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.
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Lights are cheap and plastic
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Pedals are small and slippery
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Fenders are great
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Gearing seems good
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Takes a bit to get up to speed
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Upright and fun to ride, easy launch and foot down, even with saddle in right spot
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Box squeaky until frame bolts tightened
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Narrow bars, but good so you don’t oversteer
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Corners well at speed
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Not great at sharp turns on ice/snow
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Saddle goes high enough
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Keys seem flimsy
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Harness is rudimentary and could be replaced
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Turns some heads but not all
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No intersection visibility problems yet
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Length/width is similar to bike+burly, width similar to snowblower
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Can’t see front wheel with rain cover on (not a huge deal)
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Plastic chainguard–will it hold up?
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All in all, very satisfied so far
Hey! How big was the box that the Babboe city came in? I am wondering whether I could buy one from the Netherlands and bring it home as a checked baggage.
It’s funny you should ask today, because I just deleted some box photos from my phone. I will pull them up from my computer when I get home.
There were three boxes, two for the bike and one for the wooden pieces. I’d guess the two larger ones were ~5 x 3 x 1 ft and the smaller one ~3 x 2 x 1. It would be quite a load for checked baggage.