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the new "OMFG, it's REALLY crappy out there" commuter



I put it together this weekend, but of course the roads were clear, dry and relatively salt-free this morning, so it's still waiting for its first appearance hauling my butt to work. 40% chance of snow tomorrow...we'll see.

Sixty Fiver

Dude... You have a bike problem.

monsterpile

I just picked up this Bianchi Milano Parco today. Its so fantastic and I love the 3-speed gear range in my little test rides so far. My Monocog is back up on Craigslist after acquiring this sweet little 3-speed. Its light and pretty fast not to mention its pretty sweet looking. I wonder how hard it would be to get a front fender that matches. For now I can put on something I have lying around so this can be my winter commuter.

EDIT: if anyone is curious this is the classic Bianchi Celeste green its just weird overcast late afternoon lighting that makes it look more blue than it is.

undisputed83

This is my winter beater. It's a 1991 Specialized Hardrock that I acquired off of craigslist this past fall. I nicknamed it the "Squirrel" due to the fact it gets squirrelly without studded tires on it. A purchase I don't plan to make.

texas2wheel

NJ_Falls

Am I seeing things or are you tires flat?

monsterpile

I hope you get that yellow Windsor out of the box and out together soon. I want to see pics of it.

I might end up making some fenders if I need some. I don't know if I will actually keep this bike in commuter duty or not. I might use the Dahon instead and have this for other things. I haven't decided yet. Right now I am experimenting with some moutache bars on it right now. I think I actually really like them, but I haven't taken it out for a long test ride yet so the jury is out. I think this bike looks better with the drop bars, but maybe I will change my mind.

texas2wheel

no, the tires are in a gap between the driveway and the garage foundation slab.

irclean

@texas2wheel: Lovin' that Mercier! Are you running a Nexus hub?

texas2wheel

It's a Sturmey Archer S-RF5 (W).

macdonwald

Here's my new Lynskey Cooper CX build. A long time coming, but I'm psyched!

hikelite

Sexy!

Sixty Fiver

thorsteno

macdonwald, parts list if you please.

Chris_in_Miami

That's a beautiful bike macdonwald, congratulations!

X-LinkedRider

I pretty much strip the seat bags and lights off of the bike after every ride. I don't commute MUCH on the bike anymore as I work a lot from home and I can bike between clients as it is paid travel time. But here is mine for now.

2006 Giant FCR 3 - Converted into Drop Bar and Bar Con (Also my touring bike)

Fizzaly

Look out dude my girlfriend said shes on her way to nebraska to steal your bike, i really like the redwall tires goes o so well the green

Fizzaly

Oh yeah monsterpile this is what i got so far for that new build. I picked up a 2005 trek 300 for free along with some same year unused specialized tires so far im up to a bit over 10LBS so i gotta find a bunch of light stuff to try for under 20LBS Im going to strip all the paint and polish the alum and try and keep all comp black to really set off the red rims.

monsterpile

LOL I'll make sure to keep this thing away from her. I almost felt like I stole it from the pawn shop I bought it from. I feel bad for whoever had to give it up.

I rode it to work today and other than the sliding around on snow and ice it was fantastic. I do have to get used to the gaps in the gear range but its a really fun bike. With a missing fender it come in at 26.5 lbs certainly not heavy. Its hard not to gush about the bike.

monsterpile

Thats a nice frame for free. I think its a bit different but I love my Trek MTB frame alot. Polished aluminum frame, those red rimes with black everything else will look pretty cool. What fork are you going with?

BarracksSi

That is almost exactly what I will build if I ever retire my Bianchi Valle.

Fizzaly

Not sure Im trying to get my hands on a used SID world cup for an affordable price other wise im going with some rigid alum. It will make for a nice summer time commuter with some slicks onit

NJ_Falls

A good bike from a pawn shop in Lincoln?! You have accomplished the "near impossible"

monsterpile

Thanks for the compliment. Thats why I rarely go into them for that reason, but I have gotten lucky a few times. When I go its only go to a couple that are downtown near the thrift stores I go to. Right now they actually have some decent deals (not killer ones) on a couple bikes but nothing I need but some of them I would be very interested if I knew someone that needed something. One had a Gary Fisher I kinda wanted for a couple months, but I couldn't justify the used market value price for a MTB I didn't need. If you are interested I can tell you where those shops are.

I actually decided to go to the thrift stores that day because someone on C&V said people were donating tons of stuff for the end of the year so he went trying to get some nice bikes. The thrift stores I went to were pretty cleaned out in general of stuff that wasn't clothes, but I guess I applied the same idea to the pawn shops and got lucky. I should probably thank that guy. LOL

NJ_Falls

I don't live in Lincoln anymore, but visit there quite often, and I am 99.9% sure on which stores you are talkin' about. The pawn shop that used to be next to Game Stash had a Basso for sale one time, but I didn't get paid for another week and when I came back it was gone