A Bicycle Built For....

These steamy days of summer make us long for those carefree hours as kids where we just rode our bikes all over town with only the strict instructions to mind our manners and be back home when the lights came on.

There are a few bikes out there helping us reclaim that sentiment, and we recommend hopping aboard and taking a spin, by yourself or with the kids.  Coast and feel the wind in your hair - and don't forget to stop at the local budding entrepreneur's lemonade stand.

The Torker is a fabulously functional take on the grown-up tricycle.  You're not winning the Tour de France for sure on this one, but it's a great (and eco-friendly) way to make it to the beach and back with all your gear, and never turn the ignition.

Channel a little Flower Power with Nirve's Sunflower Cruiser:

Ride down to the local ice cream stand on this one from Chubby's Cruisers - you pretty much have to order the Mint Chip.

And we LOVE that Lilly has launched a bike.  Add a basket to the front and you are ready for a spin around the Vineyard or Nantucket.  Toodle-loo!