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W hat people are saying.
No need to just take our word for it on the joys of riding a Bigha — read what these leading print, on-air, and online publications have to say about our bike and our company.
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Luxury Index: The Best Products, People and Places of 2004
TIME Style & Design magazine - Winter 2004
As featured on page 34 of the magazine: "Besides its comfy, recumbent seat, this souped-up commuter bike has 27 speeds, headlights, turn signals, a burglar alarm and a BMW-caliber display system with direction, altitude and weather conditions."
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Et Cetera - Wheels and Waves
Razor magazine - published in the July/August, 2004 issue
It looks a bit funny, but the Bigha bike is designed to help riders get the most comfort and enjoyment from their ride.
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Live Large With This Luxury Recumbent
Bicycling magazine - published in the April, 2004 issue
In their 2004 Bike Buyer's Guide Stephen Madden, Bicycling magazine's Editor in Chief, writes: "Bicycle meets another kind of vehicle in the Bigha...Steer with an adjustable, chopper-like handlebar that magnifies input; it's quickly mastered and quite comfortable, as is the inflatable seat with breathable back."
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The Bold and the Profitable
Entrepreneur magazine - published in the October, 2003 issue
For Acres [John Acres, the founder of Bigha], 50, being bold in business is second nature. "For me, not going ahead, not doing something new is incredibly hard," he says. "It's the antithesis of life."
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The Bigha: A Review
About.com Mountain Biking Guide - published October, 2003
Everyone, yes, everyone (youngest 14yrs; oldest 65yrs) who saw and rode the Bigha loved it...People, who hadn't been on a bike since childhood, were immediately hooked. And everyone agreed...the Bigha is fun to ride. Really fun...
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The Bigha - A Different Kind of Bike
About.com Mountain Biking Guide - published October, 2003
The first thing you notice about the Bigha is the grin that forms on the faces of those who ride it. Not your typical two wheeled machine, the Bigha is designed with comfort in mind...
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FrontRunners: Steady Recline
Robb Report - published in the October, 2003 issue
Aboard the Bigha, you lean back against the adjustable padded seat with your feet placed forward on the pedals and your hands on the chopper-style handlebars, reducing fatigue, neck strain, and posterior discomfort associated with traditional bikes...
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Bigha: Big fun or big hype?
'Bentrider Online Magazine - published September, 2003
There are definitely recumbents out there that cost a lot more than the Bigha and aren't nearly was well conceived or put together. It's not as fast as a lot of other $3000 recumbents, but it's not meant to be...
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The Ferrari of Bicycles
MENZ - published August, 2003
This is one hell of a machine. It's so different to mainstream bikes that I'm not sure you can still call it one. Of course, that difference necessitates learning a new way to drive this type of vehicle but once you've gotten the hang of it, you begin to wonder how the typical bicycle has managed to keep its rider-unfriendly form for so long...
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John Acres' Next Big Bike
The Business Journal of Portland - published in the July 11, 2003 issue
"It's not that we're not about the money," Acres [John Acres, the founder of Bigha] told me. "We do want to make a profit some day. But just when that day arrives isn't as important as being passionate about what you're doing. That's what matters to me."
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Get Outta Your Car, Bigha is Coming!
Vision Magazine - published in the June, 2003 issue
Bigha is a whole different kind of bike. It's different than the bike you rode as a kid, different than the tech road bikes, different than burly mountain bikes, and way different than the recumbent bikes...
(note: Bigha article begins halfway down the page)
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Beauty of the Beasts, Porno for the Bike Lover
Willamette Week - published in the May 21, 2003 issue
Designed as the "most durable and maintenance-free bike on the market," Bigha means "because" in Apache (that's the tribe, not the faulty helicopter) and weds toughness with comfort for all those die-hard road-rippers with bad backs. It's the sturdily built, less intrusive new Hummer of the bike world...
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First Look: Bigha Bike
Tech TV - broadcast May 8, 2003
The Bigha has a handful of useful technologies under the hood, so to speak. Most haven't been seen on bikes before, and they make all the difference...
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