johann

Just a little brain storming... looking to pick up a beater bike (to be left outside in the rain, snow, sleet, and dead of night). Mostly looking for something to handle the cobble stone streets of Old Europe with aplomb (although I don't really know what a plomb is).

For aesthetic reasons, do not want a hardtail or full swish mountain bike. But something that will take a big fat tire like a Schwalbe Big Apple. A classic Dutch steel bike might do the trick but doubt that it will take really wide tires. So it's probably down to a rigid mountain bike converted to a single speed with upright cruising handlebar/stem. Maybe this is the obvious answer, but just looking for creative thinking from the forum. thanks.