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05-06-08, 02:06 PM
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As we're talking fantasy world: I'd want the bicycle equivalent of Jay Leno's garage. With the caveat that nothing's in there that I haven't built up myself.
Ghod, I love to wrench!
Ghod, I love to wrench!
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“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
05-06-08, 03:44 PM
#77
Que CERA, CERA
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1. The winter commuter: studded tires, disk brakes, rear hub, probably built up from an Al or Ti CX frame. Built for absolute minimum maintenance in snow/salt/slush.
2. The summer commuter/tourer: custom steel frame, abundant braze-ons. Road disk brakes on this one due to its primary assignment as a commuter (frequent stops and road hazards/potholes). Triple on the front for maximum Fredness.
3. The mid-life crisis: UCI-illegal weight, carbon frame, Campag gruppo. Rationalized as the ideal bike for a quick jaunt to visit family or friends who live about half my ideal riding distance out of town.
4. The alternate mid-life crisis: some sort of SS/FG, probably 29" MTB but possibly CX. For trails/paths/hydro cuts, etc.
5. The twogether: Tandem so that my wife and I can both comfortably ride at the same pace.
I can't really see myself using an xtracycle or utility bike with any sort of frequency, so I'd go the trailer route instead--a flat-deck trailer for big stuff as well as an enclosed kiddie trailer for groceries/etc.
I figure I'll eventually have what I want for bikes #1 and #2, but beyond that I'm probably dreaming...
2. The summer commuter/tourer: custom steel frame, abundant braze-ons. Road disk brakes on this one due to its primary assignment as a commuter (frequent stops and road hazards/potholes). Triple on the front for maximum Fredness.
3. The mid-life crisis: UCI-illegal weight, carbon frame, Campag gruppo. Rationalized as the ideal bike for a quick jaunt to visit family or friends who live about half my ideal riding distance out of town.
4. The alternate mid-life crisis: some sort of SS/FG, probably 29" MTB but possibly CX. For trails/paths/hydro cuts, etc.
5. The twogether: Tandem so that my wife and I can both comfortably ride at the same pace.
I can't really see myself using an xtracycle or utility bike with any sort of frequency, so I'd go the trailer route instead--a flat-deck trailer for big stuff as well as an enclosed kiddie trailer for groceries/etc.
I figure I'll eventually have what I want for bikes #1 and #2, but beyond that I'm probably dreaming...
