Ladies Bicycle - Traditional Style with Flowers... What is it?!?

Question

I've seen a few people riding bikes recently and I really want one. I looked at the name, but now I've forgotten it - I think it begins with A. The 3 I've seen have all been white with different patterns on, one had stars and one had flowers I think. They were new but looked old fashioned, if you know what I mean and they had baskets I think. Any ideas what it may have been?

Answer 1

Here is the Electra website:

http://www.electrabike.com/home/

There is a lot of demand for Traditional Ladies bikes. In the early 1990's, I built a bike for my Daughter:

http://whoisbike.com/viewPhoto.php?fileI...

And it was very popular. People were begging me to sell it.

I eventually sold it at a profit of about a thousand dollars.

Then in 2005 and 2006, the story I wrote about this bike was the number one Google result in a search for "Ladies Bicycle".

Electra is one of the few bicycle companies that have figured out that they can have a virtual monopoly on High-End Ladies Bicycles. Other bicycle companies make High-End Mens bikes, without a ladies model.

Ladies Bikes are much easier to mount and dismount, and the drop frame allows the rider to choose dresses or skirts.

Answer 2

Sounds like an Electra cruiser to me...they have several like that.  I can't think of anything that starts with the letter A in flowery bikes, but who am I to say.   lol.    :o)