Pashley are at Interbike, showing off the TSR to the US market. BikeHugger has mentioned it twice so far, and Urbanvelo has posted a couple pictures.
Pashley had their super-cool folders on site as well. I'll try to get a few laps on one of those tomorrow.
...and then...
I posted yesterday about the Pashley travel bike. I got to take it out for a spin today. The bike is setup with full racks, and is still quite light. The whole thing is built by hand by a bunch of tradesmen in Strattford-Uon-Avon, England. I quizzed the guys at the booth on the "welder shots" in the catalog and they told me who each guy was and what they do - classic! You're hard pressed to find many manufacturers who can say that these days. Anyway, the bike was surprisingly solid. The low center of gravity was noticeable when swooping downhill, but the suspended fork make for some REALLY solid cornering. That same fork resulted in some goofy feelings every time I got out of the saddle, but I guess thats the trade off. Pashley has their travel bikes in range from ~$2400 - $3500 depending on the package you go for. Pretty cool option for a full-rideable travel bike.
I thought it was a pretty positive report. Pity about calling it a folder and missing the word Moulton though!
Urbanvelo posted a couple pictures too...
Response was great now that there is distribution in the USA for both the TSR and the Classic cycles that Pashley produces. Belmont Distribution in Phoenix, AZ will be the importer. That’s me in the picture from the outdoor demo.
Loring
The TSR 30 is a very serious bike! I have used it twice now to do the Land’s End to John o’ Groats run. I blogged both trips from the saddle here:
http://ruralnet.typepad.com/pride2007/
and here:
http://ruralnet.typepad.com/endtoend/
the planned route on the UK’s National Cycle Network is here:
http://www.gpscycle.com
Simon