Sixty Fiver

Word... have been bike spotting here in PDX and it is actually hard to find anything I would call an ugly bike here.

Grishnak

My Golden pigeon (does that make it the DELUXE version) Sturmey 3 speed 40 spoke wheel.

noglider 

One of these days, I'll do a photo journal of bikes locked on the streets of Manhattan. I grew up there, and it was always a bike city, but it's really exploded now. And almost every bike makes a statement somehow.

WestMass

When it's nice out....


when it's not


I switch the lights back and forth. I'm planning on putting a new saddle and slick tires onto the trek, and am considering getting some albatross style bars to replace the flat bar. I also might swap the cassette out for something that makes more sense for road riding.

91MF

picked this up mid last week for foul-weather commute duty.

its currently completely dismantled for a proper cleaning and a few parts changeups.

once i re-assemble i'll post an 'after' pic.

GrantH

Is this a 1 or 2? MY LBS only carries Giants so I wondered about the Roam for commuting/long distance riding. How do you like it?

Edit: I answered my own question; the disc brakes tell me. Question still stands.

owenfinn

That`s a Rixen & Kaul backpack attached to the seatpost with a Klickfix extender adapter.

https://www.klickfix.de/index.php?mod=12&lang=en

ThorUSA carries some of the Klickfix stuff.

https://www.thorusa.com/dahon/accessories/baskets.htm

xB_Nutt

This has become my favorite commuter these days...

monsterpile

Those Thick Slicks look so rad.

canyoneagle

It's been a while - I have been busy with other things, and took a bit of a sabbatical from the forums.
I've been busy, though. I built a new wheel for the Marinoni around an Alfine 8 hub (that I had in the parts bin), and the result is phenomenal. I've been enjoying it thoroughly, though I will be selling the bike soon - I'm consolidating to one bike, and will be building up a Singular Gryphon in the coming weeks. I've sold the Norco Vesta - the geometry was just not quite right for me.

Anyway, here's the Marinoni in commuter guise:

canyoneagle

....and on a completely different note, I've obtained my son's permission to use his 29er mountain bike as my primary commuter so I can properly clean and package the Marinoni for sale, and in the interim until I build the Gryphon (frames due stateside in October).
I've made some temporary alterations to his bike (mainly from my commuter parts bin), and it is an absolute blast to ride.

- Jeff Jones "Loop" H-bar
- Schwalbe Big Apple 2.35 tires
- rack, dynamo front wheel, lights
- venerable Brooks saddle
- lockout on suspension fork (0 travel)

The bike is super fun to ride, and I'm finding the big apples to roll surprisingly well. I am averaging similar speeds as I do on the Marinoni, with much less anxiety about road conditions.

So, here's the monster:

irclean

Sorry to hear that you're selling both bikes; I really enjoyed reading about their evolution and seeing the pics.

Looks like fun! What dynohub is that?

Mardmakarm

Canyoneagle, really nice bike you got!But why using batteries headlight while you already use E3?

MK313

XB, how do you like those tires? Hadn't heard of them before, but those may be my next tires.

canyoneagle

The E3 is my "see" light, and the PB Blaze 2W (must be what you are referring to) is always on blink mode ("be seen"). I run both lights night or day.
I have a similar setup on back, with the E3 triple LED tail light on steady and a PB SF or Radbot 1000 on blink.

The "steady" lights might be fine on their own at night, but the blinkies are a necessity during the day.

canyoneagle

The Marinoni was always a "project", and, as much as I love the bike, I had never intended to keep it long term.

The dynamo hub is the Shimano Alfine. The drag is not noticeable when riding.

xB_Nutt

So far the tires have been fine. Only downside is they are fairly heavy. I haven't logged enough miles to comment on their flat resistance but they seem like they will hold up pretty well.

Dean7

My latest commuter. My Schwinn Circuit.

monsterpile

Me like. I have Schwinn lust after getting my Le Tour.

Dean7

Thank you. That is kind of a crappy cell phone pic but in real life it's pretty amazing. I've been paranoid about locking it up because I don't want any nicks in the paint (but right now my hands are tied because my other two bikes need some work that I haven't gotten around to doing... one has a wheelset that's totally worn out, another has a broken spoke that I need to fix).

monsterpile

I just love looking at the Schwinn catalogs from that era. It all started when I fixed up a 1989 Schwinn traveler for a friend of mine. I really liked it, but i didn't know how much I probably liked it. I figured I would look up and see if I could find info on it. If I remember right it was his Dads and it was passed down to him. The 1987 Le Tour I bought a few months ago I think is the same frame. Its just so fun to ride. It just feels so fast for some reason.

One way you could protect the frame when locking it up is go buy some insulating pipe pipe foam from a hardware store. Cut off a piece just long enough to stick it some where on you main frame when you lock it up where you need ot lean it against something that might scratch it. I did this for a while with my mini velo before I stopped being paranoid about the scratches. =P Of course in general I am pretty careful about how I lock up all my bikes even the old beat up Trek I used to use.

Loose Chain

Some really cool machines, thanks for the photos. One observation, not universal, but common, I think some folks have never heard of minimum insertion for stems and seat posts, lol, .

LC

Mardmakarm

Now my Schwinn Coffee added with front basket and rear folding baskets, made it perfectly for grocery shopping

AlphaDogg

Still waiting on my rear rack, front light, and waterproof panniers (all from Nashbar). I recently put reflective tape on my bike that will become my commuter on Tuesday, so I can be seen.

irclean

Completed rigid fork swaps on two previously suspended commuters: