OK, maybe not 'vote' so much as 'pick out components for' my next build.

Winter is coming, and I'm going to need a bike to ride on my 30-mile-per-day round-trip commute (half of that if I use public transit). I have a couple of nice bikes that I commute on currently- a steel drop-bar touring bike with XT components, disc brake, bar-end friction shifting, and front and rear racks, and an aluminuim full-Tiagra road bike. I love those bikes too much- my winter beater is going to be nice enough, but something that, on the whole, I don't really care about.

I have my hands on most of a Jamis Cross Country mountain bike- its just your average cheap hefty aluminum mountain bike with RST shocks and cheap heavy disc-only wheels. I don't care if I beat this thing into the ground.

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*Drivetrain choices:
-3x7 or 8
-1x7 or 8
-Singlespeed w/tensioner (choice of 16 and 18t cogs; splined freehub).

Cranks are Aceras with a 44t large or 32t middle chainring. I have a bashguard to accompany the 32t middle ring if its singlespeeded. Rear derailer, if used, will be either an Acera or Deore LX, both high-normal.

*Brake/shifter choices
-Cheap Tektro mechanical disc set
-Hayes So1e hydraulic disc set, freshly bled.
-Shimano RSX lever- 7spd, rear only (and I have a travel agent to hook it to mechanical disc caliper)
-Deore shifter- 8-speed, rear only, and some v-brake levers)
-Acera brake/shifter units, 8-speed

*Bar choices:
-Risers
-Drops
-Albatross

*Cargo
-Rear rack (though my panniers are not waterproof!)
-Front metal basket

My messenger bag is reliably waterproof.

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Vote away!