What do you ride to work?

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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    sarajoy wrote:
    NGale wrote:
    What about flat bar road bike? I refuse to call my Trek a hybrid on the basis that it has a road frame and road wheels
    Just bite the bullet and do it, I put my Vita under Hybrid, and that's also touted as a flat-bar road bike.. :P

    no...can't do it........somehow I couldn't get the balls to dare admit that I have something which resembles a hybrid. :lol:
    Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    oh my goodness,

    you are all like the toddler who, when presented with a choice betweek weetabix and porridge, demands coco pops or some such cereal I don't have space for in my cupboard.

    THERE WEREN'T A MILLION SPACES FOR ALL THE POLL OPTIONS!!!!!!

    I am sure you know in your heart of hearts whether what you are riding is a road bike (called a "racer" when I was young), a mountain bike (for going up and down mountains) or a hybrid (for going along the road and not being able to go fast enough on to justify wearing lycra and shaving your legs)

    All the others are merely subspecies......

    Btw, if it rains this summer expect to get VERY bored of me........
    Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome
  • jimmypippa
    jimmypippa Posts: 1,712
    LINSEN

    YOU DIDN'T PUT AN OPTION FOR RECUMBENTS
    http://www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=6404
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    jimmypippa wrote:
    LINSEN

    YOU DIDN'T PUT AN OPTION FOR RECUMBENTS

    Let me correct that for you

    Snob (Roadie)
    Freak (SS)
    No-knee Freak (FG)
    Perve (CX)
    Clueless (MTB)
    Beginner (Hybrid)
    Grandad (Folder)
    Flat cap man (Tourer)
    Child (BMX)
    Porn-Star (Recumbent)
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Don't forget the pogo stick. Its ideal for clearing potholes and its dead easy to track stand at the lights.

    Oh, and stilts. Excellent visibility.
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    I voted mountain bike - although I could've said hybrid. Basically its a rigid mountain bike with slicks, so might as well be a hybrid, but it isn't 8)

    I still scalp most of the roadies I see...
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Mat - I'm curious. What's that top/avatar of yours?
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Its my etape top from last year - it was designed by me and a few mates and is a slightly odd mish-mash but I actually quite like it, especially as I have since bought a black red and white bike!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Ah! I see. Is that a pint of Guiness on the right?
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    It is indeed - links in with the "568cc" team name we usually enter sportives under (its a pint!)
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    :lol:

    God, I'd love a pint now.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    I like the jersey, and really like the team name.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    linsen wrote:
    oh my goodness,

    you are all like the toddler who, when presented with a choice betweek weetabix and porridge, demands coco pops or some such cereal I don't have space for in my cupboard.

    THERE WEREN'T A MILLION SPACES FOR ALL THE POLL OPTIONS!!!!!!

    I am sure you know in your heart of hearts whether what you are riding is a road bike (called a "racer" when I was young), a mountain bike (for going up and down mountains) or a hybrid (for going along the road and not being able to go fast enough on to justify wearing lycra and shaving your legs)

    All the others are merely subspecies......

    Btw, if it rains this summer expect to get VERY bored of me........
    :lol::lol::lol:
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    I'll take the good (road) bike if it's not raining, or the rigid MTB with skinny slicks if it's wet or during the winter. So can I vote twice? Huh?
    Today is a good day to ride
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    linsen wrote:
    oh my goodness,

    you are all like the toddler who, when presented with a choice betweek weetabix and porridge, demands coco pops or some such cereal I don't have space for in my cupboard.

    THERE WEREN'T A MILLION SPACES FOR ALL THE POLL OPTIONS!!!!!!

    I am sure you know in your heart of hearts whether what you are riding is a road bike (called a "racer" when I was young), a mountain bike (for going up and down mountains) or a hybrid (for going along the road and not being able to go fast enough on to justify wearing lycra and shaving your legs)

    All the others are merely subspecies......

    Btw, if it rains this summer expect to get VERY bored of me........

    Indeed, I'd have probably put far fewer options:

    Roadie
    Hybrid
    MTB
    Folder
    Recumbent

    And everyone would have had to pick one. No differentiation for SS, tourers are roadies, CX are roadies, BMX-ers should grow up.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • jimjamyaharr
    jimjamyaharr Posts: 96
    I ride a giant stp0, if anyone knows what that is?


    a pain in the ass, i need a new bike now my commute has considerably increesed in distance...

