I don't think anyone has caught me riding but it really looks like riding a bike... unless you are 7 feet tall and then you might look like a circus clown.

My bike is very close to a Bike Friday in geometry... it fits like a 55cm bike.

From the web..

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Custom commuter:

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Lock up bike on the work end of a bike-bus-bike commute:

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Commuter mode

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Looks great. :thumb:

What brand of fender is on that bike?

Planet Bike ATB Cascadia
Amazon.com: Planet Bike Black ATB Cascadia Fenders (60 mm Wide)

Thanks!

Got a crappy bike from a friend, replaced most of the parts with stuff from my parts bin & rebuilt the rest, total investment about 300 Kč ($12) :) All-steel except Al rims, 14.6 kg (32 lbs) pictured (incl. a lock and a battery for the headlight, both hidden in the frame bag).

I wouldn't call it "crappy", it looks the part and for $12, who's to complain?

I posted this pic in the Hybrid section as well. But it will never see a trail. So its basically my commuter. Still looking for a more comfy saddle.
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That is a nice looking bike.

What crank is that?

Me :-) The brakes are crap, both wheels need to be trued (which won't happen until I get a truing stand), and the fork is crap as well (95 mm pivot spacing and one leg farther from the center than the other, resulting in having the wheel a bit off-center & making it a PITA to adjust the brakes), and the saddle clamp doesn't hold the saddle very well (I have a spare one, will use it soon). Also, the I got the pedals (Kona Jack****) used which meant having to rebuild those as well...

However, I was surprised by the weight, I expected it to end up being way over 15 kg without the accessories.

Evo Crank.

Well, in a pinch you could just use the fork as a truing stand. I was contemplating this afternoon seeing if I could re-true a wheel and in the end decided to take it up to the shop to be done professionally, since they have the tools.

However, flipping the bike up-side-down and sitting the wheel in the drop-outs was sufficient to be able to assess just how bad the wobble was and whether it needed professional attention. (~5mm, enough for me to worry)

By the sounds of things though, the frame is a good example of a "bicycle shaped object". ;-)

Here's my new setup... Just a little >240 miles on her... needs fenders and rack and clipless til complete. Newbie to commuting and need one for college, started this summer @ 290 lbs and want to commute to tighten up. Going ~15 miles RT fall semester, then ~30 miles RT in Spring '16. Hopefully by then I'll be slim enough for a road bike transition.

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In order to set my brakes they way I like them, I need the wheels to be way more true that that - ideally less than 1 mm of wobble. I did try to true them on the bike with the brakes as reference points but it's not possible to achieve a reasonable precision this way.

Something's gone wrong on my last ride, the front brake stopped braking as "well" as it did before and had trouble stopping the bike (cca. 85 kg bike + me + my backpack). I stole a pair of brakes from my scooter, will see what that can do tomorrow. But it won't be much, as I saw the brake pivots visibly bend while braking, which is not quite what I aimed for...

Yes, it is indeed a BSO, that's the reason I got it for free :-) It's not as bad as many other BSOs, though.

I found a guy who's selling a set of 5 rigid forks for a good price so I'm soon going to buy them, get a better frame, and build a real, reliable commuter.

1997 Trek 820 Mountain Bike Conversion
 

This is my do-it-all bike. Finished the build yesterday. Running SS for now. I'm not new to SS. I rode a 29 lb. 29er for 5 years. :D

I don't see why not. Just use the fine tuners, and possibly clamps or rubber-bands on the brake levers, to move the pads to the appropriate closeness to the rim, and true wherever the rim touches the pads.

All commuter-ized now after 3 wks of working w/o a net (only one flat in that time)

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That is a cool looking bike. thanks for sharing

Sometimes when I'm running late in morning; I would take my bike on the train/bus
to save some time. Cutting my commute time in half from 1.5 hours to 45 minutes.
Is that cheating? :)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/539/1...88751d509d.jpgNY-NJ Pathtrain by 1nterceptor, on Flickr

I guess it all depends on what rulebook you are submitting to! In my rulebook, that's called "multi-modal"

Sometimes the attempts of the conseres bromptonis to camouflage itself are not always effective.

The train just pulled in and I was the first one on. Five minutes later;
the Brompton was nicely hidden in between the masses. :)

Very nice setup! What bag is that?

That would be a Maxpedition Noatak sling bag.

My new commuter. And travel bike. Grocery getter. Trailer hauler. All around bike.
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