The perfect city bike | Cortina Blau ND2 review

<p>I&rsquo;ve been meaning to write about my beloved Cortina Blau for some time now. Before I would share my opinion I wanted to give ample time to test it and wanted to make sure I ride it in a variety of weather conditions. Now that I have owned this bike for a little over 8 months and through summer and winter, let me share my thoughts.</p> <h2>The backstory</h2> <p>Full disclosure, I do live in Amsterdam, possibly the greatest city for bicycling in the world. However, I am not Dutch and thus I haven&rsquo;t ridden bicycles all my life. Actually, I&rsquo;m more of a motorcycle person. Motorcycles don&rsquo;t make sense in Amsterdam though and when my beat up Batavus was stolen I knew I&rsquo;d like to have something better. Coincidentally I also switched jobs and was facing a 20 km daily cycling commute so buying a bike that&rsquo;s a joy to ride became priority.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@MattSzaszko/the-perfect-city-bike-cortina-blau-nd2-review-bef09c1012db"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>