Price: £850
Frame: steel in Marrs Green
Gears: Shimano Claris 8-speed
Saddle: Brooks
What’s your favourite colour? It’s a big question, especially if you are a small kid. Well, now we have an official answer, thanks to GF Smith, one of London’s oldest paper merchants. It conducted a survey across 100 countries and the winning shade was Marrs Green. GF Smith then daubed the hue on everything from lamps to satchels and T-shirts – and also this new frame from Tokyobike. Founded in 2002 in the suburb of Yanaka, Tokyobike in many ways kickstarted the hipster vogue for stripped-back, retro steel frames. In the way that mountain bikes are designed for mountains, so Tokyobikes were designed for the metropolis. This one has smallish wheels and a slender frame, making it easy to handle. Green or not, it’s at home in the city (tokyobike.co.uk).
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