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Break  out your  city-warping  Swobo Novak City Bike for urban journeys, where you will be able to see the world around  you in amazing  clarity. With  an upright riding position , the Swobo Novak enables you with power to see goings on usually beyond your usual  range of vision, at the same time  the springy  steel frame smoothes  crappy downtown  roads. To protect you from trouser-hungry chains , Swobo hooked the Novak up with a practical and stylish  chainguard—and for the royal-commuter treatment, the Novack comes complete with  fenders, a cargo rack, and a bottle-opener-equipped saddle for apres -voyage beverages. 

Swobo’s bicycle  product manager Sky Yaeger says of the Novak  ” I wanted  a modern  re-designing  of the classic  Raleigh three-speed “. In particular aimed for, Swobo   the draw of that bike, which remained  unchanged  for nearly  3 decades after  World War II.

 Representing the company ethos , Swobo’s creation  cannot simply be desribed as a copy but an update  with distinct DNA.  The 700c-wheeled  Swobo Novak is made  on a steel frame comparable  to that of the fixed-gear Swobo Sanchez, with a better  urban  suited geometry inspired by many  of the bikes Yaeger created  throughout her twenty -year professional stint  as Bianchi USA’s product manager.

The classic-look swept-back cruiser handlebar of the old  Raliegh 3 speed has been modernised  with a creative riser, and an ultra -quiet SRAM I-Motion three-speed internally geared hub replaces  the Raleigh’s Sturmey Archer. Down-to-earth  nods  include full fender and rear-rack eyelets, an antitheft front-hub skewer and a rear light incorporated into the seat post.

The Swobo Novak’s  handling  is a quantum leap in front of those stately   cruisers of years gone by . The handling isn’t nervous but it is quick; if you want something more restrained, go with Swobo’s Dixon.

However the qualities I love in the Novak are the simplicity ï»¿ and zero-maintenance of the SRAM I-Motion 3-speed hub, together ï»¿ with the smooth ride of classic steel frames, combine them and Swobo Novak is the happy ï»¿ result. The 700C wheel size delivers a zippy ï»¿ ride with an urban ï»¿ ï»¿ frame and fork configuration 

The internal 3 speed gear hub is  really all you need for around-town use. Although  the I-Motion features a high leap from second to third, it makes your trips  more enjoyable. Most of the time  you can  travel  along gently in second 2nd gear but use  the “overdrive” gear if you are behind schedule. Just as styles keep coming back, so has the tried and tested format of the  three-speed. With gas prices steadily increasing  , it’s like the ’70s all over again. You probably  don’t want out dated fashions back, but as the Novak illustrates, a few items from the past can be updated  quite nicely. However quite unlike the  1970’s we have greater environmental concerns as there is increasing concern regarding  environmental polution caused  by exhaust emissions , especially  in the inner city areas and the effect these exhaust gases are having on the standard of air quality.

This is having a detrimental affect  on the health of the inner city population with a rise in reported chest and Asthma related conditions. Urban  biking  thus  is a practice  that can be taken up by lots of  people not only as a practical and ecomonic means of urban  transport  but also as a personal contribution to the reduction of  global warming