Month: April 2018

Previous post: Babboe City Review, Part 1: Ordering and Shipping.

I’ve obviously not gone into as much detail as I had hoped with unboxing and building, but here are first impressions after about 60 miles of commuting without kids.

• Lights are cheap and plastic
• Pedals are small and slippery
• Fenders are great
• Gearing seems good
• Takes a bit to get up to speed
• Upright and fun to ride, easy launch and foot down, even with saddle in right spot
• Box squeaky until frame bolts tightened
• Narrow bars, but good so you don’t oversteer
• Corners well at speed
• Not great at sharp turns on ice/snow
• Saddle goes high enough
• Keys seem flimsy
• Harness is rudimentary and could be replaced
• Turns some heads but not all
• No intersection visibility problems yet
• Length/width is similar to bike+burly, width similar to snowblower
• Can’t see front wheel with rain cover on (not a huge deal)
• Plastic chainguard–will it hold up?
• All in all, very satisfied so far