Suggestion for an improved commuter bike pics thread
01-23-15, 03:58 PM
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I really like this suggestion and think a new thread is in order. I like the way @acidfast7 laid out the post. I also like the existing thread, but see this one as serving a different function. I wish I had the trained eye of someone like @noglider, but I'm not there yet. This forum has made me much better at "reading" a bike, and I can imagine that this new thread could be a great way for me to get better and for newcomers to learn a lot about the choices seasoned commuters make and why they make them.
01-23-15, 03:59 PM
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01-23-15, 04:08 PM
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A trained eye won't tell you everything looking at a pic or two.
I understand some don't want to be bothered listing details/reasons/costs, and I suppose that's ok too. But some of us like to read it, even if we have a trained eye or two.
I understand some don't want to be bothered listing details/reasons/costs, and I suppose that's ok too. But some of us like to read it, even if we have a trained eye or two.
01-23-15, 04:37 PM
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01-23-15, 05:22 PM
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Personally, I think a summary of key components (gearing, brakes, etc.) would be more useful than prices and weights. Anyone can find the prices of bikes and parts, and the total cost depends on so many variables -- whether bought new or used, as a complete bike or assembled from frame and components, bought at a shop or on-line or built by oneself, etc. Regarding weight, I don't know what my bikes weigh and don't care. And do you weigh bikes stripped down or with pedals, bottles, racks, bags, computers, etc.? Weight weenies have a habit of quoting weights that don't include many parts that almost everyone rides with.
Another issue is that some of us commute on multiple bikes. I have four different bikes that I ride to work, depending on my mood, the weather and other factors.
All that aside, it would be nice if commuters would include more information about their bikes, the components, and their route when posting pictures.
Another issue is that some of us commute on multiple bikes. I have four different bikes that I ride to work, depending on my mood, the weather and other factors.
All that aside, it would be nice if commuters would include more information about their bikes, the components, and their route when posting pictures.
01-23-15, 05:25 PM
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Name/Model of Bike: 2013 Mango Bikes SS
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Price: £299
Weight: "All of our fixed gear bikes are fitted with aluminium double wall deep-v aero rims and Chasewood sealed wheel bearings offering great strength to weight ratio when hopping up curbs or hitting pot holes."
Distance & Terrain: 11.8km RT (British roads, so same as US gravel)
Purchase Info: Online from website.
Other: Great bike. Would buy again, when this one wears out in about 10 years.
Pictures:
Price: £299
Weight: "All of our fixed gear bikes are fitted with aluminium double wall deep-v aero rims and Chasewood sealed wheel bearings offering great strength to weight ratio when hopping up curbs or hitting pot holes."
Distance & Terrain: 11.8km RT (British roads, so same as US gravel)
Purchase Info: Online from website.
Other: Great bike. Would buy again, when this one wears out in about 10 years.
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.. kinda..ish..Thanks for giving the template a test run.
01-23-15, 06:04 PM
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@Giant Doofus, I had a trained eye before joining bikeforums, but it has improved vastly since then. It amazes me, what some of us can do. We can glance at a bike and know in an instant that, for example, the decals are forgeries or that a single component is not original to the bike.
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01-23-15, 09:17 PM
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You're just saying that because your bike isn't a black carbon race bike with black decals and really deep carbon rims.
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01-26-15, 03:22 PM
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I hope this serves as an improvement and aids in development of the new commuter bike /thrad
01-27-15, 11:34 AM
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