Originally Posted by
noglider
Tell us more about the red bike, and show us more pictures, please.
It's from Bikes Direct. The Windsor 8 speed. A few friends had purchased from them for various bikes and their testimony was enough to push me in that direction as I am on a budget but wanted to increase the fleet by one more bike to have something dedicated again for church, and (now) commuting since I have gone back to working in the office, as well as something to hang the Breezer Grocery bags on for my weekly shopping. It works very well. I am not new to the Nexus 8 IGH so knew that would be a good hub. The combination of steel frame and 700c's with 35 tires makes for a very pleasant 6.1 mile ride to work on the various concrete slab and asphalt roads that metro Detroit has to offer. Amazing how harsh the Kona Aluminum frame still was even with 2 inch 26'er's on it... Here is another pic: