Originally Posted by
Italuminium
Makes sense. I live in a city as well where bike theft is a fact of life, but with some great roadie paths leading out of it. I just keep one or two nice road bikes in the shed and a changing coterie of city bikes in the rack out front. Lately, I've been pleasantly surprised with how well a fat tired single speed MTB works for city use, much better than a fixie or a road bike converted to single speed.
I still have a Jamis Commuter with a nexus 7 and my Claud Butler Majestic, if I want ride a nice bike.
I do not see a need for anything more, it would just become a carpet queen, as I would be too scared to lock it anywhere.
There are some nice riding bikes in that lot,
The Carlton in pic 3 will do up very nicely, I think I will go for Suntour or maybe a full Shimano 600 gear set up and stay with the brakes on it.
The 2 Marins do not need much work the blue Bolinas Ridge on is nearly all XT, the gold Palisades trail is mostly STX.
The Giant Innova is flat bar again with a full Black LX group waiting and the Trek Multi Track will wear the drops and knobblys.
The Gary Fisher is a favorite it will get a retro Mountain LX group, and thumb shifters possibly.
The gold one with the blue forks is an Extreme Chaos and was my first 90's MTB converted to commuter, love that bike it has carried a lot of groceries.
The gold Marin Palisades Trail is waiting for me in Wellington I am planning to give it a tickle and ride it out to Pencarrow head which is the site of NZ's oldest light house. A very nice coastal gravel track with no car access.
Thanks for the replies guys. Paul