Commuting bike pics

EKE_38BPM

Oi, Jezza, why don't you embed your pics?

Those are some strange looking bikes you've got there.
Disc brakes, massive mudguards, front bouncy thing, slick(ish) tyres, BMX style flat pedals and the most vertical head tube I think I've ever seen, but, hey, they're custom builds so they must be good, right?

What is your commute like (urban, rural, offroad etc)?

jeremyrundle

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Oi, Jezza, why don't you embed your pics?

Those are some strange looking bikes you've got there.
Disc brakes, massive mudguards, front bouncy thing, slick(ish) tyres, BMX style flat pedals and the most vertical head tube I think I've ever seen, but, hey, they're custom builds so they must be good, right?

What is your commute like (urban, rural, offroad etc)?

Yes they are, what suits one will not suit another, they are most comfortable, and at 50+ I go for comfort, and at £800 and £1600 respectively I have what I want.

They are as suited (locked out) to the road as they are (sus) to XC.

How do you embed pics :?:

phoog

in "without mudguard" guise

Oddjob62

New commuter (minus brake and pedals)

arthur_scrimshaw

Oddjob62 wrote:

New commuter (minus brake and pedals)

Hope you've got a flat commute!

lemoncurd

phoog wrote:

in "without mudguard" guise

Zipps and a triple, not something you see every day

matt1206

Little update to mine

Swapped the Kendra Khan tyres for some Continental Sports Contacts


Continental SportContact City by Matt Worthington, on Flickr

Continental SportContact City by Matt Worthington, on Flickr

First time out on it with them fitted, took another 2.5 minutes off my commute home, and didn't feel like I was putting in any more effort.

phoog

lemoncurd wrote:

phoog wrote:

in "without mudguard" guise

Zipps and a triple, not something you see every day

work is 11 miles of north Devon's finest hills away !! (oh and I'm getting older, or at least my knees are

sampras38

Commuter and winter training bike.

2011 Cube Attempt Compact and really pleased with it, and very well specced for a grand.

Oddjob62

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

Oddjob62 wrote:

New commuter (minus brake and pedals)

Hope you've got a flat commute!

Mainly.... only have to get up Hampstead hill which i can.

Sharkyssurfers

this is mine but added continental 26x1.5 slicks and use the knobblers for ice and snow

Hairybuddha

I've recently upgraded from a hybrid to my first road bike. Done a fair bit of work to it since I got it (new front wheel, new tyres, new stem, gear servicing) but I think it's looking in good shape now. Look away now if you don't like red or black......

woodnut

Hairybuddha wrote:

I've recently upgraded from a hybrid to my first road bike. Done a fair bit of work to it since I got it (new front wheel, new tyres, new stem, gear servicing) but I think it's looking in good shape now. Look away now if you don't like red or black......

In a very similiar vein, this was mine until last week, sold it now to fund a new road bike, i miss it


In the meantime I'll keep using old faithful...

Hairybuddha

@woodnut - Funnily enough, the red and black motif was inspired by another one that I saw on ebay when I was buying this one. I know Carrera doesn't get a lot of street cred but I'm pretty chuffed with it.

jomoj

My latest build - first ride to work on it today and very pleased. After building a mostly new Racelight T2 for 'best' I put this together on a budget for commuting and some amateur cx racing - everything apart from chain, cassette, front mech, headset and tyres was second hand.

Kinesis Crosslight Pro5 frame + generic brand carbon fork
Easton EA50 stem and bars with Tioga stumpy bar ends
Mavic CXP22 rims and Tiagra hubs, Schwalbe Marathons 28c for commuting
SRAM apex 48/34 chainset, GXP BB, TIagra cassette 11-28, Mavic chain
R443 shifters, Deore front, 105 rear mechs, Avid flak jacket sealed cables
Shimano BR450 cantis with Diacompe levers from 1991!
Planet X post and saddle

mrobbie

Finally got round to sorting a photo: 2010 Trek 1.2 Triple

A totally different commute after using my old Giant Upland SE MTB - The Trek is far more precise, quicker, fun... Very happy with it

Knocked around 10 mins off my 9 mile commute, and is being used in a 280 mile charity ride from London to Dublin next month :shock:

Gazzaputt

Training and commuter

purpledobra

matt1206 wrote:

Little update to mine

Swapped the Kendra Khan tyres for some Continental Sports Contacts


Continental SportContact City by Matt Worthington, on Flickr

Continental SportContact City by Matt Worthington, on Flickr

First time out on it with them fitted, took another 2.5 minutes off my commute home, and didn't feel like I was putting in any more effort.

Just got the same bike a week ago, luckily paid for it before the £50 hike...... anyway.... how the tyres working out? Had schwalbe city jets on the old MTB commute before the Kenda's on the new bike and finding it a bit weird with the skinnier tyres, just don't trust them when turning.

iPete

A new addition to the family

cjcp

mrobbie wrote:

Finally got round to sorting a photo: 2010 Trek 1.2 Triple

A totally different commute after using my old Giant Upland SE MTB - The Trek is far more precise, quicker, fun... Very happy with it

Knocked around 10 mins off my 9 mile commute, and is being used in a 280 mile charity ride from London to Dublin next month :shock:

Those bars and hoods are seriously high! Do you find our wrists are turned up a touch?

tincaman

Team Boardman with Campag, fitted out for commuting, spd's and magicshines front and rear, airzound, crud roadracers, gatorskin front, lugano rear

_jon_

Took delivery of a new commuting bike on Wednesday to add to my collection of bikes. A Giant Escape 2. I managed to buy it new online for £320 which I thought was quite a good price.

Spent yesterday assembling it, adding mudgaurds, pannier rack, and cycling computer. Then finished it off with a prop stand and final adjustments today.



Pretty please with it so far. Although I've not had a chance yet to ride it outside of our garden.

stuartturbo

Should be better than the 1996 gt avalanche for the commute not done it this year though 21miles

just a few bits needed pannier speedo etc

new to clipless so just going to do the sweep stake till the sideways topple lol



did a short ride today and the drop bars may take a little bit to get used too

puncturemagnet

My commuter until enough pennies are saved to get something better...

matt1206

purpledobra wrote:

Just got the same bike a week ago, luckily paid for it before the £50 hike...... anyway.... how the tyres working out? Had schwalbe city jets on the old MTB commute before the Kenda's on the new bike and finding it a bit weird with the skinnier tyres, just don't trust them when turning.

Yeah, they are going really good. Had them on for over a month now, and done 230km on them as of yesterday morning. It did take a few km to scrape some of the coating off them and they grip better now.
They aren't too bad in the wet either.

dcurzon

Finots

My Carerra Vulcan with added Conti Sport Contacts

2011-05-31 13.13.14 by Finots, on Flickr

woodnut

Done 2 weeks on this now, love the bike, beginning to think I really hate the saddle though

Foxtrot Oscar

mudcow007 wrote:

here is my old commuter in deepest darkest waleshire

Looks like you pulled over just in time!!

adebikes

nice bke
nice view

if you look closely to the right of the picture..it gets a little darker,,,maybe he didnt ride there,and the "car" is just out of the pic!

just kidding.....looks like a nice ride and scenery!