Originally Posted by
Abe_Froman
Come to Chicago. Bike store 5 minutes away from my house has a Kona Jake for like $699. Very cool store, commuter oriented. Next door to the pool hall
The Color Of Money with Tom Cruise/Paul Newman was shot in.
Edit: I just saw you were in Canada. Sorry...yea will probably be like $42,500 lol
Haha! I'm actually planning to be in Chicago this fall... I don't think that I can be so patient though! Yep, our dollar is pretty bad right now, but I'm about to check a few sources now; we'll see!
Originally Posted by
RubeRad
Surly ground zero is Minnesota, I don't know if that means you could easily find CrossChecks in kijili, but that's a very common option for a cross bike as a commuter (it's what I ride). That and LHT, or Straggler.
Also online is a good option, maybe. For instance...BD has many cross bikes under $1000. ....Here's info about shipping 'to' canada, which apparently is really shipping to a UPS Store in the US near Canada, and you drive and go pick it up, if that's something you're up for.
Also, you don't necessarily have to go full-gravel/cross-racing bike for 1km of gravel. You could get away with a vintage steel road bike with clearance for 700x28 or maybe even 700x32 tires.
Awesome! I'm going to check that link now and see what I can find.
Do you think that some rough roads would be an issue though? Some of the roads on my commute won't be the smoothest, lol.
Originally Posted by
mcours2006
The extra weight is really a non-issue with a commuter bike, because chances are you'll be adding a set of fenders, rack, and perhaps panniers, cage and bottle, lights, and other electronics on it. A light bike is nice, to be sure. Your 19-lb bike, when fully laden, will weigh 30 lbs instead of 35 lbs.
FWIW, the Norco Threshold A3 with disc brakes and Sora weighs about 24 lb, while the Miele with the disc brakes and 5800 is a couple of pounds lighter, but I don't know if the Miele has the eyelets for rack and fender, nor whether or not you can fit larger tires on it.
That makes sense; I've already been looking at fenders. I'd have to stay pretty clean, as I work in an office and am required to be semi formal. I'll try not to dwell on that too much then. The Norco Threshold might sound a little bit better for my situation then.