @cottenmusic saw Trisha ride by their Nashville store Friday and snapped this great pic. Yes, she always looks so effortlessly chic.
Note how her silver heels match her silver PoCampo rack bag. That's class, people. 
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It's been several weeks since the Jango Flik T8 arrived at my door. Overall, my time with this fleet, flirty folding bike has been a real pleasure. Cute as a button, the Flik is something of a social butterfly, with the ability to attract stares and start conversations.
This is a ride that's sporty yet practical, with 8 speeds, a rear suspension and an eye-catching design. With an MSRP of $1199, this is no bargain bicycle, but the smoothness of the ride and the ease of the fold demonstrate real quality. My f...
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Back in November, I went on my first group ride with Nashville Slow Ride through two of Nashville's greenways: Shelby Bottoms and Stones River.
It's really criminal that I waited so long to post about this, actually, because not only was it a fun 20-ish mile ride with great people, it also marked the meeting of the Flik and Andrew's Bike Friday. How would the two folders compare?
As usual, especially the morning after a late night out, I was 5 minutes late. Andrew waited for me and we soon caught up with the gr...
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This morning started off just fine. It was nearly 50 degrees outside. The Flik and I posed for a minute under our tree. If there had been leaves on this sucker, they would have been waving like mad!
Of course, two of my neighbors had to leave for work as I was conducting my photoshoot. I'm sure they wondered what the occasion was.
Slightly embarrassed but not daunted, we set off, into the wind. Yikes. Nashville could have put the Lakefront Trail to shame this morning, with a steady, strong wind and occasional g...
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I've been out of town for a few days, but I'm looking forward to getting back and spending more time with the Flik. It's a pretty sweet ride so far, and a real conversation starter. Before I left, I recorded this brief, bare-bones video of the folding process over my lunch break -- couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend some time outdoors in "Dragon Park" on such a beautiful fall day! Apologies for the lack of close-ups -- a full review is coming soon.
p.s. if you haven't found it yet, check out our YouTube...
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I suppose it's past time I revealed what the two-wheeled object in the box I was tracking last Tuesday is.
Meet the Jango Flik.
So far we haven't had too much time to get to know each other, but our inaugural ride to the coffee shop caused quite a stir. Peter from Jango told me that these test bikes are the first Fliks to hit the streets in North America.
I'll be riding the Flik for the next month or so around Nashville, to see what it's like to have a folder (and measure how it compares to the Dahon I've ridden...
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