Why our bikes are such a good value

PUBLIC bikes are fabricated from the lightest possible strong steel tubing and with great attention to details. They are built to last a lifetime. We also use high quality components and include special features like matching fenders and rims and elegant clean handlebars. Think about our bikes the way you might think about your best sauté pan or your finest wool sweater or your comfortable pair of ski boots. You get what you pay for. And you may pay little more for something that will feel good and last a long time.

We're very proud that our bikes have withstood scrutiny from the most hardcore everyday bicyclists and industry veterans, as well as new urban bicyclists buying a bicycle for the first time as an adult. You might find cheaper bikes, but they will probably either be built of aluminum frames or without the same attention to details as ours. And they probably won't look and function as simply and elegantly as ours.

Our PUBLIC bikes are built to last and the ride as smooth as butter. We welcome any comparison of our frames to any other bikes in the market. And If you can find a more durable, elegant, comfortable, safe steel framed bike at lower prices, you should buy it quickly and return ours to us.

*Founder's Note:

"I still ride around on a steel frame bike that I purchased in 1986 for $800. It has been up and down the West Coast, to Hawaii, Italy, France, Wales, and places I am too old to remember. Our good friends at American Cyclery in San Francisco have overhauled it once, two years ago. But the frame and forks are still original. The bike is still pretty, and it still turns heads. I do not have any other object that has given me as much pleasure and good value. You should expect the same from our steel-frame PUBLIC bikes."

- Rob Forbes, Founder