When cycling my 12 mile cycle path route to work on my BMX overtaken by mountain bike's, racers and folding bikes. I dreamed of owning an old school Hutch pro racer cruiser with skinny wheels and hard set gearing. The opportunity never arose, but I did end up getting a Freeagent cruiser set-up with skinnys and good gearing it was a gorgeous fast, bike. But after trying a mix of old and new cruisers. Every cruiser I rode felt wrong, the top tubes too short, the chainstays too long, the bikes felt stodgy, with thick