Hunor City Bike

Written by Jeffree Benet

Fitness - Cycling

Tags: Jeffree Benet

The only thing cooler than riding around town on a bike, is riding around town on a bike made in the country you live in.

This is all good and well for a person living in China, where most affordable bikes are (poorly) made these days, so imagine my surprise when I popped into Obi’s looking for some wheels and found this gem. Called the Hunor City Bike, named in honour of one of the founding Huns, this bike is a real head turner at the traffic stops.

With a 26” wheel size, the affordable price of 28,000 HUF and a low centre of gravity, it’s a great way to see the outlying areas of the city, and it comes with a back rack and front and rear lights with generator standard, not to mention a zinggy bell. Being a big lad, I had to have a back wheel upgrade, as the weight of the centre of gravity is under the seat and I'm more than the 90kgs it was built for. But not a hassle at all and it went for a long time before finally needing to be upgraded.

From what I can tell, it only comes in hot red or cool silver, as they don’t seem to have a website for the manufacturer, in typically Hungarian understatement. If you’ve gotta get around town and can’t stand metro controllers or dishonest taxi’s, biking is the only way to go! The hard part is finding one... I got mine at Obi, and have seen it at one other bike shop, perhaps the "Made in Hungary" label doesn't impress the locals as much as this quality bike should...