Information about Lotus Explorer bike? I just bought a 20" Lotus Explorer for $200. The frame is Tange CR-MO and has Shimano components, the bike shop guy said it was a good frame. I don't know a lot about bikes; I'm just looking for a bike to get back and forth to school. Also theres a sticker on the fork that says "CR-MO uni-lite plus". He also switched it to single-speed and put new tires on it for me.

Any information about Lotus bikes would be helpful because I can't find much.
I found this:


  Lotus Bicycles is/was based in Pennsylvania:
  
  Last known mailing address/telephone number below:
  
  Lotus Bicycles Post Office Box 21924 Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
  18002-1924
  +800-841-0123 Founded in 1979
  
  They had a website in 2000 : www.lotusbike.com but it is no longer
  registered/active. They manufactured bicycles &amp; frames for road &amp;
  track use.


From what I read it used to be a pretty good brand -- what one might buy if they were a dedicated amateur rider but not uber-rich.  But apparently they never made it out of the early 90s, when frame-building technology changed (and it became impossible to compete on price with the larger automated manufacturers).

Here is a web site on them:  http://www.vintagelotusbicycles.com/