2012 Novara Gotham Urban Bike
A new good-looking urban bike called Gotham has been introduced by Novara for 2012. Rather than gears, this urban bike uses spheres. Through this, shift effort is considerably reduced while transferring pedal torque at the same time so anytime, riders can shift in any condition with ease.
Featured by the Gotham is the NuVinci N360 hub, which is an uncomplicated twist shifter that allows for flawless shifting between an unlimited number of ratios within its 360 % range. Moreover, this guarantees that riders are in the accurate gear all the time.
Featuring low maintenance and nice aesthetics, the 2012 Novara Gotham Urban Bike is the ultimate all-weather commuting machine. With the combination of Gates CDX belt drive and Gates Carbon Drive, dirty chains, grease marks, and fussy derailleurs are all eradicated.
The Novara Gotham may be my next bike, but I have a few questions that I haven’t seen answered anywhere:
1) Does it have a kickstand plate?
2) How hard is it to change the rear tire? It’s a lot easier on some IGH bikes than on others. For example, does the belt need re-tensioning every time the wheel is removed and replaced?
3) How low is the lowest gear? Will I be forced to walk up steep hills, in exchange for the NuVinci hub?
4) Why is the rear brake positioned above the seatstay? It seems like that restricts your choices of rear rack (I know there’s one included, but it’s nice to have choices), and weakens the rack by making it detour around the brake.
5) Which brakes does it have? I’m hoping it’s an easier-to-maintain variety, like the BB7.