Commuting bike pics

Torvid

redvee wrote:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/SWugw1G1saI/AAAAAAAAFkg/FqC2s2uPQac/s1600-h/world :shock:

Not mine I hasten to add.

The thing that I really like about that bike is the combination lock wrapped round the seat post.

rubertoe

redvee wrote:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/SWugw1G1saI/AAAAAAAAFkg/FqC2s2uPQac/s1600-h/world :shock:

Not mine I hasten to add.

Take it away!!! :shock: :shock:

Ouija

redvee wrote:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/SWugw1G1saI/AAAAAAAAFkg/FqC2s2uPQac/s1600-h/world :shock:

Not mine I hasten to add.

Judging by the wall sockets it's an Americans... which sort of explains everything.

ThatBikeGuy

Bad lighting but heres mine in winter mode.

iPete

For anyone hunting me on Embankment, here she is after months of fettling...

Ben6899

iPete wrote:

Ich mag die topcap!

redhanded

My commuting Cotic Roadrat... build with Deore hydraulic discs, Alfine 11 hub gear and Kinesis carbon forks.

asprilla

Cyclocross is up and running.

ketsbaia

OK, so I don't commute any more. But I just finished building up the posh bike with marginally better components and am pleased with it. To the extent I might start putting in a good 10 mile circuit before working from home.

willy b

Now spring is almost here I might clean it...

Anonymous

The camera lens or the bike?

willy b

coriordan wrote:

The camera lens or the bike?

The camera on my iphone is so bad now because i'm using the old 4.3 OS system. It just makes photos look weird!

Headhuunter

willy b wrote:

coriordan wrote:

The camera lens or the bike?

The camera on my iphone is so bad now because i'm using the old 4.3 OS system. It just makes photos look weird!

Looks like you took it in Sherlock Holmes/jack the ripper London during a heavy pea souper...

willy b

Just checked and the photo was actually made shiter using Instagram, must have been playing about and uploaded teh wrong one, anyway this is the original, not that it's much better!

Kieran_Burns

It looks like a scan of photo taken in the 70s

willy b

How hip... :roll:

thiscocks

Ber Nard wrote:

My new commuter/work horse, a 2012 Jamis Aurora Elite:



Swapped out the saddle for a San Marco Regal (my fave), the bars for Ritchey Classic (the standard bars were to wide and an odd shape), the rack for a Tortec one (the stock rack was very wide and I had this one already) and the guards for SKS P45 Longboards (the standard guards were shockingly bad). Tyres will soon be swapped for Marathon Supremes as I've lost confidence in these tyres in damp conditions.

Very pleased with it. It's heavy but it carries its weight well.

Rob

Really nice. What are the discs like? V tempted to convert to them but will be costly modifying the frame...

gbsahne001

flat barred CX (needed the drops and hate cantilevers, was running with mini Vs, which worked well but couldn't be used with mudguards)



Still need to cut the steerer down and add the disk brake that I've just ordered to the front.

asprilla

Makeover almost complete. Need to finish removing scratched decals.

First.Aspect

Very nice indeed. I dribbled just a little bit.

Did you re-brush the frame? (If so, how? - for my future reference).

asprilla

First Aspect wrote:

Very nice indeed. I dribbled just a little bit.

Did you re-brush the frame? (If so, how? - for my future reference).

Thank you.

Not re-brushed it yet, if you look closely you can see the outline of the removed decal on the down tube. Decals just get either sprayed with GT85 or wiped with white spirit and then I use a credit card or a windscreen scraper to remove them.

I'm using increasing grades of wire wool to rebrush. So far I've just used the finest grade and it has no impact at all.

willy b

Very nice but that suitcase on the back... :shock:

asprilla

willy b wrote:

Very nice but that suitcase on the back... :shock:

I'm just a bit sick of having a bag on my back all the time. I'm finding it better than paniers though today was only my second commute with it.

willy b

Asprilla wrote:

willy b wrote:

Very nice but that suitcase on the back... :shock:

I'm just a bit sick of having a bag on my back all the time. I'm finding it better than paniers though today was only my second commute with it.

Fair comment, I guess Still a very nice bike 8)

asprilla

If it makes you feel better I've also got a Carradice Zipped Roll that's slightly less than half the size. Once I get the logistics sorted I'll be using that most days.

woodnut

After a bit of swappery, & fettling ....


Winter

Summer

tom.millward

My commuting (and everything else) machine

joelsim

The new wheels. Just a couple of pieces still in the post ie carbon seatpost, silver bar end plugs and a brake cable tie.







And t'other...

clarkey cat

now with a few updates

rolf_f

I've never commuted on this and probably never will! Still, put some Veloflex Master gumwall open tubulars on it and went for a long ride on it today for the first time in ages. I'd forgotten how great this bike is and the tyres are superb! 8)