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Papillionaire says that it\u00a0started out entirely online, and that continues to be the bulk of its business. I like the easy, online, step-by-step ability to customize a bike for order. And I’m sure it cuts down on expenses. The prices are very reasonable, equal or less than comparable one-option-only bikes. This is really nice.<\/p>\n
Flipping the statistics is what Papillionaire\u00a0is doing, and how wonderful this is. This flipping could really flip society more. Let’s hope so. In Australia, where the company began, 80% of its customers are women. They’re really breaking through to a new audience. And helping us all on an ecological note. Thank you.\u00a0However, according to Papillionaire, we have some pretty fearless women buying the more athletic ones in the US.<\/p>\n
“In the US, it’s 60-70%, but with an interesting difference: There’s what appear to be an emerging class of women buying bikes. They gravitate to their typically male geared Classic bike, and are as Saxon Baird, head of US operations says, ‘…very driven and strong-minded and athletic but also very particular about style. I’ve sold a handful of Classic styles to women who I know use it to commute every day to Manhattan from Brooklyn. In other words, they are simply bad-ass ladies. I am not even sure I would do that.'”<\/p>\n
I am American, but I belong with the Aussies on this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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