Commuting bike pics

iPete

/\ asking for a Hope District 3!

Oh and nice picture, have to raise the game next time I shoot mine..

mitb

@willy B (in the voice of the mafia guy at the start of the Italian job): "Pretty Bike.."
Though hopefully it won't be smashed up with a digger and chucked over a cliff.
I'm wanting to fix up an SS bike but can't decide how to go about the wheel. Did you buy/have one or did you tweek a multi-gear wheel? I'd need to obtain a screw-on wheel before I tweaked it but they seem more plentiful and definitely cheaper than a flip/flop. I like a challenge and a love a good fettle but buying a new wheel and messing about with the spindle and dishing and all that is a bit daunting.

willy b

Cheers guys. I do love it, originally start life like this, at the cost of £30

19.05.2011 by Will - B, on Flickr

iPete - I'd love a Hope District 3, but the price! Although with Christmas coming up...

Mitb - It isn't fixed. Good old bodge using the original cassette, chain and chain rings. One option would be to weld teh freehub up. But personally i'd just get a new wheel cheap for eBay.

mitb

I can see the cassette now I actually look! That's a good non-commital (and best of all cheap) way to try it out. I haven't found cheap ebay wheels to be that...cheap...so I might have a tinker later.

willy b

Yeah it's certainly the cheapest option! You can then change your mid if the gear is too easy/hard.

Gallywomack

Obligatory white garage door shot of my new steed:



Note the inappropriate pedals

Torvid

Gallywomack wrote:

Note the inappropriate pedals

Atleast you colour matched them to the bartape and saddle.

And nice bike is it the flyer?

Gallywomack

Yeah, that was coincidence, I nicked them off my mountain bike which also has white saddle and grips!

It's the Aether 10, which seems to have been discontinued this year. As it's a 2011 model I picked it up nice and cheap - it's still available online in a 58 for £415. It's the cheapest version so the spec is pretty basic but it's good enough for me and the frame seems to be quite well thought of.

My first proper road bike so I'm just getting used to the drops. I'm finding I don't have much braking power on the hoods, but I'm a bit too fat to spend too much time in the drops, so it's a bit of a toss-up between speed and comfort atm until I get a bit more used to it. I may have to replace the brake pads as I imagine the ones it came with are pretty rubbish - that may help my braking power from the hoods. Or maybe I just need one of those hand strengthening sqeezy thingies...

b16 b3n

philthyboy wrote:

My relatively new Specialized Globe City, bought after my old Saracen Mtb suffered terminal frame damage!!

that is a hardcore training machine

Nik Cube

willy b wrote:

Cheers guys. I do love it, originally start life like this, at the cost of £30

19.05.2011 by Will - B, on Flickr

iPete - I'd love a Hope District 3, but the price! Although with Christmas coming up...

Mitb - It isn't fixed. Good old bodge using the original cassette, chain and chain rings. One option would be to weld teh freehub up. But personally i'd just get a new wheel cheap for eBay.

I had one of those back in 1986 my mum bougt for me as an 18th birthday present - i loved that bike

gosport_commuter

Thought I would add my commuter to the gallery, nothing too special, but has all the kit needed to make commuting smooth - rack, trunk bag, pump, a few tools, waterproofs in bag, full mudguards, very capable lights, puncture resistant tyres etc etc.

£550 from winstanleys a few months back, VERY happy with my purchase!

MARKF

Here's mine,I bought this Allez last year & I use it for my occasional 31 mile commute & weekend blast.
I use those Crud Roadrace II mudguards & a Hope 1led light for the dark country lanes

And here's my original commuter,fitted with rigid forks & full mudguards

mudcow007

just realised i havent added my "ride" on here yet



its a 2012 Specialized Sectuer Sport

i apologise for the shocking quality of the pic, god damn blackberries!!

Giles83

Ah! Wonderful bikes you have there, guys!
Especially the one with the seat from the motorcycle. Looks not ordinary.
Mine one is green. I love it.

clarkey cat

veronese68

Hey Mr Cat,
I like the look of that. To show that I spend too much time on here, I then noticed the angle of the rear mech. That made me realise it is on the big ring front and back. Then I thought about the chain line.
Then I realised how sad I really am. I'll take myself outside and flagellate myself with a used 8 speed chain as punishment.
I still like the bike though.

clarkey cat

Ha - I deliberately put it in that gear as I - incorrectly - thought that was what you were meant to do for the Official Posers Guide to taking bike photos.

And cheers - this is my Hewitt frame bought off here and I've just taken everything off my Fratello and put it on. Looks very... black. Might get some coloured tyres... pink would look good.

Ouija

Riding this for most of this year before switching out frames.

asprilla

clarkey cat wrote:

Ha - I deliberately put it in that gear as I - incorrectly - thought that was what you were meant to do for the Official Posers Guide to taking bike photos.

And cheers - this is my Hewitt frame bought off here and I've just taken everything off my Fratello and put it on. Looks very... black. Might get some coloured tyres... pink would look good.

So....what are your plans for the Fratello then?

clarkey cat

Its gone - sold to a chap off here. I think that as my fitness improved, I got a bit stronger and wanted to go faster my position just naturally wanted to get lower which I couldn't do on the Fratello because of the long headtube. Gone back to a 58 - which I used to find a bit too small with my Spesh - but it now feels fine.

Will miss the uber-comfy ride of the Condor though so the plan now is to flog my 61cm fixie and replace with a 58 Condor Tempo... in fact there is one in the sale at the moment...

spasypaddy

on race days i commute on my Look 695


most days i commute on this


snow/ice my CX which i havent got any photos of. and my fixie is missing lots of parts so cant be ridden

shdaxner

My current commuter bike, loving it at the moment especially at the bargainous price i paid for it new.

A far cry away from my old commuter, an old carrera MTB on slick tyres.



Hope the picture works, its my first attempt at posting pics on the forum.

CRAIGO5000

Here's mine all shiny after a wash - she doesn't normally look this clean but hopefully the cruds will help out too.

cyberknight

Here are my current commuting bike pics, real workhorses set up with commuting in mind and no consideration for wight weenies ... come on guys where are the racks and panniers

mickyc

my current commuter just bought it from a second hand shop for £70 its certainly different from my usual mtb
need to flip the stem but cant be bothered atm :roll: swapped the steel forks for the carbon ones swapped the x5 rear and shifter for x9's added the profile bars need some new pedals.

Ben6899

Looks aero!

mickyc

bars are high i will flip the stem over the weekend it is just so different to the mtb i was using luckily 75% of my journey is along the seafront 7 miles e/w but in june it will go up to 14 e/w not lookin gforward to that for 5 days a week bit of a whimp lol

vermin

Vermin's rat race ride.

clivebond

Not that I see many other cyclists about here on the east coast (except carlosdsanchez) but here's what I normally commute on.

Bordersroadie

For for my 12 mile each way commute my regular hack is my from-new 531 Raleigh Gran Tour circa 1985 (recently repainted) or on icy days, "Spikebike", a 2005 Rockhopper with guards, lockout fork and studded Marathon winters.