    Last few days have been rideing the "clio"
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    And everyone would have had to pick one. No differentiation for SS, tourers are roadies, CX are roadies, BMX-ers should grow up.
    You should apply for a job with a polling agency. That way you could structure questions in such a way as to come up with shocking results and thereby generate news.

    (Can you sense that I do not agree with your categories?)
  • Hurricane151
    Hurricane151 Posts: 632
    I have a Specialsed Roadie for the rain-free days and i use a Claude Butler Hybrid for the wetter days.

    Haven't done a winter yet but hoping the hybrid will get me through till the next C2W scheme is available for me to get a better hybrid for the bad days.

    Might be a bit weird but kind of looking forward to the winter!!!
    TWITTER
    Specialized Tarmac (Commuter)
    Specialized Tarmac SL3 (Sunday Best)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Always Tyred wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    And everyone would have had to pick one. No differentiation for SS, tourers are roadies, CX are roadies, BMX-ers should grow up.
    You should apply for a job with a polling agency. That way you could structure questions in such a way as to come up with shocking results and thereby generate news.

    (Can you sense that I do not agree with your categories?)

    Well, I am looking for a job, perhaps I'll give MORI a call.

    I'm getting a slight impression of that, yes. :lol:

    Look at it in the eyes of the layman - anything with drops is a roadie. One of the main things people say is 'I don't like drops', along with, of course, 'it'll shatter into a million tiny pieces'

    I guess what I'm saying is these are the groups, pick one, nobody's special.

    What would yours be?
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • peter,vj
    peter,vj Posts: 12
    I ride a converted fixedgear all year, except on the twenty or so days when the weather permits me to take the Giant SCR for a spin.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    And everyone would have had to pick one. No differentiation for SS, tourers are roadies, CX are roadies, BMX-ers should grow up.
    You should apply for a job with a polling agency. That way you could structure questions in such a way as to come up with shocking results and thereby generate news.

    (Can you sense that I do not agree with your categories?)

    Well, I am looking for a job, perhaps I'll give MORI a call.

    I'm getting a slight impression of that, yes. :lol:

    Look at it in the eyes of the layman - anything with drops is a roadie. One of the main things people say is 'I don't like drops', along with, of course, 'it'll shatter into a million tiny pieces'

    I guess what I'm saying is these are the groups, pick one, nobody's special.

    What would yours be?


    If you ever insinuate that I'm a roadie ever again, I'll kick yer shins. :wink:
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Hang on, don't we already have categories?

    Wouldn't "What's your FCN?" work better?

    [Edit] Okay, given the adjustments, FCNs don't uniquely put you on a specific type of bike. I think it would also be interesting, though :)[/Edit]
  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    Fixed road-bike on Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.

    Fixed CX with a child trailer on Mondays and Wednesdays.

    I'm comfortable with the no-knee pervy freak thing, but where does the trailer fit in the list???
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    don_don wrote:
    I'm comfortable with the no-knee pervy freak thing, but where does the trailer fit in the list???
    Somewhere to sleep?
  • snellgrove
    snellgrove Posts: 171
    Dirk Van Gently wrote:
    Voted.

    Define "far too posh"

    surely if it's good bike and you like the ride, then it's the right bike.
    Never have subscribed to the philosophy that your "best" bike is kept for weekend etc. If you've bought it, may as well use it, then when you have worn it out, buy another one.

    I agree with you really.

    I say mine's (Scott CR1 - lovely ride :) ) only too posh because carbon scratches SO easily I'm realising. The steel bike-hoops that I lock mine up against aren't friendly! I now always park with my bike on a certain side - i.e. one where it rests against the bike hoop on some cable-outers which run alongside the steerer / headset and I think the rear-brake one sticks out a bit past the seat-stay. Seems to prevent nasty carbon-steel interfacing!

    My D-Lock is gradually scratching the seat post, at the top. Doesn't look good.

    I'd say I will buy a commuter that I don't care about so much one day if only to increase the longevity of my current road bike. A carbon frame should last *forever* !

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