Nice folder! For some reason, that second picture folded up looks haphazard and reminds me of a Frankenturret from Portal 2 -- better hope it doesn't walk away on you!

I put my bike back together last night after powder coating it OD green. Pretty happy how it turned out, so I decided to snap a couple of photos at my favorite spot on my commute home.

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Looks great!

Nice color for the desert; the no-logo look is very clean and calm

Early 90s rigid mountain bike with 24" wheels. Slicks, rack, fenders, kickstand, On One Mary swept bars, and German bottle dynamo with front and rear lights.

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Ha. I see what you did there. Ecin ekib!

Have been putting a lot of miles on the new old Pug... folks forget how fun these are in all seasons.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...ugv2%20(1).JPG

Got the rear rack installed the other day too.

Is it one of your custom racks? Would be cool to see a pic

Picked up my new Madone 6.2 today. My second road pick but first at this lvl. Plan on doing some big weekend rides with her.


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^ that's my kind of commuter. Nice!!

This bike came with an off the peg rack but I plan to build another set of custom racks for this Pug as it might go and do some touring.

When I sold my last Pug the rack went with it...

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikes...rack%20(2).JPG

Forrest got the call today... the 16km round trip is nothing like the 100 km / day trips we used to do.

The 9 speed set up is making me really happy, the shifting is spotless and with these small wheels you don't need to hit that 39 tooth granny unless it gets really steep.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...rain%20(1).jpg

Installed a new stem and scored a Lezyne mini pump which is an ideal fit for my pocket tourer which is also a splendid all round bicycle for almost any conditions.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...rain%20(2).jpg

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This bike started life as a ´94 Focus Crater Lake steel hybrid (stock photo):

http://i.imgur.com/wEpqR1f.jpg?1

It was trashed and dumped in a hedge with a broken bottom bracket, at which point the process of bringing it back to life began.

It´s currently in its second build in my hands. Pre-paint it was running a mixed 2x8 Sora/old 105 drivetrain and cantis.

Post-paint job (Hammerite brush on ´copper´) it has a 2x10 Tiagra groupset with an FSA Vero square taper crank, and Tektro mini-V brakes. The rear mech cable is a fancy Jagwire teflon/Kevlar combo, it shifts beautifully.

The frame is low-grade steel, so pretty thick gauge, and has compact geometry so it´s remarkably stiff. I run 622/30 tyres for a cushy ride. Hand-laced rear wheel, so pretty bombproof.

I´ve put about 12,000km on it, plenty more to come!

The current front wheel is off my Merckx as the old dynamo hub front delaminated at the brake track and disintegrated. Very scary.

My road bike came with an FSA Vero crankset. I'm not really a fan.

i would like to see a picture or video of you riding this bike. I think a folder small wheel would be useful but my wife thinks i would look silly. 11mile commute one way.

It's been great, can't fault it really. Minimal wear over 6,000km and the Shimano BB is still smooth. Definitely fit for purpose.

Really, mine came with some cheap POS BB in a weird short 103mm spindle length (Shimano doesn't make one that length). It went to crap after less than 2K miles I think.

Here's mine. Just built it and will be trying commuting for the first time. We'll see how it goes.

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never seen an adjustable stem angled down like that.

In commuter mode.

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Don't throw it out - my experiences would perhaps suggest that the crankset wasn't to blame for your negative experience.
i have the equivalent FSA Tempo crankset on a 2x9 speed set up, that's been great too.

I'm not throwing out the crankset, because I don't want to spend the money on a new 105 or Ultegra Hollowtech crank and BB with outboard bearings. But I wish I could. I trashed that old BB quick, though.

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Biketruck. In need of a good cleaning, it's been a few months.