Originally Posted by
noglider
Mine too. Form and function gather together!
Ugly is great. This is called a sleeper bike. Looks like crap, rides like glory. (Right?) I like how you managed to put flat bar shifters on a bar that is more like a drop bar. I happen to like bars that jut forward like that.
I once had a commuter bike that rode like a dream and looked dorky. Once a teenager had the nerve to yell out at me, "Cheap bike!" I was so proud to have fooled him.
Thanks!
I lucked out in finding bullhorns with enough room to accommodate the shifters, with a 22.2m diameter.
I love that I can lock it up in sketchier hoods without too many worries.
It almost rides like glory - the engine can use better conditioning
At a comfortable cadence it still beats out most other cyclists, but more importantly, it smokes public transit!