edsta74

I posted this pic in the Hybrid section as well. But it will never see a trail. So its basically my commuter. Still looking for a more comfy saddle.

ColonelSanders

That is a nice looking bike.

What crank is that?

praivo

Me :-) The brakes are crap, both wheels need to be trued (which won't happen until I get a truing stand), and the fork is crap as well (95 mm pivot spacing and one leg farther from the center than the other, resulting in having the wheel a bit off-center & making it a PITA to adjust the brakes), and the saddle clamp doesn't hold the saddle very well (I have a spare one, will use it soon). Also, the I got the pedals (Kona Jack****) used which meant having to rebuild those as well...

However, I was surprised by the weight, I expected it to end up being way over 15 kg without the accessories.

edsta74

Evo Crank.

Redhatter

Well, in a pinch you could just use the fork as a truing stand. I was contemplating this afternoon seeing if I could re-true a wheel and in the end decided to take it up to the shop to be done professionally, since they have the tools.

However, flipping the bike up-side-down and sitting the wheel in the drop-outs was sufficient to be able to assess just how bad the wobble was and whether it needed professional attention. (~5mm, enough for me to worry)

By the sounds of things though, the frame is a good example of a "bicycle shaped object". ;-)

OnyxTiger

Here's my new setup... Just a little >240 miles on her... needs fenders and rack and clipless til complete. Newbie to commuting and need one for college, started this summer @ 290 lbs and want to commute to tighten up. Going ~15 miles RT fall semester, then ~30 miles RT in Spring '16. Hopefully by then I'll be slim enough for a road bike transition.

praivo

In order to set my brakes they way I like them, I need the wheels to be way more true that that - ideally less than 1 mm of wobble. I did try to true them on the bike with the brakes as reference points but it's not possible to achieve a reasonable precision this way.

Something's gone wrong on my last ride, the front brake stopped braking as "well" as it did before and had trouble stopping the bike (cca. 85 kg bike + me + my backpack). I stole a pair of brakes from my scooter, will see what that can do tomorrow. But it won't be much, as I saw the brake pivots visibly bend while braking, which is not quite what I aimed for...

Yes, it is indeed a BSO, that's the reason I got it for free :-) It's not as bad as many other BSOs, though.

I found a guy who's selling a set of 5 rigid forks for a good price so I'm soon going to buy them, get a better frame, and build a real, reliable commuter.

mijome07

This is my do-it-all bike. Finished the build yesterday. Running SS for now. I'm not new to SS. I rode a 29 lb. 29er for 5 years.

RubeRad

I don't see why not. Just use the fine tuners, and possibly clamps or rubber-bands on the brake levers, to move the pads to the appropriate closeness to the rim, and true wherever the rim touches the pads.

HardyWeinberg

All commuter-ized now after 3 wks of working w/o a net (only one flat in that time)

RidingMatthew

That is a cool looking bike. thanks for sharing

1nterceptor

Sometimes when I'm running late in morning; I would take my bike on the train/bus
to save some time. Cutting my commute time in half from 1.5 hours to 45 minutes.
Is that cheating?

NY-NJ Pathtrain by 1nterceptor, on Flickr

RubeRad

I guess it all depends on what rulebook you are submitting to! In my rulebook, that's called "multi-modal"

Sixty Fiver

Sometimes the attempts of the conseres bromptonis to camouflage itself are not always effective.

1nterceptor

The train just pulled in and I was the first one on. Five minutes later;
the Brompton was nicely hidden in between the masses.

Ludeykrus

Very nice setup! What bag is that?

darmog

That would be a Maxpedition Noatak sling bag.

Scummer

My new commuter. And travel bike. Grocery getter. Trailer hauler. All around bike.

Clyde1820

Very nice. Love the Norwid bikes. Custom steel, S&S couplers, Rohloff gearing. What's not to like?

Barchettaman

That Norwid bike is very well thought out indeed.

i wonder, does anyone make a 650c or a 20" minivelo travel bike? It seems to me that the slightly-smaller road wheel size would mean it could use a smaller travel box, maybe make things more convenient.

GreenmanBelg

My current commuter, it's a 1957 Higgins Ultralite and it's a flyer. Single free 39x20.

My commute is 20 Km round trip.

My company pay us 20 cents € per km tax free. That's €4 a day 20 days a month = €80 :-) Anytime I buy buy cycle gear I can totally justify the expense :-)

I'm one of the 100% cycle commuters at work. No matter the conditions I always cycle to work. Having a trike means road ice is not a big problem.

Thanks for reading. JD.

lost_in_endicot

Neat trike!

RubeRad

Wow, 1957! That trike looks really cool. I can't figure out from the pic what's happening for a rear brake? Also, for the front it looks like a canti, were there posts fitting a modern standard already there, or did you replace the fork?

And 4euro/day to ride that to work, I'm jealous!

GreenmanBelg

Two brakes on the front, canti and hub. As a fellow trike rider would say "If the front wheel stops the back will too"

Here's what Mr Trykit does for rear braking.

yds

Just built up my new Surly Straggler for commuting. Used the old wheelset, which has Nexus 8 IGH at rear and Shimano Dynohub at front, from my old Norco CityGlide. The wheels also use Shimano rollerbrakes, which I upgraded from the original set. Between the IGH and the rollerbrakes, the drivetrain is totally all-weather - including winter riding in snow - and virtually maintenance free. Since pic's I've also swapped handlebar for a Trekking bar which I'm going to try out.