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03-09-15, 10:37 AM
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Mr IGH, that's not an IGH! I like the bike, it looks like it can do pretty much everything. I'm much the same with my crosscheck with 700x50 marathon supremes; I call it my N=1 bike. (Except I do have a N=2 hardtail for when I want to ride rougher trails).
03-09-15, 10:39 AM
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Ooh, blingy! Those hubs really sparkle -- I was wondering whether they were stock, and then I noticed all the other matching color accents. I wonder if anybody makes housing that color, it's kind of an odd rusty orange. Million-dollar-idea! On-demand color-matched housing manufacturer! Or probably more like an idea that would make me bankrupt...
03-09-15, 01:50 PM
It's MY mountain
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03-09-15, 02:29 PM
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03-09-15, 02:30 PM
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My new commuter - 2014 Trek Crossrip. Found it at a large enough discount that I was able to pick up the rack, fenders, cages, and seatbag for less than the bike's original sticker price 
Hope to start commuting on it within the next couple weeks
Hope to start commuting on it within the next couple weeks
03-09-15, 02:49 PM
Let's Ride!
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03-09-15, 03:12 PM
It's MY mountain
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03-09-15, 05:09 PM
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@KCBikeCommuter. Nice! Your gonna love it.
03-09-15, 06:20 PM
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Let me know how you like your Crossrip!
03-09-15, 07:43 PM
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I have much longer commutes now, some days it's more than 25 total miles. And it's hilly and 5000 feet. I'm space limited too, I wanted an n-1 bike. Time for a drop bar commuter. This is my commuter/gravel grinder and loaded touring bike. Here it is in commuter mode:
Soma Saga Disc 57.5mm with Woodchipper bars, Shimano 9 speed bar cons and Cane Creek brake levers. PlanetBike 45mm fenders, Thudbuster and Topeak rack/trunk bag:
Shimano dyno hub, BB7 road calipers, DT 2.0, SunRingle Helix TR27 rims (520gms) with Pasela PT 38mm @ 60psi (mountain bike wheels). Rides like a cream puff over all the bumps. Phillips headlamp with matching taillight:
Shimano 756 rear hub and custom 9 speed cassette, disc brake goodness:
Tiagra triple with PD-324 pedals:
I have ~200 miles on it, 50 of them gravel grinding, the rest urban errands/commuting. I really like this bike. Handles great and when I hit the crappy parts of the gravel roads it gives me confidence that it's going to hold up.
Soma Saga Disc 57.5mm with Woodchipper bars, Shimano 9 speed bar cons and Cane Creek brake levers. PlanetBike 45mm fenders, Thudbuster and Topeak rack/trunk bag:
Shimano dyno hub, BB7 road calipers, DT 2.0, SunRingle Helix TR27 rims (520gms) with Pasela PT 38mm @ 60psi (mountain bike wheels). Rides like a cream puff over all the bumps. Phillips headlamp with matching taillight:
Shimano 756 rear hub and custom 9 speed cassette, disc brake goodness:
Tiagra triple with PD-324 pedals:
I have ~200 miles on it, 50 of them gravel grinding, the rest urban errands/commuting. I really like this bike. Handles great and when I hit the crappy parts of the gravel roads it gives me confidence that it's going to hold up.
But very well put together, I'm jealous.
03-10-15, 03:40 AM
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03-10-15, 08:17 AM
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Thanks for the kind words! I really love this bike. I have over 200 miles on it so far, all unloaded except for ~5lbs of rack, trunk bag and stuff. I have ridden it twice with my bike club on gravel grinds, ~25mile rides. I find the handling to be very stable, I can ride it no-hands over bumps and holes on dirt roads effortlessly (while taking off a jacket). I never noticed that statement on the Soma website but the geometry of the Saga is pretty much the same as the Surly Trucker (and Disc Trucker) and the Salsa Vaya. I picked the Saga over the Vaya due to cost and I picked the Saga over the Trucker because I wanted to run a suspension seatpost (requiring a sloped top tube to get the stack I wanted).
03-10-15, 08:25 AM
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LOL, no IGH, I know! I really love IGHs but since I left Chicago and moved to Colorado things have changed for me, cycling terrain-wise. I'm even getting ready to sell my IGH commuter. Upright bars and lack of gear range really limited my usage of that bike for my new life/lifestyle. Almost went Surly again (Disc Trucker, would have been my fourth) but I wanted a sloping top tube and it was time trying something new. I did give up the super-wide tyres but that wasn't something I needed. I'm down to 4 bikes, Saga, Moonlander, 29er dual suspension and lightweight roadie bike. Not bad considering a year ago I had ~15 bikes.
03-10-15, 08:57 AM
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03-10-15, 09:07 AM
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03-10-15, 03:46 PM
What, me worry?
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Not sure if I've posted this shot (forgive me if I already have), but this is my trusted Jamis Commuter 1 CmX.
03-10-15, 05:27 PM
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03-10-15, 10:49 PM
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I've ridden drop bar bikes with rear racks for years of commuting. Picked up, and modified, this KHS recently and have been having a blast. Go a bit slower, worry about scratches and theft less, but I didn't put a rack on until yesterday. My first front rack.
Trying not to scare the deer.
Trying not to scare the deer.
03-10-15, 11:34 PM
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Sometimes I feel like the stem is taller than Lord Farquaad’s castle....
Thank you very much.
Ha, the seatpost rule, I actually thought of that when I tried it out! I was actually hoping for too tall of a frame but thought twice. 64cm is just right for me.
I had the Kona for years, much too small of a frame; “two fistfuls of seatpost”! It’s more like a large bmx bike than anything else. Kona could’ve gone bigger than 20” for their biggest size, but, then again, it was the cramped-out ‘90s!
I’ll never revert to skinny tires for anything
Thank you very much.
I had the Kona for years, much too small of a frame; “two fistfuls of seatpost”! It’s more like a large bmx bike than anything else. Kona could’ve gone bigger than 20” for their biggest size, but, then again, it was the cramped-out ‘90s!
I’ll never revert to skinny tires for anything
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03-11-15, 08:42 AM
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Nice! I have a Basso about the same vintage and have commuted on it for years. I still get crap from some of the LBS's about commuting on a vintage Italian bike - they say it's too nice. I don't get it - it's a bike, I ride it, who cares if it's to work and back! Love those old Selle saddles
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03-11-15, 10:31 PM
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03-13-15, 05:52 PM
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kona dew, sks longboard fenders, topeak super tourist dx rack, sram x4 rear dr. and x4 trigger, 42T chainring, avid sd 7 brakes and sd 5 levers
