In which case we would have knoocked of 20" folding bikes and even given Single Speed a run for it's money!brauluver wrote:...unicycles would have featured as well if I had more options at hand.
What do you use to Commute?
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby leximack » Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:04 pm
Does the trick for me as i dont climb any monster hills.
Occasionally ride the Geared CX, but have lost interest in it and sits on the trainer mostly now.
Occasionally ride the drop bar roadie if i am going for a super long commute home after work.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby njg02 » Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:55 pm
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby numb3rsman » Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:02 pm
This is my first post so bear with me
Currently using a 15yo Apollo MTB with slicks due to weather and state of the roads/shoulders
In summer I was using my roadie with drops.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:39 pm
Let's see... 24" fixed wheel. Steel frame, no double butting or anything but still only around 6kg. Water bottle, trip meter, knog frogs on the fork facing fore and aft and a woolskin seat cover.
Don't need much else.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby MiG » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:49 am
You have previously said that you average 11 to 12 km/h on your commute. I think the second wheel and complexity is quite justified when it results in a 2.5 times speed bonusColinOldnCranky wrote:You guys make it too complcated. Simple is good.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby kiso » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:04 pm
Things I'd like on my next commuter would be hub dynamo, brighter lights, maybe hub gears and disk brakes. I'd stick with a hybrid or touring frame, for strength. I think reliability is more important than light weight for a commuter.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby HappyHumber » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:40 pm
I mainly ride fixed dropped bar roadies.
Hit me up via the BNA dm; I'll get an alert. If y'know, you know.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby Baalzamon » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:54 pm
Would like internal gears at back
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby Chris249 » Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:46 am
I should leave the TT bike at home more often because I don't want to wear it out, but it's just too much fun to ride.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
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http://raleightwenty.webs.com - the top web resource for the Raleigh Twenty
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby gdt » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:53 pm
But I've also done the commute on a Giant "Holly" 12 inch girls bike.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby DrJay » Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:12 am
2010 Giant Yukon with slicks and stuff.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby westab » Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:11 pm
I have thought about getting a drop bar single speed for wet days as there are less parts to clean.
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Re: What do you use for punishment....
Postby Quinns Rocks Roadie » Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:22 pm
I dream of a steel frame SS with light rims and singles (tubular) tyres for daily spin classes/intervals on the way to work.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby casual_cyclist » Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:55 am
I'm the same. A couple of weeks ago I found a gear that I quite liked and didn't change gears on my commute again. Because my roadie wheels are a bit more fragile, I am more careful where I ride. My ride is straight down some back streets then down a bike path. The gutters bit comes in when I ride through no through rides (well, to cars anyway) and the bike path has some kinks which can be taken out on the MTB. I have been more relaxed on the MTB because I don't have to take so much care where I ride and I'm not even changing gears anymore, so all I have to do is sit back and enjoy the ride. Oh, and those big, fat tyres soak up a lot of the bumps so it's a nice comfy ride too. Mine is a rigid frame.lethoso wrote:I hear a lot of people say this as the reason why they ride a mtb around the place, but what's your commute like that you have the need or even opportunity to be jumping over gutters and crap? Maybe I just don't notice because I always ride a roadbike, but I can't think of anywhere on my commute that could be shortened by jumping kerbs or similar. There's the odd bump on the way that's not pleasant seated, but I just get out of the saddle or bunny hop those.stevepedlin wrote:With an MTB I can belt it over gutters and other urban obstacles with a bit of immunity to damage, and its not so attractive to thieves.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby elStado » Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:04 pm
Before the AOS I had a hardtail Giant Rincon MTB, with MTB styles mudguards and 38 semi-slicks. Actually rode quite well and handled many urban shortcuts through sandy bog patches, parks and over curbs. However it looked too good and was stolen at the Perth train station.
I am presently collecting parts and organising the restoration of a mid-80s steel roadie with drop bars, should have it ready to ride in the next few weeks all going to plan. I'll be making this my new all-round beater bike for short (2-5km) rides to Uni, the pub or mate's places. Will eventually dump the gears and opt for a single speed configuration for pure simplicity and weight loss. Thought about going fixed, but there's obvious downsides of it being fixed for what I'll be using it for, singlespeed should be sweet. Might chuck a flipflop hub on it so I can change it to fixed if I want a challenge.
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby jezza323 » Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:58 am
also started doing a bit of mtb riding on weekends with the knobbies which were on the bike when i got, but swapping tyres is beginning to give me the shits...
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Re: What do you use to Commute?
Postby familyguy » Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:07 am
Sorry, just revisited this thread...gotta ask. Why?gdt wrote:I use a drop bar roadie, with a lightweight pannier rack during Adelaide's hot summers.
But I've also done the commute on a Giant "Holly" 12 inch girls bike.
I've recently gotten jack of commuting on my roadie with a backpack, so I bought hartleymartin's Fuji Touring frame and am slowly building it. Racks + rear panniers = no bad neck!
Jim
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