Commuting - Don't laugh at my bike?

Yesterday I was given a Giant Innova in great shape except for no seat and dry rotted tires. It has fenders and a rack on the back. I will make it my "run to the store" bike. I excited about this bike even if it not "high dollar" but it sure beats the beater Roadmaster m/b I am now using for that purpose.........Sam

Pics????

...and I will call him...."Rusty"

I commute on a 15 year old frame full of parts that people gave me. My offroad Singlespeed is an old, externally butted Giant frame, built up with good parts as they came available cheaply.

Laugh? I applaud you.

I might've laughed at the Roadmaster, though

My one and only 15 yo mtb has Shimano's next to the bottom low end parts that came w/ it. I use it for commuting, errands, transportation, single track (when it had knobbies) and riding around aimlessly. It's awesome.

I only laugh at bikes that are not ridden. It can be roughly expressed by the formula

L=((($**2) x d) / s) - m

Where:

L is the extent of the laugh measured in Carlins
$ is the retail price of the bike in US Dollars
d is the accumulated thickness of dust in mm
s is the number of scratches
d is the accummulated thickness of mud in mm

I used to commute in Ann Arbor on a Giant Innova...it's a great bike for communting. My commute to the University was 9 miles each way. Hey one of the bikes I use currently is the frame that the Innova replaced. It's a Giant Excursion. Still going strong.

I only laugh at bikes that are not ridden. It can be roughly expressed by the formula

L=((($**2) x d) / s) - m

Where:

L is the extent of the laugh measured in Carlins
$ is the retail price of the bike in US Dollars
d is the accumulated thickness of dust in mm
s is the number of scratches
d is the accummulated thickness of mud in mm

Hold on... you defined the same variable twice (d).

Does not compute... Just ride instead.

My bike is 34 years old ... wich makes it one year younger than me.
I dont know which one has more scars, but it was 25 dollars

I promise not to laugh, unless you hurt yourself by straddling the top tube because you didn't buy a cheap-o seat. Then, I'd laugh (as long as you didn't hurt yourself too much).

That last one sort of looks like a "d", but it's really an "m". Ok genec, you're right; I did. No wait a second. I can get out of this. m is a hyper variable, which like all variables changes with input, but also can change it's self. You were thinking that it was a constant variable, completely understandable. It's really a variable variable used in commonly quantum mechanics. Yes, it's a technique refined by Dr Steven Hawkins back in the 80's. So, I'm standing by original post.

Free bike......you can laugh all the way to the bank......if it's rideable ;)

Do you want me to substitute d with d1 in the formula since you defined it twice; with d1 being the sum of the thicknesss of dust and mud?


I only laugh at bikes that are not ridden. It can be roughly expressed by the formula

L=((($**2) x d) / s) - m

Where:

L is the extent of the laugh measured in Carlins
$ is the retail price of the bike in US Dollars
d is the accumulated thickness of dust in mm
s is the number of scratches
d is the accummulated thickness of mud in mm

A new saddle and tires is not much of an investment. Besides, it sounds like a good refurbishing project for those rainy days. Break out the rustoleum. :D